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Episode 17: The Suitcase Murder

Three suitcases are discovered floating in the Chesapeake Bay in May 2004. The first suitcase contained 2 human legs that were severed from the rest of the body. The second contained the torso. And the third suitcase held the rest of the body. The discovery of the suitcases take police investigators on a wild ride. From…

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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 #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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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 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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Episode 9: Murder of Leanne Tiernan

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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Episode 6: The Murder of Krystal Baslanowitch

Krystal Baslanowitch, 17-years old, went missing in December 1995. The police had 2 main suspects in her disappearance: her boyfriend, Chris, and a local taxi driver, Herb Fry. It would take police over 17 years to finally catch Krystal’s killer.

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Episode 4: Not Another Manson Murder

Jeffrey MacDonald was a decorated U.S. Army Officer and Physician with a wife and children. By all accounts he lived the all-American dream. Until one day, when his entire family was murdered inside their very own home. Was this another Charles Mansion family murder? Let’s let the forensic evidence decide.

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