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Sphinx

## Étymologie

Le'étymologie du mot "Sphinx" n'est pas encore certaine. Il se peut qu'elle vienne du grec ancien Σφίγξ, *Sphígx*, qui vient lui-même du sanskrit स्थग, *sthag* (« dissimulé »), ou de l’égyptien ancien *shesepankh*, signifiant « statue vivante ». Ou du verbe σφίγγω, *sphíggô* (« étrangler »). Les sphinx étaient décrits comme une chimère possédant un corps de lion et une tête de femme humaine.

## Légende

Les Sphinx étaient le symbole de l’union entre le dieu du soleil Rê et d’un pharaon, et ils étaient représentés par de grandes statues à l'entrée des temples car la légende dit qu'ils veillaient sur la nécropole. La plus célèbre de ces statues est le Sphinx de Gizeh, qui est près des pyramides.
Chief Evidence

**Chief Evidence** refers to episode 17 of the Season 7 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on July 24, 2002.

## Plot summary

The 1996 Seattle murder of suburban couple Raquel Rivera & Jay Johnson is detailed. Investigators first believe the slayings were the result of a drug deal gone bad. However, no drugs are found in the house and the victims' blood isn't present on the clothing of the suspects.

Evidence from the couple's dog Chief eventually ties one of the murderers to the scene. This is one of the first cases where dog DNA was used to convict. Kenneth Leuluaialii and George Tuilefano were sentenced to life in prison without parole.
Deadly Formula

**Deadly Formula** refers to episode 8 of the Season 3 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on November 19, 1998.

## Plot summary

In 1989, David and Patricia Stallings of Hillsboro, Missouri had their first child, Ryan, whose health took a turn for the worse by the time he was five months old. Ryan had a series of blood tests, which showed unusually high levels of ethylene glycol, which is the main active ingredient in antifreeze.

Patricia Stallings was arrested, and a few days later, Ryan died. While in prison, Patricia gave birth to another son, David, who suffered from the same symptoms as his brother Ryan had; however, he was not in Patricia's care at the time. After re-testing both children’s blood, results showed that there was no evidence of ethylene glycol. It was determined that both children had a rare genetic disorder called methylmalonic acidemia. Patricia Stallings was released on July 30, 1991, as no crime had been committed.
Pressed for Crime

**Pressed for Crime** refers to episode 13 of the Season 12 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on January 14, 2008.

## Plot summary

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.
Bed of Deceit

**Bed of Deceit** is the title that was given to the twenty eighth episode of Forensic Files's eighth season. This episode was first broadcast for the first time on truTV on August 4, 2005.

## Summary

A retired police officer, Daniel McDonnell is discovered in his bed, dead of a single gunshot wound to the head. His wife, Cynthia McDonnell, first says the motive was robbery; then she tells police he committed suicide.

It would take careful examination of the evidence at the crime scene, the tape from a bank surveillance camera, and forensic textbooks found in the victim's home to write the final chapter of this real-life whodunit.
Chief Suspect

**Chief Suspect** refers to episode 23 of the Season 11 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on December 20, 2006.

## Plot summary

The wife of a respected police officer was murdered in her own home. The crime went unsolved for more than a decade, and then a newly formed Cold Case Unit took a fresh look at the evidence. A few seconds of a 911 call enabled them to determine not only who was responsible for the victim's death, but also the motive for her murder.
All That Glitters is Gold

**All That Glitters is Gold** refers to episode 32 of the Season 13 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on October 16, 2009.

## Plot summary

A bullet-riddled car, a missing driver, and no witnesses. Was this an ambush or a random attack? Had the victim been abducted or was she dead? The answers lay in a unique clue, so tiny it was measured in millionths of a meter.
Deadly Matrimony

**Deadly Matrimony** refers to episode 19 of the Season 9 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on September 29, 2004.

## Plot summary

A go-go dancer told her family she needed to get away for a while, and then she simply disappeared. Investigators were suspicious, because she took neither her car nor her clothes. The next twenty years passed slowly, and the family began to think they might never know what happened until they received a phone call which changed everything.
Broken Bond

**Broken Bond** is the title of Forensic File's third season and the episode was broadcast for the first time on December 17, 1998.

