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 investigations in the region. A case defined not just by its…

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 Engel met the way many modern couples do: online. Their relationship…

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 Memphis, Arkansas. By the following afternoon, their bodies were discovered submerged…

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 this woman died in a car accident seemed impossible. And the…