The New Detectives

How psychological profiling can be used to catch criminals.

How crime scene photos can provide valuable clues during an investigation.

DNA can be used to convict or exonerate a person, identify criminals and victims, and can be collected in a variety of ways.

Explore a new mystery!

Forensic sculptors use skulls and clay to create models of victims' faces.

Modern technology is used to convict the killer of a teenage girl, linking a bloody shirt, a broken watch, and blood in the wheel well of the suspect.

How forensics can find clues even in charred remains.

Finding clues in explosions.

In San Diego a serial killer who strangled 35-40 prostitutes, put them in garbage bags wrapped with tape, and disposed of them in dumpsters was not found until a Canadian lab was able to get prints from a plastic bag 6 years later. A Hollywood cold case file was solved by computerized fingerprint ID (AFIS), convicting a killer over 30 years later!

Handwriting analysis can determine mood, motive, and many other psychological traits.

Flight Data Recorders can hold valuable clues to the last minutes of a doomed aircraft.

What forensics uncovered during the O.J. Simpson murder trial.

How ballistics can help identify cause of death, guns, and killers.