The Case of Melissa Lucio: Confession, Forensics, and a Death Row Sentence In 2007, a two-year-old girl died in Texas. Within hours, her mother was under arrest. That mother was Melissa Lucio — a woman who would later be convicted of capital murder and...

The Murder of Johnia Berry: How Forensic Evidence Solved a Brutal 2004 Case In the early morning hours of December 6, 2004, 21-year-old Johnia Berry was attacked inside her apartment in Knoxville, Tennessee. What followed would become one of the most closely watched homicide...

The Murder of Fred Engel How Cell Phone Forensics Exposed a Carefully Planned Crime In 2008, a quiet Myrtle Beach community became the setting for a murder that would ultimately be solved not by eyewitnesses or confessions—but by digital forensic evidence. Fred and Sherry...

The West Memphis Three: When Fear Replaced Evidence In May of 1993, a small Arkansas town was forever changed. On the evening of May 5th, Stevie Branch, Michael Moore, and Christopher Byers, all just eight years old, disappeared while riding their bikes in West...

In February 2005, an Ohio woman suddenly collapsed and died while driving to a local movie theater. At first, her death was thought to be the result of a minor car accident. But as the forensic evidence started to reveal itself, the thought that...

When a pattern emerges in criminal investigations, it often becomes the strongest lead.In Southern California, that pattern pointed to a serial sexual offender who used a knife to control his victims and left DNA behind at multiple scenes. For years, the DNA sat unmatched....

The Wrongful Conviction of Marvin Grimm Jr. In 1975, a three-year-old boy disappeared in Richmond, Virginia. Four days later, his body was found in the James River — and the case immediately drew intense public attention. With few leads and enormous pressure to solve...