Forensic Files

A man has no recollection of events after stabbing his wife and holding her head underwater in a swimming pool.

The son of a murder victim contacts the police when a flight attendant is brutally murdered in a remarkably similar way.

Arson investigators attempt to determine the cause of the 1987 fire at the Kings Cross Underground Station in London.

A neighbor watched as a man stabbed his wife, pushed her into the swimming pool, and held her head underwater. The husband, however, had no recollection of the crime. A jury would have to decide between evidence and the mysteries of the mind.

The investigation of the kidnapping of a prominent banker's wife led police on a wild goose chase. An unexpected discovery made by an entomologist led to a new suspect and the realization that ordinary office equipment can leave extraordinary clues.

The cold-blooded murder of an American tourist in a Mexican resort causes law enforcement to focus on both sides of the border.

When a wealthy real estate tycoon went missing, it appeared to be foul play. He left instructions regarding what was to happen if he died under violent circumstances, which were carried out after a hiker came across a bullet-ridden skull.

A two-man shrimp boat sank when a fast-moving, violent storm struck the Louisiana coast. The captain drowned, and the deckhand was rescued fourteen hours later. The deckhand was considered a hero until the captain's body was found.

The news of a flight attendant's brutal murder prompted the son of a victim who had been killed five years earlier to contact police. Both murders had similar MOs, and analysis of biological evidence proved that these were serial killings.

Hikers near Anchorage, Alaska, discovered a body wrapped in sheets that were edged in orange stitching. Clinging to the sheet, they also discovered a tuft of red carpet fibers, which led them straight to the killer.

When a woman disappeared without a trace, there were two possible explanations: kidnapping or murder. Careful investigation, a forensic artist, and DNA profiling enabled police to find a single suspect, who was known to prey upon vulnerable women.

A small community in upstate New York is devastated when a car accident claims the life of a well-respected nurse.

In 1984, California firefighters had battled ten arson fires in three weeks. When cigarettes and a scrap of paper connected the Southern California fires to several fires further north, the hunt was on for a dangerous pyromaniac.

A Colorado hunter who'd been shot three times was the victim of a well-planned crime. Investigators suspected two weapons and two killers. But analysis of the forensic evidence pointed them in a different direction: one much closer to home.

Fifteen years after a man disappears, using a metal detector, police find evidence which proves what had happened.

The body of a young woman was found under an isolated ramp of the Interstate, and a tiny, unique fiber on the victim's clothing led San Diego police straight to the most unlikely of killers.

A 19-year-old woman was found dead in her car. The scene had been staged to make murder appear to be suicide. During their investigation, police discovered the victim was involved in a love quadrangle, giving several people a motive to kill her.

A 19-year-old woman was found dead in her car. The scene had been staged to make murder appear to be suicide. During their investigation, police discovered the victim was involved in a love quadrangle, giving several people a motive to kill her.

After a street fight took the life of a national wrestling champion, police had to determine if he was killed in cold blood or in self-defense. A jury decided it was murder and sentenced the accused to a minimum of twenty years in prison.

California police had several suspects in the robbery and brutal murder of an elderly couple. Ten years later, a determined forensic scientist used material from a dentist's office to uncover ballistic evidence that had been overlooked.

Haunted by the disappearance of her mother, a young woman investigated her own. Her mother's diary was in the cold case file. There, she discovered a dark family secret, which might have been the reason her mother vanished.

A beautiful young woman fell to her death from a cliff overlooking the ocean. Initially, investigators thought it was a tragic accident. But after a forensic examination, police had a very different picture of what happened.

The body of 16-year-old Leanne Tiernan was discovered nine months after she disappeared. Forensic scientists found clues that painted a virtual portrait of her killer.

A young couple decided to celebrate their first wedding anniversary with a camping trip to Mount Hood. During the trip, the husband was shot and killed, and his wife told two different versions of the events that led to his death.