## Summary

In 1983, Morgan, the 9-month-old daughter of Ray & Tanya Reid, suffered a sleep apnea episode at her home in Deaf Smith County, Texas and was admitted to the hospital for four days. Morgan continued to experience occasional apnea episodes and suffered a fatal attack on February 7, 1984.

In 1985, Tanya Reid gave birth again, this time to a son named Michael. Michael was hospitalized over 20 times during the next two years. When Michael was temporarily taken away from his mother, he did not experience any seizures or apnea episodes. When prosecutors asked pathologists to re-open Morgan's autopsy records, they discovered that an x-ray taken during the autopsy revealed that she did not die of SIDS but suffered from brain damage consistent with being shaken violently.

Doctors then determined that Tanya was exhibiting symptoms of Münchausen syndrome by proxy. Tanya was convicted for felony child endangerment of Michael and for the murder of Morgan. The murder conviction was later overturned; however, Tanya was convicted a second time.
Matter of Time

**Matter of Time** is the 8th episode of Forensic Files II's third season. It was broadcast for the first time on the HLN Network on March 20, 2022.

## Summary

An extremely successful California career woman keeps falling ill and doctors can’t determine why. When she dies, they still have no explanation, until they find a key figure in her life who has been lying about his past.
Dollars and Sense

**Dollars and Sense** refers to episode 30 of the Season 13 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on September 25, 2009.

## Plot summary

On Christmas eve 2005, the corpse of a black male is found burning near Baltimore. He's eventually identified as 26-year-old Wesley Person. Distinctive building materials from the 1930s found near the body play a crucial role in solving this case.
Memories

**Memories** refers to episode 6 of the season 5 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on October 17, 2000.

## Plot summary

In 1979, Dianna Green is brutally attacked in her Orange County, California home, and her unborn child is killed. After coming out of her coma and regaining her memory, she identifies her husband, Kevin Green, as the perpetrator, and the semen left at the scene matches her husband's blood type.

The husband was convicted and spent 16 years in jail proclaiming his innocence. Then, a new DNA test and an innovative computer program lead investigators to question just how accurate the wife's recovered memory really was.
Brenda Andrew

**Brenda Evers Andrew** is an American woman who lived in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA. She appeared in the episode "Sunday School Ambush" which is the tale of how she became a Female criminal.

When her husband (Robert Andrew) was gunned down in his own garage by intruders, investigators worked tirelessly to find the assassins. But when they discovered that a wound sustained during the attack by the grieving widow may have been self-inflicted, they turned to science to help them unravel a twisted tale of lust, greed and deception.
Kidnapping

**Kidnapping** refers to episode 12 of the Season 13 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on January 9, 2009.

## Plot summary

In 2001, Ginger Hayes and her infant son Nicholas were abducted during a carjacking and the crime had been reported by a witness within minutes of occurrence. 45 minutes after the kidnapping, Ginger is seen with a black man in a local store's surveillance video and then they find her car in a nearby neighborhood.

Both the witness to the carjacking and the owner of the home where the car was found pointed to Andre Edwards, but he wouldn't tell the police anything. A farmer 50 miles away called to report the body of a woman and a baby, which were determined to be Ginger, who had been beaten to death and her son Nicholas, who was still alive. Further analysis of Ginger's car and evidence at the scene where Ginger was found both linked Edwards to her death.
Freedom Fighter

**Freedom Fighter** refers to episode 16 of the Season 12 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on June 13, 2008.

## Plot summary

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 lawyer and only a fifth grade education, but he never gave up. He turned to the law books in the prison library and television programmes about forensic science, and set out to prove his innocence.
A Case of the Flue

**A Case of the Flue** refers to episode 18 of the Season 11 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on November 15, 2006.

