Forensic Files

A bag full of evidence recovered from an iced-over river helps to reveal the murderer of a businesswoman in her own shop.

Eyewitness to real estate agent's murder is put under forensic hypnosis in an attempt to help him recall the killer's face.

Police launch a search for a killer after a teenager returns home to find his father's body in a pool of blood.

Pathologist examining the death of a politician who was running for re-election finds tiny puncture wounds at the autopsy.

A Naval officer who threatened to go public with tales of on-the-job sexual harassment and assault is brutally murdered, but when investigators find the allegations could be part of an elaborate scheme for money, they turn to forensic science.

A man is found stabbed to death after a night in a strip club; a drop of blood on a bedspread becomes critical evidence five years later.

After police identify a murder victim thanks to her butterfly necklace, they discover several co-workers had vendettas against the victim.

The brutal murder of a construction site foreman looks like the work of a disgruntled employee, but forensic science points to an unlikely suspect.

A shooting victim mutters the name of her apparent assailant before dying, but fingerprint comparisons, handwriting analysis, ballistics and DNA testing show someone else close to home is the true killer.

A woman's story seemed far-fetched; she tells investigators that a man broke into her home wearing only underwear and gloves, killed her boyfriend and raped and terrorized her.

After a Delaware man's mother is found dead, he tells a story that's so improbable police think it can't possibly be true.

A family vacation turns into a terrifying search for a missing wife and baby, then becomes a manhunt for a killer who committed a horrific crime.

A DNA dragnet catches a killer eight years after the kidnapping, rape and murder of a college coed in Oklahoma.

A young woman is found dead in her apartment. With little evidence at the scene, the case turns cold until police discover a link between their prime suspect and an unsolved murder committed six years earlier in a different state.

When a college student is reported missing, police believe their investigation will be like countless others. But when they discover blood spatter in her boyfriend's bedroom, they know this case is going to be different.

Texas police hunt frantically for a brutal rapist. No one knows where he'll strike next, but given the increasingly violent nature of his crimes, he must be found soon.

When detectives find a mismatched button in relation to a woman's death, they know they can follow the clue back to the killer.

A woman heads home after church, but never makes it there alive, triggering a homicide investigation.

Volunteers and police spend weeks searching for a missing girl. A psychic later leads them to a field where the body was found.

Forensic investigators try to stop a killer who is apparently responsible for two slayings in a community in South Carolina.

When DNA proves that a man who practically admits to a brutal attack is innocent, police wonder why he is willing to take the blame.

When a businessman is murdered, motives and suspects are plentiful. Was it simply a disgruntled employee or client? Or do some racy photos hold the clue to the crime?

A family break turns into a nightmare when the wife is found face-down in a lake; with no idea whether it was murder, an accident or suicide, police turn to a new forensic technique.

When friends see a woman in the back of a car flailing her arms and screaming, they assume she is having fun, but when they later come upon a jacket and a pool of blood, they realize they witnessed an abduction in progress.