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- With no forensic evidence inside the scene of the murder of 28-year-old recluse John Helble, investigators were baffled. But they suspected that the victim's dog, Keisha, had witnessed the crime. If she had, forensic scientists would need some way to find out what the dog had seen. That would be determined by analyzing Keisha's DNA to one of the suspects' cars, a test that implicated John's best friend Andy Rich as the killer. (en)
- For years, a woman suffered from what appeared to be the unpleasant side effects of lithium, a drug prescribed to treat bipolar disorder. Her search for help led her to numerous doctors and hospitals and resulted in a 4000-page medical file. When she died, investigators had to determine if her death was due to natural causes, suicide, or murder. (en)
- Just weeks before Helena Greenwood is to testify against the man accused of sexually assaulting her, she is found murdered in the front yard of her own home by her husband, Roger. Investigators immediately suspect Helena's attacker, David Paul Freidioni, but they don't have enough evidence to prove his guilt. It would take fifteen years, and the remarkable advances in forensic science and DNA testing which occurred during that time, to enable police to nail Freidioni for murder. (en)
- In 1994, a 34-year-old nurse, Janice Trahan, experiences a variety of flu-like symptoms. None of her doctors are able to discover the cause, until she visits the gynecologist for a routine check-up. Then she learns it's something far worse than the flu. She is HIV-positive. Being a nurse, she could have contracted the HIV virus in any number of ways. In the end, science was able to determine not only how she had been infected, but also by whom, her former lover Dr. Richard J. Schmidt. The worst part: It wasn't an accident. Schmidt had deliberately poisoned Janice in an attempt to kill her as revenge for breaking off their relationship. Schmidt was convicted of attempted murder. (en)
- In 1993, the state of Florida was known for more than just swimsuits, sun, and Disney World. Worldwide attention focused on a rash of robberies, which targeted tourists. Some vacationers were killed in these attacks, but some fought and survived, despite severe injuries. Helga Luest, a journalist vacationing from the Washington, DC area, survived her attack and became an impassioned advocate and founder of the national nonprofit Witness Justice. A severe bite that she sustained would be the key piece of evidence used to convict a determinedly uncooperative suspect, Stanley Cornet, who ran into an even more determined detective. Cornet’s accomplice was never identified. (en)
- In 1990, 61-year-old Richard Alfredo died in his home after a long history of heart disease. It was assumed that this was the cause of his death. A few weeks after the funeral, rumors surfaced that his girlfriend, 39-year-old Christina Martin, had poisoned him. When the body was exhumed, scientists needed to know: could the dead tell tales? (en)
- Police are dispatched to the scene of a shooting and discover the victim's husband, Ted MacArthur, is one of their own, a homicide detective who says his wife, Pilar Sanchez Nicolau-MacArthur, accidentally shot herself in the head. The detective maintains he called 911 immediately, but the evidence seems to indicate otherwise. Investigators turn to a forensic scientist and a ballistics expert to learn what really happened and who was responsible. It turned out Ted had murdered Pilar for her life insurance due to lavish spending on his mistress, and his call to police was delayed while he cleaned up. Ted MacArthur was sentenced to life in prison for his wife's murder. (en)
- In the summer of 1986, 30-year-old Kathleen Lipscomb was found strangled to death on a deserted road outside of San Antonio. Months passed, then years, and the crime was never solved. Then Kathleen's family hired a private investigator who discovered a diary among her personal effects. Two of the diary entries helped police to piece together what had happened to Kathleen Lipscomb and why. Kathleen's estranged husband, Bill, a Navy pilot, killed her after she threatened to expose his cheating on military exams if he tried to get custody of their children in the divorce. Bill Lipscomb was convicted of murdering his wife and was sentenced to life in prison. (en)
- Gay couple Gary Mattson and Winfield Mowder are shot to death while sleeping in their bed. One night later, an arson fire destroyed a family planning clinic. Investigators wondered, whether some shards of glass, paint chips and a chicken feather could link for what appeared to be two separate crimes. The link was attached to homophobic brothers Matthew and Tyler Williams, the former of whom committed suicide while awaiting trial, while the latter pled guilty to arson and murder and was sentenced to life in prison. (en)
