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The woman had been sexually assaulted, stabbed repeatedly and left for dead. When a perfect suspect practically turned himself in, police were sure they had their man — until DNA evidence proved them wrong.

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

When a wealthy socialite died after falling down the stairs, witness accounts contradicted evidence. To find out what really happened, investigators employed a physicist and an expert in accident reconstruction.

Edward Post drew a bath for his wife before going for a run. He returned to find her not breathing. She died before emergency response arrived. Police considered her death accidental until a motive surfaced.

When a talented television news anchor is shot to death outside her home, it appears to be a crime of passion perpetrated by an obsessed fan.

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 29-year-old woman is killed instantly when a bomb explodes in her home. The device is so powerful that it embedded shrapnel in houses across the street. The bomber had not only knowledge and skill, but also a motive for murder.

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 2001, Ginger Hayes and her infant son were abducted during a carjacking. The crime had been reported by a witness within minutes of occurrence.

A Modesto, California teenager goes missing. With no signs of struggle in her home, police suspect she has simply run away — until her naked, bruised body is discovered in a ditch 20 miles away.

When an off-duty policeman was shot dead, his fellow officers were determined to solve the crime. They needed clues to find the killer and they discovered them in tiny fibres and an asthma inhaler.

In 2007, the Florida mobile home of Effie and Michael Ratley catches fire. Michael heroically rescues his wife and infant son. A month later, his wife is found beaten to death in a bedroom of his parents' home.

While investigating the apparent overdose suicide of Reverend Bill Guthrie's wife, detectives recover incriminating files from Bill's computer and learn of his infidelity.

Two men are murdered while sleeping in their beds. The next night, arson destroys a family planning clinic. Investigators wonder whether some shards of glass, paint chips and a chicken feather could link what appear to be two separate crimes.

6-year-old Nicole Rae Walker was killed in a hit-and-run in her Ft. Lauderdale neighborhood. The prosecutor combines the talents of an accident reconstruction expert with a video specialist to create a graphic demonstration of the moment of impact.

On a windy Kansas night in 1995, a mysterious fire swept through the home of a prominent doctor. In the debris, investigators found evidence which told them how the fire started.

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.

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.

In the early hours of a morning just before Christmas, a college student was abducted from the parking lot of her apartment. Her body was found later that day; she had been sexually assaulted and shot at point-blank range.

There was no clear reason for a young, healthy college student to be dead. But when the coroner discovered a tiny clue during the autopsy, investigators were able to uncover a mystery filled with betrayal and revenge.

Investigators are baffled after finding a murder scene devoid of any physical evidence, but they suspect that the victim's dog had witnessed the crime. If so, forensic scientists would have to find some way to learn what the dog had seen.

When two women went missing and were later found brutally murdered, police wondered if they were victims of a hate crime.

At the scene of a vicious murder, the killer went to a great deal of effort to wipe away his fingerprints and obscure his shoe impressions left when he tracked blood trails on the floor.

Responding to a 2008 garage fire, Illinois emergency response discovered a man crushed beneath a truck.

The body of 16-year-old Leanne Tiernan was discovered nine months after she disappeared. Forensic scientists found clues that painted a virtual portrait of her killer.

Lives changed in the 20 years following an unsolved murder, and so did forensic science. In time, a high-powered microscope and DNA profiling revealed a clue no one had seen before.

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.

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 highway patrolman was dispatched to what he thought would be a routine traffic accident — until he looked in the car. He had seen hundreds of accidents, but none with as much blood as this.

A woman was found dead on the bedroom floor of her apartment. The crime scene yielded little of value and investigators wondered if they would find enough evidence to make a case, much less catch a killer.

In 1993, the state of Florida was known for more than just Disney World. Worldwide attention focused on a rash of robberies which targeted tourists. Some vacationers were killed in these attacks, but some fought and survived.

In 1996, more than a dozen children in Seattle, Washington, were fighting for their lives. Each one of them had contracted a serious unknown illness. After one died, investigators knew the clock was ticking.

After a street fight takes the life of a national wrestling champion, police must determine if he was killed in cold blood or in self-defense.

Soon after becoming pregnant by Dr. Maynard Muntzing, firefighter Michelle Baker's health quickly deteriorates. Eventually, she raises suspicions that Muntzing is doing her harm.

Even though their daughter had run away before, she had always come back. Her parents were sure this time would be no different, but they were wrong.

After 6-year-old Michelle Lee Dorr went missing, her father confessed to murdering her. But investigators soon poked holes in his story, leaving the case unsolved for 14 years.

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.

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 Kristine Fitzhugh failed to show up for her music class, her husband found her dead at the bottom of the stairs of their Palo Alto home. Further investigation reveals evidence of murder in the kitchen.

In 2005, David Castor suffered a slow, agonizing death over a period of days. His wife maintained it was suicide, even though it was done with antifreeze.

In a 1992 murder case, the autopsy of a cremated body turns up telltale clues of foul play.

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.

Armed with little else, police hoped that shoe impressions found at a Lansing, Michigan crime scene would put their investigation of Audrey Nichols' murder back on track.

One morning in a deserted area outside of Phoenix, a motorcyclist discovers the body of a young woman. She had been beaten, bound, strangled and possibly raped. Nearby plants tell investigators more about the killer.

Timothy Wilson Spencer was identified as the man who raped and strangled five young women in Virginia. With the use of DNA profiling, an innocent man is freed and the real killer is convicted.

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.

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.

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.

In 2003, Kathy Lorick was murdered on a Concord, California jogging trail while talking to her husband on her mobile phone.

In 1999, Susan Fassett was gunned down as she left her church choir practice in Poughkeepsie, NY. After clearing her husband, police turned their attention to Fred Andros, with whom Susan had an affair.

In 1985, Julie Estes was kidnapped from the Southside convenience store where she worked. Her body was found the next day, but the killing went unsolved until 2003.

The murder of an eccentric millionaire was not entirely unexpected; he flaunted his wealth and cared little for personal security. The evidence at the crime seemed to indicate robbery, but investigators wondered if there was something more.

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