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The New Detectives
No matter how chaotic or how clean a crime scene appears to be, the culprit is bound to leave something telling behind. Occasionally, it's nothing more than a fingerprint or shoe tread. Sometimes that's all that's needed.
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The New Detectives
Psychological Profiling: Journey into the dark recesses and calculated madness present only in our worst nightmares and in the minds of serial killers.
The New Detectives
Black Boxes: Little evidence is left after an airplane takes a deadly plunge from the sky. Investigators' best hope for an answer comes from the flight data recorder known as a black box.
The New Detectives
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.
The New Detectives
Some of the best clues come from the least likely places. Baffling crimes have been solved and criminals betrayed through evidence provided by insects, beer bottles, and other seemingly meaningless objects.
The New Detectives
Forensic scientists find clues written in blood as they investigate the deaths of three women killed by the men who once loved them.
The New Detectives
When lovers turn on each other, or marriages fail, some ruthless spouses find a grisly way to gain an uncontested divorce with no paperwork. When murder tears lovers apart, forensic science must put piece together the mystery to catch the killer.
The New Detectives
DNA analysis overturns the convictions of three men who have spent years behind bars, paying for crimes they did not commit.
The New Detectives: Stolen Youths
A young girl playing in her yard in Spokane, Washington suddenly vanishes. In St. Louis another girl leaves to visit a friend. She never arrives.
The New Detectives
Poison is the subtlest form of death, and investigators must see through unusual circumstances to bring these murders to light.
The New Detectives
For serial killers, once is never enough. For investigators, the challenge is steep when the killers murder by numbers.
The New Detectives
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.
The New Detectives
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.
The New Detectives
Poisoners are the most devious of killers, relying on stealth or their victim's trust in order to steal their lives. They're the most dangerous creatures in the world: smart assassins. And they usually don't stop at one kill.
The New Detectives
Years after a murder has been committed, investigators use advanced DNA analysis to shed new light on crimes that have gone unpunished for far too long.
The New Detectives
Arson fires are set for their own sake, or to cover a different crime, such as murder. Think fire consumes all vital clues? Think again. Arson investigators can glean important clues from scorched rubble and ignite the unquenchable flames of justice.
The New Detectives
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.
The New Detectives
Hairs and Fibers: The tiniest filament can become a mark of distinction in the most singular and intimate of ways. Investigators have come to rely on forensic evidence as fine as a carpet fiber or as innocent as an eyelash to crack difficult cases.