- In 1999, 12-year-old Cally Jo Larson was found murdered in her own home and it changed the feeling of security residents had in the small town of Waseca, Minnesota. Despite a meticulous search of the Larson home and an exhaustive investigation, police had no suspects. Then a string of burglaries several months after the murder led police to the home of Lorenzo Bahena Sanchez, where they found a cache of stolen goods, which included CD cases similar to those belonging to Cally Jo. That evidence would make the case, and bring the killer to justice. (en)
- A mysterious computer crash pushed a thriving manufacturing company to the brink of collapse, jeopardizing the jobs of hundreds of employees. There was no apparent cause; there were no obvious clues. Forensic investigators had to determine if the crash was the result of a computer defect, human error, or sabotage. (en)
- When a pipe bomb ripped through a rural home, killing 17-year-old Christopher Marquis and seriously injuring his mother, Sheila Rockwell, police had no idea who was responsible. A lot number on a 9-volt battery and the remnants of a mailing label found on a computer's hard drive enabled investigators to determine who sent the bomb and why. Investigators eventually deduced that trucker Christopher Dean sent the bomb as revenge for Marquis scamming him into buying a CB radio that was cheaper than the model he'd thought he'd purchased, not knowing the seller was a teenager. Dean was sentenced to life without parole. (en)
- No one in a quiet residential community saw or heard anything unusual the day one of their neighbours, Eskalene DeBoard, was brutally attacked and murdered. Fingerprints found at the crime scene and surveillance video from a security camera helped investigators to apprehend the presumed killer, 21-year-old Rodger Broadway, a magazine salesman, within twelve hours, even though he'd already left the state and was on a bus, headed for New York City. Broadway had killed Eskalene because she had caught him burglarizing her house, and after seeing all the evidence against him, he pled guilty and was sentenced to life without parole. (en)
- In July 1991, Police were puzzled by an obscure print found at a crime scene in Peoria, Illinois where one man, Tommy Smith, had been killed and two teenage girls, Casey Johnson and Jennifer Logsdon, were seriously injured. Neither of the girls could identify their attacker. But one simple, yet rarely found, clue helped track the footsteps of a killer, Gene A. Brown, Jr. (en)
- In 1995, Mark Winger tells police that he shot an intruder, Roger Harrington, who had attacked and murdered his wife, Donnah Brown Winger. The husband paints a tragic picture of harassment, stalking, and revenge and is dubbed a hero for his valiant attempt to save his wife. Four years later, new forensic evidence leads police to re-examine the motives of this so-called hero. (en)
- In 1997, Jennifer Myers is shot to death in her store just one day before she is to testify against the man accused of robbing her, Kevin Dowling. The robber becomes the prime suspect, but he has a solid alibi: a time-stamped videotape of his outdoor activities on the day of the murder. Police asked a local physics professor to help them authenticate the videotape which enabled them to prove Dowling had messed with the time on his camera to fake his alibi, while he killed Jennifer to avoid being convicted of robbery. However, investigators saw through this cover, and as a result, Dowling was also convicted of murder and received the death penalty. (en)
- In 1994, Joe Foley , a union official, is executed in his home not long after a strike by the union membership. Neither his wife, Kathleen Foley ,who was sleeping in the adjacent bedroom, nor anyone in the neighborhood, heard any gunshots. It would take a forensic sound test, an electron microscope, and a nightgown to explain why. It turned out that Katy was having an affair, and killed Joe so she could be with her lover, intending to frame someone in the union. Katy Doyle was sentenced to life in prison for the first-degree murder of her husband. (en)
- A high school gym teacher mysteriously left town without saying goodbye to anyone. He later sent letters to explain why. But a closer forensic look at those letters and a microscopic piece of tissue gave investigators an entirely different explanation for where he went and why. (en)
- In 1962, the people of the small town of Hanford, California lost their sense of peace when one of their own, 15-year-old Marlene Miller, was murdered. Booker T. Hillery was convicted but after an appeal to the Supreme Court, Hillery received a re-trial in 1983. Forensic scientists had to use new knowledge of microscopic evidence to be able to place Hillery at the scene. (en)
- For six years, a serial killer prowled the streets of New York City. He wrote letters to police and The New York Post, indicating he would kill twelve people, one for each astrological sign. Forensic astronomy, handwriting analysis, and DNA extracted from the flap of an envelope gave investigators a profile of the killer, and a stroke of luck enabled them to find him. (en)
