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In 1999, a 12-year-old was found murdered in her Minnesota home. Despite a meticulous search of the home and an exhaustive investigation, police had no suspects.

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

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.

Two suspects are linked to a murder by bloodstained boots and a gun, but the owner of the items says he has never met the victim. Investigators hope manufacturing codes from beer bottles will determine who is telling the truth.

It would take 46 years, handwriting analysis and new fingerprint technology to solve the 1957 murders of two California police officers.

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.

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.

On Halloween night 2004, Adriane Insogna and Leslie Mazzara were brutally murdered in their Napa, California home.

California police had several suspects in the robbery and brutal murder of an elderly couple. Ten years later, a determined forensic scientist used material from a dentist's office to uncover ballistic evidence that had been overlooked.

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.

Police suspect Dr. John "Jack" Boyle in the disappearance of his wife, Noreen, when he signs mortgage papers for a new house with a woman pretending to be his spouse. The police later find Noreen's body in the basement of Dr. Boyle's new house.

When a college student vanished without a trace, her fellow students were concerned about her safety and their own.

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

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.

The victim had been sexually assaulted and stabbed to death on the beach. A pair of men's tennis shoes was discovered near her body. Police were sure that if they found the man who fit the shoes, they would also find the man who committed the crime.

A woman is killed while walking her dogs in the woods. Since she has no enemies and her husband has an alibi, police assume it's a hunting accident — until they find a strange letter, allegedly written by the woman before her death.

When police recovered the submerged car of a missing man, they expected to find his body — but it wasn't there. The investigation that followed would uncover an obsession turned deadly.

On September 17, 1984, in a suburb of Tucson, Arizona, eight-year-old Vicki Hoskins left home on her pink bicycle to mail a letter for her mother. She never returned, but her slightly damaged bicycle was found nearby.

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.

While investigating the murder of 9-year-old Jessica Knott, police use a garbage bag to connect suspect James Edward Crow, Jr. to the crime.

In 1992, 22-year-old Dawn Bruce is brutally murdered in her Virginia apartment. Investigators notice a blood smear on a pillow case that appears to have been made by one of the killer's fingers.

In 1995, San Diego police are baffled by a pair of hands found in a dumpster. Through further investigation, they determine that the hands are those of missing person Don Hardin.

Emergency dispatch received a call from a man who said his girlfriend shot and killed herself. The autopsy revealed that the gunshot wound was not self-inflicted, and the evidence on her body would give police a golden opportunity to catch her killer.

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.

Bombings are difficult to solve because the perpetrator isn't usually at the scene and the evidence goes up in smoke. In this case, pieces of plastic the size of grains of sand hold the key to finding a murderer.

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.

In 1991, Maine resident Pearl Smith goes missing after an argument with her husband, Bill Bruns. When investigators find a blood trail that leads to the couple's basement, police are sure they'll find the victim's body.

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

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.

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.

A brilliant young architect falls ill and dies just before she is to testify in a criminal trial. The autopsy reveals she'd been poisoned with arsenic. Investigators must determine who had a motive for murder.

When Washington, DC is plagued by a series of arson fires — each started with the same type of incendiary device — it's up to forensic scientists to find the clues that lay in the ashes.

Avis Banks and her unborn child were brutally murdered. The body was discovered by her fiancé, Keyon Pittman. When police learned that Pittman was having affairs with other women, he became the prime suspect.

When a man is gunned down in his own garage, investigators use science to unravel a twisted tale of lust, greed and deception.

In 1962, the small town residents of Hanford, California lost their sense of peace when one of their own, 15-year-old Marlene Miller, was murdered.

In 1993, 82-year-old Kathryn Bishop was found dead in her Pennsylvania home. Tiny clues on the victim's body would tell police what happened that night.

A fifteen-year-old boy dies from a mysterious gunshot wound to the head while sitting in the lobby of his father's gun club. Ballistics, laser technology, made-to-scale models and the latest in forensic animation are used to find the cause.

Two different men called police to report the same murder. Apparently, neither one knew that the other had called. The investigation uncovered even more unusual circumstances.

A wealthy man and his wife were attacked by three masked men outside their luxurious Louisiana home. He was shot dead and she was forced to open their hidden safe. To solve the crime, police would have to find out who knew about the concealed safe.

In 1980, Michigan resident Shannon Mohr died in what her new husband, David Davis, reported to be a horseback riding accident. After her death, Shannon's family reported that Davis seemed far from grief-stricken.

In 1993, young mother Tammy Tatum was sexually assaulted and murdered in her Longmont, Colorado apartment. Police initially suspected her estranged husband, but did not have enough evidence to charge him and the case went cold.

When a hit-and-run boating accident caused the death of a popular young man, investigators faced the daunting task of searching for one boat among 1200 others.

A mother of two young children was found dead in her bedroom. Her death was ruled a suicide — but when investigators learned she had almost died in a house fire three years earlier, they decided to take another look at the evidence.

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

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.

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.

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