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Women in a Louisiana city live in fear of a rapist who leaves no clues to his identity. But technology and behavioral science combine to give police a new forensic tool. Police narrow their search to one man: local policeman Randy Comeaux.

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

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.

Robert Sims returns home after working the night shift and finds his wife unconscious on the kitchen floor. Their son is fast asleep in an upstairs bedroom, but their six-week-old daughter, Heather, is missing.

A young woman was found dead on a golf course in the Bahamas. The grass on that course was so distinctive, it had evidentiary value. The evidence led police to two suspects, each of whom blamed the other.

A behavioral profile caused the Baton Rouge Police Department to search for the wrong man. The real perpetrator may have eluded arrest, had it not been for a molecular biologist who painted DNA picture of the suspect.

In 1971, John List left a note with the bodies of his mother, wife and three children in his mansion ballroom before disappearing completely. Detectives must solve the case, despite having only an outdated photograph of List.

When a car was found in a drainage ditch with two bodies inside, a fingertip torn from a latex glove would point investigators to both the crime scene and the killer.

When the head chef of a historic Philadelphia restaurant was found dead, investigators interviewed the usual suspects: family, friends and coworkers. As they sifted through the evidence, police uncovered a chilling tale of debt and deceit.

Who was the sexual offender who murdered two adolescent boys in Nebraska? The key to stopping him would be the unique composition of the "junk rope" he used to tie his victims.

After a day of fishing in a quiet village in Switzerland, a teenage boy doesn't return home as planned. The investigation reveals some important microscopic evidence in the water near where he was last seen.

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.

The victim had ingested a massive amount of cyanide. An unlikely clue — a flaw on a mailing envelope — exposed a murderer who was willing to kill innocent people.

An assistant manager of a Florida steakhouse is stabbed to death. It appears to be a robbery gone wrong, but a bloody fingerprint reveals that he knew his killer.

Prompted by news of a flight attendant's brutal murder, the son of a previous victim contacts police. Both murders have similar MOs, and biological evidence proves that these were serial killings.

The doctors at the hospital couldn't determine the cause of Bobby Curley's hallucinations and intense pain. They treated it as a neurological disorder but his condition deteriorated. He was being poisoned.

A twelve-year-old girl claimed she had been abducted and sexually assaulted. She recounted what happened in such a flat, unemotional voice that police found it difficult to believe her. Fibers on her clothing would prove she was telling the truth.

After being admitted to the hospital with unexplained bleeding, 11-month-old Chad Shelton dies. Investigators and scientists frantically search for a cause when others from the same house fall ill.

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.

When a college student is reported missing, police believe their investigation will be like countless others. But when they discover blood spatter in her boyfriend's bedroom, they know this case is going to be different.

Soon after organizing a workers' strike, a union official is executed in his home. Neither his wife nor anyone in the neighborhood hear any gunshots. It takes a forensic sound test, an electron microscope and a nightgown to explain why.

A go-go dancer told her family she needed to get away for a while and then she simply disappeared. Investigators were suspicious, because she took neither her car nor her clothes. 20 years later, her family received a call that changed everything.

The body of a wealthy American businessman was found in his rental car. Teeth and bone fragments were the only remains. When the victim's wife files an insurance claim for $7 million, investigators seek the help of a renowned forensic anthropologist.

A serial arsonist starts several fires that cause millions of dollars worth of damage and the deaths of three people. He is discovered, partly through the use of forensic hypnosis.

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 34-year-old nurse experiences a variety of flu-like symptoms. None of her doctors are able to discover the cause, until she visits her gynecologist for a routine check-up.

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.

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.

When convenience store employee Wanda Mason is found dead, investigators find the entire murder has been caught on the store's security camera. But the image of the killer is so degraded it seems impossible to positively identify him.

By using techniques she saw on forensic science TV shows, a mother determines who was responsible for the accident that permanently injured her 4-year-old daughter.

How did the stalker obtain the security system code for his victim's home? How did he steal her personal photographs? Police needed answers and they found them in the most unlikely of places.

After the 1996 murder of Seattle residents Raquel Rivera and Jay Johnson, evidence from the couple's dog eventually ties one of the murderers to the scene.

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.

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

The body of a young girl was discovered on isolated farmland near Delano, California. She had no ID, but police found mailbox keys in the pocket of her jeans. With no other clues, they checked the mailboxes of every apartment building in Delano.

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.

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.

For 15 months, a serial killer was strangling prostitutes in Florida, then taunting police by leaving the bodies in plain sight. The only clues were a tire impression and some threads.

Just weeks before a witness is to testify against the man accused of sexually assaulting her, she is murdered in the front yard of her own home. Investigators immediately suspect her attacker, but they don't have enough evidence to prove his guilt.

It was the single most deadly automobile accident in American history. Almost a hundred vehicles were involved, twelve people died and more than fifty people were injured. And it happened along a stretch of highway long known for dense, thick fog.

A young woman attends evening church services, then disappears. When her abandoned car is found, the tank is empty and a gas can she kept in her trunk for emergencies is missing.

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.

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.

The bodies of several women are found on a remote hill in California. The police get a break when a prostitute escapes and is able to identify her attacker and his automobile.

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 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.

A police officer accused of killing his estranged wife insists she committed suicide. Investigators say it was murder — that it was physically impossible for the woman to have shot herself.

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

When a young fireman died from what appeared to be serious but undiagnosed heart disease, his family and friends had no proof of foul play.

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.

A healthy young man dies mysteriously in his sleep and toxicology tests reveal a lethal dose of lidocaine in his blood. Investigators find a suicide note and presume he killed himself until a forensic linguist examines the note.

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