Forensic Files

The woman could have lost control of her SUV on the icy road, and plunged down an embankment into a shallow creek. But there were footprints in the snow leading away.

A very successful stockbroker told his wife he'd be working late, and when he didn't come home, she reported him missing. Police discover his car a few blocks from his office and, two days later, evidence that he had been murdered.

The prime suspect had a criminal record, and his driver's license was found at the scene of a brutal, double homicide. That physical evidence alone seemed enough, but it wasn't the only evidence.

When a little girl got sick and died, investigators were stumped. Was it an accident, an unexplained illness, or murder?

A car is found in a drainage ditch, and both passenger and driver are dead. But this was no accident, and through glass analysis and ballistics, police are able to determine where the pair were killed.

A World War II veteran is found dead in his home and the investigators' prime suspect has an alibi. But a lucky break leads investigators to a shady character with an affinity for peanut butter and boots that are more distinctive than the owner imagined.

A woman who was known to have suffered from depression seemingly took her own life. But her sister told police that, a year before her death, she said if anything were to happen to her, there would be a note in the china cabinet.

An aspiring model turned up dead and the prime suspect was her boyfriend. When he was eventually cleared, investigators had to take a closer look in order to find the culprit.

When an off-duty policeman is shot dead, his fellow officers are determined to solve the mystery. They needed clues to find the killer, and they discovered them in small fibres and an asthma inhaler.

To solve a triple homicide, investigators had to delve into the world of high rollers and offshore betting.

The body of a young girl was discovered on a remote farm near Delano, California. She had no ID, but investigators found mailbox and house keys in the pocket of her jeans.

The driver said he couldn’t have hit and killed a pedestrian on a Harrisburg street. The Jeep Grand Cherokee he was leasing around that time had been sold months ago to a buyer in another state. Police were able to find the vehicle.

It would take three years, an exhumation and a second autopsy to determine if a death was an accident or a murder.

When a hit-and-run boating accident caused the death of a popular young man, police faced the discouraging task of looking for one boat among thousands of others.