## Plot summary

In 1993, 82-year-old Kathryn Bishop was found dead in her Pennsylvania home. The evidence at the scene indicated that the perpetrator had been running out of the house, not breaking into it. Tiny clues on the victim's body would tell police what happened that night, which gave investigators the proof they need that Timothy McEnany was the perpetrator
Murder on the Menu

**Murder on the Menu** refers to episode 36 of the Season 10 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on February 8, 2006.

## Plot summary

When the head chef of a historic Philadelphia restaurant was found dead, investigators interviewed the usual suspects: family, friends and coworkers. As they sifted through the evidence, police uncovered a chilling tale of debt and deceit.
Insignificant Others

**Insignificant Others** refers to episode 9 of the Season 12 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on December 10, 2007.

## Plot summary

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 if this was a bizarre coincidence, or an attempt to get away with murder... twice.
Jill Coit

**Jill Coit** (née Billiot; born June 11, 1943 or 1944[5]) is an American convicted murderer. A con artist and serial bigamist who has been married 11 times to nine different men since 1961, Coit was convicted of killing her eighth husband in 1993 and is also suspected of killing her third husband in 1972. Coit is serving a life sentence with no possibility of parole at the Denver Women's Correctional Facility

She appears in Forensic Files's Eigth Season episode "Order Up", which is the acount of her crimes and how she became a Female criminal.
All Charged Up

**All Charged Up** refers to episode 36 of the season 7 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on December 10, 2002.

## Plot summary

Details the case of Philadelphia’s Center City Rapist who was active from 1997 through 1999 and the murder of Shannon Schieber on May 7, 1998. Philadelphia authorities use an anonymous letter and geographic profiling to home in on a suspect who attacks victims who live on upper floors of apartment buildings. In 2001 when they hear of similar crimes in Fort Collins, Colorado, they do further profiling to find Troy Graves who had joined the US Air Force to leave the Philadelphia area.
Dog Day Afternoon

**Dog Day Afternoon** refers to episode 17 of the Season 12 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on February 25, 2008.

## Plot summary

A woman was brutally murdered in her home, and the only witnesses to the crime were the family dogs. An expert in canine behaviour was convinced the killer knew both the victim and the animals, and he was determined find out exactly what the dogs had seen.
Last Will

**Last Will** refers to episode 42 of the Season 7 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on July 26, 2003.

## Plot summary

Authorities track a kidnapper who allowed his victim, 17-year-old Shari Smith, to write a last will and testament on a note pad, then informed the family of her murder, as well as the later murder of a 10-year-old Debra May Helmick. Both murders occurred in 1985. A phone number written on a previous page left a lasting impression, which helped to convict Larry Gene Bell.
No Safe Place

**No Safe Place** refers to episode 19 of the Season 11 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on November 22, 2006.

## Plot summary

A wealthy man and his wife were attacked by three men outside their luxurious Louisiana home. He was shot dead and she was forced to open their hidden safe. The woman could not describe the men because they wore masks. To solve the case, police would have to find out who knew about the concealed safe, and who would benefit from the crime.
Deadly Neighborhoods

**Deadly Neighborhoods** refers to episode 9 of the first season of the television series Forensic files which was broadcast for the first time on November 21, 1996.

## Plot summary

Troubling clusters of deadly cancer cases strike concerned communities across the country. In 1987, residents of Maryvale, a Phoenix suburb, realize that too many children are fatally stricken with leukemia.

And, on Meadow Street in Guilford, Connecticut, there is a disproportionate amount of illness, including four cases of brain cancer which garners national attention in 1990. Modern environmental agents such as buried poisons and electrical substations are found... Could these be the culprits?
Brotherly Love

**Brotherly Love** refers to episode 22 of the Season 12 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on May 23, 2008.

## Plot summary

In 1969, 25-year-old phone operator Diane Maxwell is raped and murdered. Her brother promised he'd find out who was responsible and bring the killer to justice.

It would take more than thirty years, but the young man kept his promise and, in doing so, brought closure to his family.
Key Evidence

**Key Evidence** refers to episode 9 of the Season 11 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on September 13, 2006.

