Programm von Forensic Files

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In 2003, St. Cloud teenager Jason MacLennan returned home after a night out with friends and discovered his father's body lying in a pool of blood.

An investigation into the murder of a World War II veteran slowed to a halt when the prime suspect had a solid alibi. But a lucky break led to a shady character who wore distinctive boots and had a sweet tooth.

When a dedicated, well-respected teacher disappeared, police had to determine if she'd gone on vacation without telling anyone or if she was the victim of foul play.

In 1996, when a fundamentalist group begins robbing banks near Spokane, authorities know immediately that they are dealing with experienced criminals.

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.

Digital enhancement of security camera footage shows that what appears to be a casual encounter is actually a forced abduction. When investigators suspect the crimes are not random, they fear a serial killer may be on the loose.

For seven years, a trio of men robbed one bank after another. They always got away before the police arrived and they left no evidence behind. But the way they stood and the clothes they wore told a story that could be read by forensic scientists.

A teenager went missing after an evening of horseback riding. Her body was found a month later, three miles from her home. But the killer unknowingly left trace evidence behind.

Doctors don't know why a young scientist has fallen gravely ill. When tests finally reveal the cause, it's too late to save him.

While vacationing in California, Earl Morris learns that his wife has gone missing from their Arizona home. The search for Ruby Morris involves dozens of investigators and scientists — and even the Coast Guard.

When a woman and her daughter didn't return home from shopping, her husband directed police to a nearby mall. The child's body was found, but there was no sign of the wife.

An investigation of a pediatrician, prompted by the mysterious death of one of her patients, leads to a Texas hospital where the pediatric mortality rate is higher than at any hospital in the country.

A woman convicted of killing her mother in a car fire is granted a new trial. An expert witness has a different opinion as to how the fire started and, if proven, would clear the woman of any culpability.

A young man was killed in a mysterious car crash, but the evidence at the scene led investigators to believe it was not an accident. Forensic science revealed what really happened and the truth devastated three families.

In 1996, Derrick Duehren returned to find his Oregon home burned to the ground. His wife's charred remains were later found in the rubble. Investigators set out to determine if it was an unfortunate accident or murder.

When a woman went missing, friends and family were determined to find her. Their worst fears were confirmed weeks later when her body was discovered.

Alaskan hikers discover a body wrapped in sheets which were edged in orange stitching. Investigators find a tuft of red carpet fibers clinging to the sheet — threads of evidence which lead them straight to the killer.

A drive-by shooting leaves one man dead and another seriously wounded. Cell phone calls and shell casings point to a suspect, but authorities are unable to place him at the crime scene. A forensic geologist proves that dirt is anything but dumb.

A young woman suddenly becomes critically ill, eventually leaving her unable to walk. A bone marrow test reveals the cause: arsenic poisoning. Investigators must determine if the poisoning was caused by groundwater contamination or something sinister.

A murder investigation in Florida crosses jurisdictions from New York and Jamaica. The police rely on cell phone mapping, wiretapping and a host of forensic evidence to link a suspect to a murder.

When Rosemary Anderson is found dead on the side of the road, her boyfriend becomes the prime suspect. He eventually confessed to her murder, but so did another man: serial killer Eric Edgar Cooke.

Investigators sift through the ashes of a fire which killed a 40-year-old woman. The fire appears to have been started by an unattended cigarette. On closer look, forensic scientists discover the cause was far more complicated.

A woman who was known to have suffered from depression apparently took her own life. But her sister told police that, a year before her death, she said if anything were to happen to her there would be a note in the china cabinet.

In 2008, the body of Colorado real estate developer Alan Helmick was found by his wife, Miriam, who then became the prime suspect.

A suspicious fire sweeps through an apartment, killing two young women. The cause of the fire and the identity of the victims are unclear, but a closer look at the scene reveals something hidden in the ashes.

When a college student is found dead, evidence suggests that he knew his killer. With just three hairs and some microscopic cells, police unravel a web of lies and find the motive for murder.

When a decomposed body is found stuffed in a barrel, it's easy to presume murder. But the body had been placed in the barrel 30 years earlier. One of the few clues was an address book found along with the body.

Police investigate a missing college girl and discover her double life: attending school by day and working as a call-girl by night. Her body is found and investigators find her killer.

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.

In 1987, the death of Crystal Purcell was considered an accident. Then in 2001, Barbara Purcell called police to suggest that her estranged husband had killed Crystal.

In 2000, the body of exotic dancer Rachel Siani was found beneath a New Jersey bridge. Investigators wondered if she had committed suicide. They discovered that Rachel offered to assist a drunk customer named John "Jack" Denofa to his motel room.

Haunted by the disappearance of her mother, a young woman undertakes an investigation of her own. In her mother's diary, she discovers a dark family secret that might explain the disappearance.

Foul play is suspected when Fort Worth factory worker Glenda Furch disappears after completing her shift.

In the 1990s, the media dubbed Richard Rogers the "Last Call Killer" because he targeted men in gay bars who were obviously intoxicated.

A man disappears one year to the day after beginning an affair with his friend's wife. 15 years later, with the help of a metal detector, police find evidence that would prove what had happened and who was responsible.

In 2003, Tiffany Rowell and three of her friends were brutally murdered in affluent Clear Lake, Texas.

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.

When hunters reported finding a skull in a Texas canyon, police immediately began an investigation. With a forensic artist's reconstruction, police eventually learned the victim's identity. Now all they had to do was find her killer.

In 2000, construction manager Darrell North was found dead in his work trailer in Ft. Worth, Texas. When investigators arrived, they found that he had been stabbed 46 times, indicating a personal relationship between the victim and the attacker.

Doctors cannot pinpoint the source of a businessman's illness.

After the suspect was convicted of arson and murder, he maintained his innocence. He turned to law books in the prison library and set out to prove his innocence.

No one in a quiet residential community saw anything unusual the day one of their neighbors was brutally attacked and murdered. Fingerprints found at the crime scene and surveillance video helped investigators to apprehend the presumed killer.

In 1988, when a patient dies unexpectedly in the office of California neurologist Richard Boggs, police begin what they think will be a routine investigation. Soon they uncover a bizarre story of corpse stealing, fake identity and sexual perversion.

When Chris Ochoa confessed to the 1988 rape and murder of Nancy DePriest, the case was closed. 8 years later, Achim Marino confessed to the same crime. Can DNA evidence identify the real perpetrator?

An infant is rushed to the emergency room with serious breathing problems. Within months, there are more than 30 similar cases. Can doctors find the cause and a cure?

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.

When police find the body of 11-year-old Krista Harrison, there are few clues to the killer's identity. But authorities are intrigued by unusual orange fibers embedded in clothing found near the victim.

A mother of two vanishes after a shopping trip. Her body is discovered a month later, and witnesses say they saw the victim being forced into a car by an unknown person.

When two boys are brutally attacked, investigators rely on evidence fished out of a nearby pond. It became the first case where diatom analysis was used to place a suspect at the scene of the crime.

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

In 1984, the body of college student Laura Salmon was found on a Middle Tennessee farm, covered with her own denim jeans as well as the jeans of the 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.

In 1990, Shirley Andronowich's body was found mutilated. Eyewitnesses told police she had a fight with her husband the night before, but forensic evidence proved that he had nothing to do with her death.

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