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The Suitcase Murder

Subscribe to Forensic Tales podcast so you don’t miss an episode! In May 2004, 3 suitcases were discovered floating in Chesapeake Bay near Virginia Beach. Inside the first suitcase, a family discovered 2 human legs that were separated from the rest of the body. The second suitcase contained a male’s torso with the head attached….

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Episode 16: The Rogers Family Murders

A family from Ohio goes missing after taking a sunset boat cruise in Tampa Bay, Florida while on vacation. A few days later, the bodies of 3 women are discovered floating in the bay, their bodies attached to 30-pound concrete blocks. They are half naked, mouths gagged, and their eyes left wide open. Police have…

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The Rogers Family Murders

Subscribe to Forensic Tales Podcast so you don’t miss an episode! In May 1989, Joan Rogers and her 2 daughters, 17-year old Michelle, and 14-year old Christe went on vacation to Florida from their home state of Ohio. This was the family’s first time ever leaving Ohio. Joan’s husband, Hal Rogers, stayed behind to care…

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Episode #15: Suicide or Homicide: Death of Rebecca Zahau

Rebecca Zahau was found hanging from a second floor balcony in an apparent suicide in 2011. She was completely nude, her wrists and ankles bound, and her mouth gagged. This all happened after her boyfriend’s son, Max, was in a tragic accident while Rebecca was supposed to be babysitting him. Here the story, learn the facts, consider the…

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Suicide or Homicide: Death of Rebecca Zahau

Subscribe to Forensic Tales Podcast so you don’t miss an episode! Was the mysterious death of Rebecca Zahau a suicide or a staged homicide? Let’s let the forensic evidence decide. Rebecca Zahau is from Falam in the Chin Hills of Myanmar known as Falam, formally known as Burma. During her childhood she moved around a…

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Episode 14: Murder of Karina Vetrano

Karina Vetrano went missing on August 2, 2016 after leaving the house to go out jogging in Spring Creek Park, New York. Her brutally murdered body was discovered along the running path a few hours later.  Medical examiners recovered a DNA profile underneath Karina’s fingernails, on her back, and on her cell phone. Did police and…

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Episode 13: Murder of Shari Smith

Sharon “Shari” Faye Smith was abducted from her own driveway in May 1985. For days, her abductor tortured her family by making phone calls promising she was alive and well until her body was discovered. Forensic scientists were able to examine the letter using Electrostatics Detection Apparatus (ESDA) to reveal indentations and impressions in the…

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Episode 12: Christopher Porco

Peter and Joan Porco were brutally attacked inside their Albany, New York home with a 3 foot axe in November 2004. Joan survives the savage attack, but her husband, Peter, does not. Right away, police suspect the couple’s son, Christopher, may have been involved in the attack. Let’s let the forensic evidence decide.

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Christopher Porco

Subscribe to Forensic Tales Podcast so you don’t miss an episode! In Delmar, New York, a suburb just outside the city of Albany, lived Peter Porco and his wife, Joan Porco. On November 15th, 2004, Peter Porco didn’t show up to work at the Supreme Court in Albany, New York like he did every morning….

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Murder of Karina Vetrano

Subscribe to Forensic Tales Podcast so you don’t miss out on a new episode! Karina Vetrano, 30-years old, went missing while jogging in Queens, New York on August 2, 2016. Her badly beaten, lifeless body was discovered a few hours later by her father, a retired New York Fire Department firefighter. Karina only had some…

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