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After shooting his victims in the head, the killer staged the scene, placed the incriminating evidence into a plastic bag and tossed it into the river.

In 1986, Gary Dale Larson was stabbed to death in his Edmond, Oklahoma home. The killer then sexually assaulted Larson's girlfriend, Janet Haynes.

When heart surgeon Darryl Sutorius is found dead in the basement of his upscale Cincinnati home, police assume he committed suicide. Further investigation reveals that his new wife Della has a history of violence and an insatiable desire for money.

Seattle police had no suspects in the violent murder of grunge singer Mia Zapata. More than a decade passed before evidence collected by a prescient medical examiner could be used by forensic scientists to identify the killer.

A Colorado hunter is the victim of a well-planned crime. Investigators suspect two weapons and two killers. But forensic evidence points them in a different direction — one much closer to home.

When a young girl was found dead, police quickly arrested the most likely suspect. But cutting-edge technology from NASA enabled a forensic odontologist to prove the wrong man was behind bars.

In 1987, a human skull and some bones were discovered at a Boy Scout Camp near Farmington, Missouri. Facial reconstruction aids the investigators in this case.

This episode documents a deadly bombing at a church in Oakwood, Illinois, in December 1997.

In the series premiere of "Forensic Files", the longest-running true crime series in history, a Connecticut flight attendant goes missing. Police suspect her husband is guilty of murder, but can they prove it?

How unlucky could one man be? His college sweetheart killed herself and fourteen years later, his wife ended her life in a similar way. Investigators had to determine if this was murder or simply a bizarre coincidence.

Shortly after daybreak, a fire is started in a dumpster in Vancouver. No one sees the arsonist or the fire, which burns for hours in the deserted parking lot. But there's more than garbage in this flaming container.

On May 12, 1994, Crystal Perry was viciously murdered in her home in Bridgton, Maine. Michael Hutchinson, 32, was later found guilty in the slaying.

In 2004, Rebecca Barney and her soon-to-be ex-husband Fred were found shot to death in their Tulsa, Oklahoma, home, which had been set on fire.

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 an elderly couple died in a suspicious house fire, their son became the prime suspect. Investigators turned to forensic science to determine if the fire had been set deliberately, or if it was an unfortunate accident.

When a little girl got sick and died, investigators were stumped. Was it an accident, an unexplained illness or murder?

The only clue recovered from a shooting is a twelve-guage shotgun. Scientists use unique methods to lift the serial number from the weapon to trace it to its owner

When an 11-year-old girl disappears from a remote Alaska town, investigators wonder if she has been attacked by a bear or become lost in the dense woods. Eventually, they realize that neither assumption is true.

A millionaire and his family were executed in their own home. For three years, the murders went unsolved. Finally, a 30-year-old box of ammunition and some fluorescent fibers revealed the ultimate betrayal.

In 1997, Kelly Eckart's car was found, with her belongings still in it, after she worked a late shift in Franklin, Indiana. Days later, her body was found in an isolated ravine.

In rural Canada, Dr. John Schneeberger is accused of sedating and sexually assaulting one of his female patients and his step daughter. DNA tests demonstrate that the doctor is innocent, but the patient insists that he sedated and raped her.

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

In 1992, Laura Houghteling disappeared from her Bethesda home and was never seen again. Forensic scientists use evidence from her bedroom to direct police to a prime suspect.

Police were puzzled by an obscure print found at a crime scene where one man had been killed and two teenage girls were seriously injured. Neither of the girls could identify their attacker, but one simple clue helped track the footsteps of a killer.

In 2002, funeral director Lonnie Turner, Sr. was found shot to death. His son Lonnie Jr. became the prime suspect, particularly after it was discovered that the murder was committed with his gun. However, he had an alibi for the time of the murder.

Mark Fair left for work and his fiancée, Karla Brown, stayed home. Later, he found her dead. During the autopsy, bite marks on her body were re-examined and forensic odontology identified the killer.

