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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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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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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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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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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Missy Bevers, a 45-year old wife, mother, and fitness instructor was brutally murdered while setting up for an early morning fitness boot camp class in April 2016. Her killer was caught on surveillance camera dressed head-to-toe in SWAT riot gear. There’s been no arrests made in the case and Missy’s killer is still out there….
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The body of 16-year old school girl Leanne Tiernan was discovered on August 20, 2001. At her autopsy, valuable forensic evidence was collected from her body, including several dog hairs. The murder of Leanne Tiernan became known as the first British murder investigation that used dog DNA profiling to catch a savage killer.
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The Hillside Strangler terrorized the city of Los Angeles between October 1977 and February 1978, killing 12 innocent women throughout the sunny California south land. Forensic evidence eventually tied the killer (or killers!) to the hillside murders and began the longest criminal trial in California’s history.
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Best friends Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman went missing from a family barbecue in August 2002 and they were never seen again. How could a forensic botanist help police solve their murders?
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