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The prime suspect had a criminal record and his driver's license was found at the scene of a brutal double homicide.
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When a little girl got sick and died, investigators were stumped. Was it an accident, an unexplained illness or murder?
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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.
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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.
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A woman who was known to have suffered from depression took her own life. But her sister told police that she said if anything were to happen to her there would be a note in the china cabinet.
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An aspiring model turned up dead and the prime suspect was her boyfriend. When he was eventually cleared, investigators had to dig deeper to find the perpetrator.
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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.
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One warm summer afternoon, the town of Verona, Wisconsin faced its first triple homicide. To solve the case, investigators had to delve into the world of high rollers and offshore betting.
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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.
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A driver said he couldn't have hit and killed a pedestrian because his Jeep had been sold months ago.
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The medical examiner ruled a death an accident, but the detectives thought the evidence indicated otherwise.
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When a hit-and-run boating accident caused a death, police must search for one boat among 1200 others.
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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.
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A man was killed in a car crash, but the evidence led investigators to believe it was not an accident.
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When a woman went missing, friends and family were determined to find her. Their worst fears were confirmed weeks later when her body was discovered.
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An 82-year-old woman was found dead. Clues on the victim's body would tell police what happened that night.
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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.
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A bomb, constructed to cause as much damage as possible, kills a victim with deadly force and flame. When a search yields some tiny clues, police are able to identify the killer.
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A girl claimed she had been abducted. She recounted what happened but things didn't add up to police.
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When the number of bloodstains at a scene were abnormal, it was up to forensic scientists to find out why.
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The wife of a respected police officer was murdered in her own home. The crime went unsolved for more than a decade, until a newly formed cold case unit took a fresh look at the evidence.
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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.
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They thought the fire would cover their crime. But one tiny clue led to a trio of killers behind bars.
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In 1994, Shannon Melendi disappeared while at Emory University. Her disappearance remained a mystery for ten years, until new scientific testing cast a different light on Colvin "Butch" Hinton.
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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.
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Paul Gruber's daughter suspected something was wrong when she received birthday cards addressed from her father, but written in a stranger's handwriting.
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When a man's story of a killing contradicted physical evidence, investigators turned to forensic science.
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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.
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After inspecting storm damage to a home in Tampa, an insurance assessor simply disappeared. Thirty hours later, her body was found in a nearby river. But the killer had been careless.
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When a hit-and-run accident claimed the life of a high school athlete, everyone in town mourned his passing. Finding the killer was a long shot at best.
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A murder trail turned cold, until police got a call from a woman whose husband, Gerald Powers, had a criminal past and a fondness for Chevy Berettas.
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In 1991, Grand Junction, Colorado is on edge after a series of deadly bombings kill two people and injure one more. Police race to find the culprit before he strikes again.
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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.
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A lifelong resident of the tiny town of Lefroy, Tasmania was murdered outside his own home. Robbery appeared to be the motive, but with no suspects, the investigation came to a halt.
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When a wealthy socialite died after falling down the stairs, witness accounts contradicted evidence. Investigators employed a physicist and an expert in accident reconstruction.
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In 1997, Kelly Eckart's car was found, with her belongings still in it, after she worked a late shift in Franklin, Indiana. Days later, her body was found in an isolated ravine.
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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.
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A millionaire and his family were executed in their own home. For three years, the murders went unsolved. Finally, a box of ammunition and some fluorescent fibers revealed the ultimate betrayal.
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In one of the most brazen crimes of the 20th century, the chairman of the Coors Brewing Company was kidnapped.
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For twelve years, the murder of a young woman went unsolved, but with the passage of time came the development of technology. Could a used tissue found at the crime scene give police the evidence they need to bring a killer to justice?
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Police arrested a suspect for the death of a girl. But new technology proved the wrong man was behind bars.
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It's usually easy to determine how a criminal entered the crime scene. But in this case, it was far from clear. It looked like the killer vanished into thin air...and perhaps he had.
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A fireman died from what appeared to be heart disease, but his family was skeptical of the cause of death.
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Security cameras in a casino tracked a young woman's movements until shortly before she disappeared. She was never seen again.
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It was one of the most unusual cases in forensic history. Investigators had to find a way to solve a murder case with evidence which consisted of a squashed tomato found at the crime scene.
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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.
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Seattle police had no suspects in the violent murder of post-grunge singer, Mia Zapata. More than a decade passed before the evidence could be used by forensic scientists to identify the killer.
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A Michigan State University grad student disappeared and was presumed dead. With the help of a professor of geological sciences, police hoped to get the "dirt" on her killer.
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A man's wife took her own life and his college sweetheart killed herself the same way. Was it coincidence?
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A woman was shot to death in her Connecticut driveway. Now police must determine if love had turned deadly.
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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.
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A 13-year-old girl went missing from her Colorado home and the only evidence the kidnapper left behind was three fingerprints on a window screen.
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A brutal murder, lots of suspects and conflicting evidence but the forensics were clear on one thing: The killer knew his victim. And that alone gave investigators a head start.
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A serial killer was on the loose and police had to find him before he struck again. Their most promising lead was an unusual one: a bloody fingerprint on the body of one of the victims.
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On Halloween night 2004, Adriane Insogna and Leslie Mazzara were brutally murdered in their Napa home.
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After the suspect was convicted of murder, he maintained his innocence through his 25 years in prison.
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A woman was brutally murdered in her home and the only witnesses to the crime were the family dogs. An expert in canine behavior was convinced the killer knew both the victim and the animals.
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The killer probably hoped to cover his tracks by staging the crime scene. But investigators saw through the attempt almost immediately.
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A six-year-old girl ran and hid when she saw her grandmother being beaten to death, but the man followed, beat and assaulted her. She said the assailant was her uncle, who was convicted.
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The body of a college co-ed was found on a farm covered with her own denim as well as the jeans of the killer.
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The body of an attractive young woman was found a mile from her abandoned car. Police were especially concerned when they realized the victim had come to them for protection just two weeks earlier.
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In 1969, phone operator Diane Maxwell is murdered. Her brother promised he'd find out who was responsible.
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The crime scene was especially violent: A couple had been shot to death. Was their teenage daughter complicit?