- A sixteen-year-old girl was killed by her mother and father, in her own home. Her parents said they acted in self-defense, but the forensic evidence indicated otherwise. Definitive proof would come from an unlikely source: a recording made by an FBI electronic surveillance device. (en)
- Two different men, Larry Fleck and Patrick Walsh, called police to report the same murder; Pamela Sweeney, Larry's fiance and Patrick's co-worker. Apparently, neither one knew that the other had called. The investigation uncovered, even more unusual circumstances. But a few tiny seeds, and a discarded candy wrapper were more than just insignificant clues. They told a story of revenge. Patrick had killed Pamela out of jealousy and received a life sentence. (en)
- In 1993, the Amtrak Railroad experienced the deadliest train crash in United States history when the Sunset Limited derailed while crossing Alabama's Big Bayou Canot bridge. Forty seven passengers and crew were killed; scores more were injured. The clues to the cause of the crash lay etched in twisted steel and buried in the mud of the Big Bayou Canot. (en)
- A fire erupted in the Kings Cross Underground Station in London, killing 31 people and injuring dozens more. Arson investigators were able to pinpoint the cause of the fire, but it would take state-of-the-art computer technology and experts in the field of fluid dynamics to explain why it became a deadly inferno. (en)
- It was supposed to be a routine motorcade for the Queen of the United Kingdom. But on the way to Yosemite National Park, a car carrying three Secret Service agents collided with a car driven by a deputy from the local sheriff's office. The agents were killed instantly. In the investigation which followed, two teams of accident reconstructionists reached very different conclusions. It would take a court case and a judge's ruling to determine what really happened and who was responsible. (en)
- In October 1993, Gerry Boggs is found shot to death in his home, and his ex-wife, Jill Coit has a perfect alibi: She was camping with her boyfriend, Michael Backus, in a state park, 150 miles away. Determining time of death becomes critically important, and in order to do so, investigators need to know when the victim ate his last meal. An endocrinologist, a forensic botanist, and a short-order cook answer their question. Gerry had actually been killed after breakfast, for when Jill did not have an alibi, and further forensic evidence proved she was the killer. (en)
- The body of 34-year-old wealthy American businessman Madison Rutherford was found in his rental car. The car had swerved off the road into a ravine, and caught fire. Teeth and bone fragments were all that remained of the body; miraculously, an engraved wristwatch and medic alert bracelet had escaped the inferno and were found in the ashes. When the Rutherford's wife filed a claim for $7 million of life insurance, investigators sought the help of a renowned forensic anthropologist. His findings and the work of other forensic scientists uncovered a chilling scheme of fraud and deceit. Madison had stolen a body from a cemetery, burned the car, and then gone into hiding. (en)
- A drive-by shooting leaves one man dead and another seriously wounded. Cell phone calls and shell casings point to a suspect, but authorities are unable to place him at the crime scene. When a forensic geologist compared soil from the crime scene with soil found in the wheel wells of the suspect's car, he proved that dirt is anything but dumb. (en)
- A suspicious fire swept through an apartment, killing two young women; 29-year-old Laura Dalton and 27-year-old Maria Lehner. The cause of the fire and the identity of the victims were unclear. But a closer look at the fire scene revealed something hidden in the ashes. Could gas chromotography, a burnt pair of eyeglasses, and a half smoked cigarette solve the case? Indeed it would, as John Memer was soon caught with a burned nose and Maria's blood on his shoes. He had killed both women because they rejected his advances, and was sentenced to life in prison. (en)
- Police officer Paul Dunn, accused of killing his estranged wife, Monica Sanchez-Dunn, insists she committed suicide. Investigators say it was murder;– that it was physically impossible for the woman to have shot herself. The crime scene evidence is interpreted differently by the defense and prosecution, and eventually, it is revealed that it would have been impossible for Paul to shoot Monica the way the gun was fired, and that Monica really had committed suicide. After being acquitted, Paul Dunn quit the police force and took a job as an oil company foreman. (en)
- When Rosemary Anderson is found dead on the side of the road, her boyfriend becomes the prime suspect. He eventually confessed to her murder, but so did another man – serial killer, Eric Edgar Cooke. John Button would continue to serve five years imprisonment for the manslaughter of his girlfriend. It would take the passage of another forty years, an author, and an expert in the field of pedestrian accident reconstruction to determine who was telling the truth. (en)
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