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Anytime, anywhere, people disappear, kidnapped from their daily routines. Predators always leave clues behind, but chasing them takes time, hampering investigators' attempts to solve these fatal abductions.

Forensic Entomology: Bugs have roamed the earth for 250 million years, but their intimate association with death is just now coming to life.

Drowning deaths often look like accidents and water can destroy the scant clues the killer may have left behind. Investigators must turn to forensic science to solve cases where the victim is found dead in the water.

In Northern California, a fire rages in the middle of the night. A woman's charred body is discovered in the smoldering aftermath.

When teenagers are driven to kill, their victims are but the first to fall. In three such cases, the families of the killers, as well as their communities, become the victims of violent crime.

Handwriting Analysis: We've all heard that our handwriting tells more about our personalities than we think. Are we risk-takers, have low-esteem, fun loving, or are we capable of murder?

The Naval Criminal Investigative Service uses forensic science to solve three perplexing murders and fulfill their motto: To the living we owe respect; to the dead, we owe the truth.

A dog can be a dead man's best friend. Dogs have been trained to sniff out corpses, drugs, explosives, and missing persons. They're often the first to find the essential clue that sets an investigation in motion.

Ballistics: A corpse is found with a gunshot wound to the head; the weapon lies next to the victim. It looks like suicide, but could it be murder? It's a question best solved by ballistics experts.

A victim usually never foresees danger when the perpetrator turns out to be a friend or a lover. Science and microscopic evidence can unmask these killers and find justice for those who are Loved To Death.

A woman is found dead at the bottom of the basement stairs. As detectives look into the accident, they begin to question the sequence of events.

Three hairs… microscopic fibers… a common trash bag ripped from a roll. Seemingly small and insignificant clues become a victim's silent witness.

Missing Person: Approximately 1.8 million Americans are reported missing each year. Worldwide, the number of missing persons nearly triples.

Forensics in the O.J. Simpson Murder Trial: Millions watched on television as the jury rendered their verdict. Orenthal James Simpson was found not guilty of murder.

Forensic Sculpting: Forensic sculptors retrieve people from oblivion. Using clay and an intricate knowledge of anatomy, forensic arts place a face on an unidentified skull, recreating the victim's likeness, which often leads to his name.

Explosives Investigations: The crime lab is the place where science meets murder. In New York State, Eleanor Fowler opened a small package, which was mailed to her home. When she lifted the lid, the box exploded, killing her instantly.

Handwriting Analysis: We've all heard that our handwriting tells more about our personalities than we think. Are we risk-takers, have low-esteem, fun loving, or are we capable of murder?

Drug trafficking has spawned a violent and deadly criminal underground. It's providing a challenge to forensic investigators devoted to cracking drug rings.

Poison is an almost invisible form of death, and toxicologists must look for hidden clues in blood and tissue to bring these murders to light.

Forensic Entomology: Bugs have roamed the earth for 250 million years, but their intimate association with death is just now coming to life.

Psychological Profiling: Journey into the dark recesses and calculated madness present only in our worst nightmares, and in the minds of serial killers.

Bombers, snipers, spree killers: some people don't care who they kill, they just want to hurt innocent people.

A good coroner provides what's necessary to solve a crime. A bad one can spoil an otherwise rock-solid case. Cyril Wecht and Henry Lee, two of the country's most respected coroners, share their cases and insights into crime solving.

At the scene of a murder, sometimes the victim provides the only clues to their killer. Forensic anthropologists use skeletal remains to decipher the clues written in the bones.

CI: Coroner Investigator will reveal the most in-depth look to date into the science of death.

At a crime scene, anything left behind or seemingly out of place is considered a clue. But a fire can extinguish everything in its path challenging forensic investigators at every turn and making each arson a trial by fire.

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