## Plot summary

When an off-duty policeman was shot dead, his fellow officers were determined to solve the crime. They needed clues to find the killer, and they discovered them in tiny fibres and an asthma inhaler.
Betty Fran Smith

**Betty Fran Gladden Smith** was a woman who disappeared in 1991. It is suspected she was killed by her husband, John Smith, who was convicted of the 1974 killing of his previous wife.

## Case

Betty disappeared in 1991 after she and her husband reportedly had marital problems. She has never been located.

John Smith was convicted of the 1974 murder of his ex-wife, Janice Hartman. DNA had identified her remains as that of a woman found in a makeshift coffin in 1980.

## Post-episode notes

Skull fragments and teeth from a third individual was recovered from a storage locker owned by John Smith. The photographs of two previously unidentified women were found in his suitcase, accompanied by photos of Janice and Betty Fran. Both women were located alive, although previously suspected to be victims among his previous wives.
Joanne Chambers

**Joanne Chambers** is an American school teacher who appears in the case featured in Season two's episode "Sealed with a Kiss", the account of how she became a Female criminal by creating a Hoax.

## Episode summary

In 1993, police in Coolbaugh, Pennsylvania were baffled when teacher Joanne Chambers received multiple death threats and questionable packages. Chambers reported every incident to the police, who in turn found a resemblance in the letters to statements that a fellow teacher, Paula Nawrocki, had made.

However, the police were unable to find evidence directly linking Nawrocki to the threats. Regardless, Nawrocki was arrested and charged with harassment. Nawrocki's defense team sent the threatening letters and envelopes to be tested for DNA.

## The case

In 1993 told the police that she had started being sent a series of threatening poison pen letters from an unknown individual who was out to get her.

The letters continued arriving regularly and after ten months the FBI became involved and began investigating but no suspect was found. After receiving letters for a long time, things escalated when Joanne told the police that a car tried to run her off the road and she recognised the driver: a fellow teacher Paula Nawrocki.

So case closed then, Paula Nawrocki was the one who was sending the letters to Joanne? However Paula denied that she'd been sending the letters and hired both a lawyer and a private investigator. Paula's defense team wanted to DNA test the letters and the letters stamp was tested and didn't match with Paula Nawrocki's DNA.

The investigators then learned from the local police that Joanne had an extensive history of phoning 911 to report various threats and incidents including burglaries and fires. Investigators collected Joanne's DNA from her discarded trash and tested it against the stamp. The DNA was a match and suggested that she'd been sending these letters to herself all this time.

## Read more

Watch:

* Forensic Files: Sealed with a Kiss
* Casefile podcast: Case 189: JoAnne Chambers

Reading:

* Reddit Search
* Joanne Chambers on Forensic Files Now
Political Thriller

**Political Thriller** refers to episode 4 of the Season 13 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on October 10, 2008.

## Plot summary

In 2006, Nevada politician Kathy Augustine died mysteriously during a hard-fought re-election campaign and the medical examiner could neither isolate the cause of death, nor explain the tiny puncture wounds discovered during the autopsy. Upon deeper analysis, investigators focus on her husband Chaz Higgs, a critical care nurse who had ready access to succinylcholine.
Dark Waters

**Dark Waters** refers to episode 14 of the season 11 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on October 18, 2006.

## Plot summary

When a hit-and-run boating accident caused the death of a popular young man, investigators faced the daunting task of searching for one boat among 1200 others. They asked anyone who had seen the accident to come forward. The man who responded did much more than witness the crash; he was a passenger in that other boat.
A Clutch of Witnesses

**A Clutch of Witnesses** refers to episode 11 of the Season 7 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on December 21, 2002.

## Plot summary

Two eyewitnesses may hold the key to the January 2001 disappearance of motorcycle gang member Erik Schrieffer in West Duluth, Minnesota. Joseph Arden Wehmanen later pleaded guilty to murder.
Catch 22

**Catch 22** refers to episode 10 of the Season 12 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on December 17, 2007.

