Forensic Files

In 1993, young mother Tammy Tatum was found sexually assaulted and murdered in her apartment.

In 2002, funeral director Lonnie Turner Sr. was found shot to death.

In 2004, nursing student Tamika Huston went missing from her Spartanburg, South Carolina home.

In 2005, the body of young mother Summer Baldwin was found in a suitcase in a Texas landfill.

In 2008, Colorado real estate developer Alan Helmick was found shot to death at home by his wife Miriam.

In 2003, Kathy Lorick was murdered on a Concord, California jogging trail in the middle of the day.

In 2004, Rebecca Barney and her soon-to-be ex-husband Fred were found shot to death in their home.

In 2008, college co-ed Jenna Verhaalen was found dead in her Bryan, Texas apartment.

Investigators draw on forensic science to solve baffling crimes and other mysteries.

In 1989, the dead bodies of Joan Rogers and her two teenage daughters were found floating in Tampa Bay.

In 2000, teenager Tara Munsey goes missing after a work shift at a Virginia restaurant.

Avis Banks and her unborn child were brutally murdered. The body was discovered by her fiance Keyon Pittman.

In the 1990s, Richard Rogers targeted men in gay bars who were obviously intoxicated.

In 2005, David Castor suffered a slow, agonizing death over a period of days.

In 2007, the mobile home of Effie and Michael Ratley catches fire and Michael rescues his wife and infant son.

In 2008, Illinois emergency response came upon a garage fire and a man was found crushed beneath a truck.

In 1999, Susan Fassett was gunned down as she left church choir practice in Poughkeepsie, NY.

In 2000, Kristine Fitzhugh's husband Ken found her dead at the bottom of the stairs of their Palo Alto home.

In 2006, Darlene VanderGiesen received threatening emails and then disappeared.

In 2000, Christina Sanoubane was murdered in her apartment after moving away from her abusive boyfriend.