They thought the fire would cover their crime. But one tiny clue, no bigger than a thumbtack, remained. It held all the information investigators needed to put a trio of cold-blooded killers behind bars.

In 1991, Dorothy Donovan was murdered in her Dover, Delaware home. When her son stated that she was murdered by a hitchhiker he had picked up, police were skeptical.

In 1993, the Amtrak Railroad experienced the deadliest train crash in United States history when the Sunset Limited derailed while crossing Alabama's Big Bayou Canot bridge. 47 passengers and crew were killed; scores more were injured.

A serial rapist is on the loose in a Texas town. No one knew where he'd strike next, but the audacity of his attacks and the escalation of violence against his victims made finding him imperative.

A surgeon is stabbed to death and the most likely suspect is seen in a restaurant at the time of the murder.

In this episode, the decade-old murder of a young Texas housewife is investigated.

In 2007, Brian and Beverly Mauck were found dead in their Graham, Washington home. Using a bloody palm print and shoe prints at the scene, investigators focus their attention on Daniel Tavares, who had previously inked a tattoo on Brian's back.

The decomposed body of a young woman was discovered in a Bakersfield irrigation canal. If there was trace evidence, it had been washed away.

In 1996, Indiana police identified Richard Alexander as the “River Park Rapist” who assaulted four women that year. Later, DNA analysis casts doubt on his conviction.

In the 1980s, a trio of unsolved murders occurred in Wichita Falls, Texas. Later, a fourth murder from the same time period provided the police with far more than they realized.

A woman appears to have lost control of her SUV and plunged down an embankment into a shallow creek. But investigators suspect foul play when they find snowy footprints leading away from the crime scene.

A retired police officer is found dead with a single gunshot wound to the head. His wife says the motive was robbery, but later tells police he committed suicide.

On the night of May 22, 1992, Betty Wilson returned home after a meeting and discovered her husband lying in a pool of blood. Jack Wilson had obviously been murdered — but how?

When four-month-old Ryan Stallings dies under suspicious circumstances, his mother is ultimately convicted of his murder. But months later, new evidence emerges from a startling source — his newborn brother.

Young Navajos in the Southwest were dying at an alarming rate. The tribe's medicine men provided investigators with a critical clue that would lead halfway around the world to a most unlikely killer.

When the decomposed body of a teenage girl is discovered, police have no clues to her identity. To solve the case, investigators turn to bug larvae found on the body and a tiny wad of chewing gum found near the victim's body.

When a policeman's house goes up in flames, experts suspect arson. The officer whose home was torched arrests low-level drug dealer James Wren, who confesses. But when the suspect vanishes, investigators question the authenticity of the confession.

A man riding a bicycle was fatally injured in what police believed to be a hit-and-run accident. Tiny clues found at the scene created a picture of the vehicle which struck him and led police to its driver.

The victim had been stabbed more than thirty times and the crime scene was awash with her blood. Near her head, police discovered a distinctive button with strands of thread still attached.

This killer probably hoped to cover his tracks by staging the crime scene. But investigators saw through the attempt almost immediately and turned to forensic science to learn what really happened that night.

When a pipe bomb rips through a rural home, police have no idea who is responsible. A 9-volt battery and the remnants of a mailing label ead investigators to the man who made the bomb.

A mysterious computer crash pushed a thriving manufacturing company to the brink of collapse, jeopardizing hundreds of jobs. Forensic investigators had to determine if the crash was the result of a computer defect, human error, or sabotage.

In this classic episode of Forensic Files, the longest-running true crime series in television history, Eileen and Derrick Severs disappear from their home in a small village in Great Britain and police find evidence of foul play.

In this international case of extortion, murder and stolen identities, scam-artist Albert J. Walker assumes the identity of co-worker Ronald Platt. Platt later turns up dead in an ocean with an anchor tied around his torso.

A murder trail turned cold, until police got a call from a woman whose husband, Gerald Powers, had a criminal past and a fondness for Chevy Berettas.

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