## Plot summary

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 Montgomery was in love with her and that she had spurned his advances. They now had to determine if love had turned into obsession... and a motive for murder.
Driven to Silence

**Driven to Silence** refers to episode 24 of the Season 12 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on June 20, 2008.

## Plot summary

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 investigation, the case went cold for ten years.

Then a witness who had been silent for more than a decade decided to do the right thing. NOTE: The prosecutor featured in this episode, Trey Gowdy, would later become a United States Congressman.
Muffled Cries

**Muffled Cries** refers to episode 31 of the Season 11 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on February 14, 2007.

## Plot summary

After inspecting storm damage to a home in Tampa, the insurance assessor simply disappeared. Thirty hours later, her body was found in a nearby river. But the killer had been careless, using a murder weapon so unique and leaving behind clues so blatant that police would have no trouble tracking him down.

## Victim(s)

### Katie Froeschle

A 25 year old insurance adjuster who had just graduated from college. After not contacting her friends and family for a weekend, she was reported missing. Her abandoned car was found later.

Katie was found in the Hillsborough River near Jason Funk's home. She had been in there for around 30 hours and had also been sexually assaulted. It is believed that she was murdered before she was put in the river from blunt force trauma.

## Perpetrator(s) and Convictions

### Jason Funk

Katie arrived at Jason's house to check for damage. Before she left, Jason killed her with a motorcycle muffler. Jason dumped her body into the river behind his house, drove her car to a nearby parking-lot and stole some money and credit cards. In order to hide what he had done, he cleaned the murder weapon and and burnt the blood socked carpet and clothing. But he didn't get rid of all the blood evidence in his home, including on his own sneakers.

Funk had a criminal history which included assaulting women. At the time of the murder, he had been recently fired and was struggling with money leading to greed being a possible motive for the murder.

Jason Funk denies being Katie's murderer including appearing on the show to deny the convictions against him, going as far as saying that if he was home on the day of the murder then he could've prevented Katie's death.

#### Sentence

Jason pled guilty to murder in order to avoid the death penalty. He was sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole for the murder of Katie Froeschle.

## Forensic Evidence

### DNA

Skin cells were found on the steering wheel of Katie's car. They were tested for DNA which revealed two contributors: Katie and Jason Funk.

Blood was found in Jason Funk's home as well as on his sneakers. The blood was determined to be from Katie.

### Pathology

A forensic pathologist determined that a motorcycle muffler was the murder weapon as the mounting bracket exactly matched the injuries to Katie's head.

### Fingerprints

A bank statement found in Katie's car was checked for fingerprints. Both Katie's and Jason's fingerprints were found on the envelope.

### Credit Card Records

Katie's credit cards were stolen when she was murdered. The police checked to see if they were used after her death to find that there had been four attempts to use them following her death. One of the places has surveillance video which showed a six foot male trying to purchase some items with Katie's card. Of the one successful transaction, it was signed in the name Jason Funk.
Debora Green

Dr. **Debora Green** (born Debora Jones, February 28, 1951) is an American physician who pleaded no contest to setting a 1995 fire which burned down her family's home and killed two of her children, and to poisoning her husband with ricin with the intention of causing his death.

Her case was featured in Forensic Files's fourth season episode "Ultimate Betrayal" which is an account of the crime, investigation and her conviction.
Dragon

### Son origine

L'origine géographique ou même historique du dragon reste très floue ; elle semble dater des premières civilisation, voire même du Paléolithique supérieur. Ceci montre que le dragon est une créature ayant traversé les âges et ayant connu de diverses formes, versions et interprétations.

#### Le dragon européen

De grandes ailes, un corps reptilien, des cornes, cracheur de feu... le dragon européen est sûrement la forme la plus connue de toutes. Le dragon, au sens large, n'est pas en premier lieu un animal reptilien volant ; mais plutôt une créature possédant des caractéristiques reptiliennes et une grande violence et aimant dévorer tout sur son passage. Il peut prendre l'apparence totale du serpent comme le Basilic ou alors juste reprendre certaines caractéristiques d'un reptile comme la Tarasque. Mais nous le reconnaissons particulièrement grâce aux récits chevaleresques du Moyen-Âge qui en fait un animal emblématique et terrifiant.

