Episode guide
Forensic Files: Season 12
30 episodes · premiered Sep 26, 2007
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- Episode 1: Sharper Image Sep 26, 2007 · 23m When a young girl was found dead, police quickly arrested the most likely suspect. But cutting-edge technology from NASA enabled a forensic odontologist to prove the wrong man was behind…
- Episode 2: Insulated Evidence Oct 3, 2007 · 23m It's usually easy to determine how a criminal entered the crime scene. But in this case, it was far from clear. It looked like the killer vanished into thin air...and perhaps he had.
- Episode 3: Cold Hearted Oct 10, 2007 · 23m When a young fireman died from what appeared to be serious but undiagnosed heart disease, his family and friends were devastated but they had no proof of foul play. Then they learned that…
- Episode 4: Wheel of Misfortune Oct 24, 2007 · 23m Security cameras in a casino tracked a young woman's movements until shortly before she disappeared. She was never seen again, but through the evidence she left behind, she was able to…
- Episode 5: Quite a Spectacle Oct 31, 2007 · 23m It was one of the most unusual cases in forensic history. Investigators had to find a way to solve a murder case with evidence which consisted of a squashed tomato found at the crime…
- Episode 6: Transaction Failed Nov 7, 2007 · 23m When a dedicated, well-respected teacher disappeared, police had to determine if she'd gone on vacation without telling anyone, or if she was the victim of foul play. Investigators turned…
- Episode 7: The Day the Music Died Nov 14, 2007 · 23m Seattle police had no suspects in the violent murder of post-grunge singer, Mia Zapata. More than a decade would pass before the evidence collected by an extraordinarily prescient medical…
- Episode 8: Sole Survivor Nov 19, 2007 · 23m A Michigan State University grad student disappeared and was presumed dead. With the help of a professor of geological sciences, police hoped to get the "dirt" on her killer.
- Episode 9: Insignificant Others Dec 10, 2007 · 23m How unlucky could one man be? His wife had taken her own life, and his college sweetheart had killed herself in much the same fashion fourteen years earlier. Investigators had to determine…
- Episode 10: Catch 22 Dec 17, 2007 · 23m In 1996, 54-year-old Gayle Isleib was ambushed in her Manchester, Connecticut driveway and shot to death. During their investigation, police learned that her 25-year-old co-worker Tyrone…
- Episode 11: A Cinderella Story Dec 24, 2007 · 23m The victim had been sexually assaulted and stabbed to death on the beach, just ten yards from the hotel where she was staying. A pair of men's tennis shoes was discovered near her body…
- Episode 12: Screen Pass Jan 7, 2008 · 23m A 13-year-old girl went missing from her Colorado home, and the only evidence the kidnapper left behind was three fingerprints on a window screen. Two years later, a latent print examiner…
- Episode 13: Pressed for Crime Jan 14, 2008 · 23m A brutal murder, lots of suspects, and conflicting evidence but the forensics were clear on one thing - the killer knew his victim and that alone gave investigators a head start.
- Episode 14: Finger Pane Jan 21, 2008 · 23m A serial killer was on the loose and police had to find him before he struck again. Their most promising lead was an unusual one: a bloody fingerprint on the body of one of the victims.
- Episode 15: Good as Gold Jan 28, 2008 · 23m On Halloween night 2004, Adriane Insogna and Leslie Mazzara were brutally murdered in their Napa, CA, home. The killer was not seen by their downstairs roommate, but he left his DNA behind…
- Episode 16: Freedom Fighter Jun 13, 2008 · 23m After the suspect was convicted of arson and murder, he steadfastly maintained he did not commit the crimes, but he was sentenced to a minimum of 25 years in prison. He had no money, no…
- Episode 17: Dog Day Afternoon Feb 25, 2008 · 23m A woman was brutally murdered in her home, and the only witnesses to the crime were the family dogs. An expert in canine behavior was convinced the killer knew both the victim and the…
- Episode 18: Shattered Innocence Mar 7, 2008 · 23m The killer probably hoped to cover his tracks by staging the crime scene. But investigators saw through the attempt almost immediately, and they turned to forensic science to learn what…
- Episode 19: All Butt Certain Mar 14, 2008 · 23m A 6-year-old girl ran and hid when she saw her grandmother being beaten to death, but the man followed her, beat her and assaulted her. The girl said he was her Uncle Clarence, and he was…
- Episode 20: Jean Pool Apr 18, 2008 · 23m In 1984, the body of college co-ed Laura Salmon was found on a Georgia farm, covered with her own denim jeans as well as the jeans of the killer. Investigators had plenty of suspects…
- Episode 21: Traffic Violations May 9, 2008 · 23m The body of an attractive young woman was found a mile from her abandoned car. Police were especially concerned when they realised the victim had come to them for protection just two weeks…
- Episode 22: Brotherly Love May 23, 2008 · 23m In 1969, 25-year-old phone operator Diane Maxwell is raped and murdered by a black man. Her brother promised he'd find out who was responsible and bring the killer to justice. It would…
- Episode 23: Disrobed Jun 6, 2008 · 23m The crime scene was especially violent: A husband and wife had been shot to death in their bedroom. At first, investigators thought their 16-year-old daughter was lucky to have escaped…
- Episode 24: Driven to Silence Jun 20, 2008 · 23m A young, attractive hairdresser was sexually assaulted and murdered in her own beauty salon. The evidence at the crime scene didn't match any of the suspects and, after the initial…
- Episode 25: Printed Proof Jun 28, 2008 · 23m When two women went missing and were later found brutally murdered, police wondered if they were victims of a hate crime; the women lived together and were politically active, outspoken…
- Episode 26: About Face Jul 18, 2008 · 23m A human skeleton was discovered in the North Carolina marshlands and, when investigators learned she'd been dead for 18 months, they knew it would be difficult to find out who she was…
- Episode 27: In the Bag Jul 25, 2008 · 23m After shooting his victims in the head, the killer staged the scene, placed the incriminating evidence into a plastic bag and tossed it into the river. Instead of floating downstream, it…
- Episode 28: Yes, in Deed Feb 9, 2008 · 23m In a tragic twist of fate, just days after the woman sold her home and moved to a modest trailer, a fire took both the trailer and her life. But the autopsy proved this was no accident. It…
- Episode 29: Guarded Secrets Aug 22, 2008 · 23m A security guard disappeared from his post without a trace; his remains were found a year later in a remote camp site. More than a decade would pass before a phone call breathed life into…
- Episode 30: Smoking Out a Killer Feb 17, 2008 · 23m A college senior was found raped and murdered near an unpaved footpath used by students to walk from one side of campus to the other. Five years earlier, a student was assaulted and killed…