#### Le dragon chinois

Le dragon chinois représentent la force et la nature. Le dragon représente tous les éléments dans la culture chinoise : le feu, la terre, l'eau et l'air. Il apporte la plus pour les cultures, souffle dans les voiles des marins... Il protège l'Homme, mais n'en reste pas moins dangereux (cependant beaucoup moins que son cousin européen). Ses caractéristiques physiques et symboliques ne varient que de façon minime entre les civilisations asiatiques : esprits associés au climat, ils sont puissants et vénérés. On les associe régulièrement au pouvoir en place. Cependant son apparence reste bien différente de celle du dragon européen : il ressemble plus à un serpent avec son corps allongé mais possède tout de même quatre pattes griffues, porte une moustache au bout de sa gueule...

Le dragon africain

Les dragons ne sont pas encrés dans la culture africaine, à part certaines exceptions de créatures pouvant s'apparenter au monstre, il n'y a pas de trace de l'animal. Il est rare de trouver des mythes ou des informations sur les dragons africains, pourtant il semblerait que le mythe de l'homme combatant une énorme bête reptilienne viendrait de ce continent : mais tout reste très flou.

### Le dragon au XXIe siècle

#### Le dragon est une créature légendaire bien présente dans notre culture grâce aux fictions heroic-fantasy mais également grâce aux histoires transmises à son sujet au fil des siècles.

Il n'est pas rare qu'un enfant s'imagine chevalier combatant un grand dragon gardant un trésor ou alors il n'est pas rare également de voir des jeux surréalistes intégrer des dragons dans leurs aventures ; nous pouvons citer les dragons de The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, des créatures emblématiques ou alors l'ender dragon, le boss final du célèbre jeu Minecraft.

Le dragon a réussi à traverser les âges et à s'installer dans notre culture. Aujourd'hui, chacun possède sa propre idée du dragon et le laisse vivre dans son imaginaire avec sa propre interprétation ou ré-interprétation de ce mythe intemporel.
As the Tide Turns

**As the Tide Turns** refers to episode 29 of the Season 11 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on January 31, 2007.

## Plot summary

The woman was dead. The man had been shot four times but he survived. When the man's version of events was at variance with the evidence, investigators turned to forensic science, hoping to determine if this was a botched robbery, or cold-blooded murder.
Dessert Served Cold

**Dessert Served Cold** is the title that was given to the first episode of Forensic Files's eighth season. This episode was first broadcast for the first time on truTV on April 1, 2003.

## Summary

In 1990, 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, Christina Martin, had poisoned him. When the body was exhumed, scientists needed to know: could the dead tell tales?
Message in a Bottle

**Message in a Bottle** refers to episode 42 of the Season 11 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on May 2, 2007.

## Plot summary

For twelve years, the murder of a young woman went unsolved, but with the passage of time came the development of technology. Would a used tissue found at the crime scene give police the evidence they needed to crack the case and bring a killer to justice?
Drowning Sorrows

**Drowning Sorrows** refers to episode 23 of the Season 13 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on June 12, 2009.

## Plot summary

A family vacation turns into a nightmare when the wife, Florence Unger, is found face-down in the lake. There are no witnesses and little conclusive evidence to help police determine if they're dealing with a suicide, an accident, or something more sinister... until a forensic pathologist uses a groundbreaking technique to discover the truth.
Caren Campano

**Caren Campano** was a woman killed in 1992 by her husband.

## Case

Campano was killed at her home by her husband. He told police she had left the home after a heated argument. Her remains were found in March 1993 and it was determined she had been the victim of a homicide.

Her husband was later convicted of manslaughter and was sentenced to 1,000 years in prison. He was interviewed for this episode.
Church Disappearance

**Church Disappearance** refers to episode 10 of the Season 6 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on July 23, 2001.

## Plot summary

In 1981, six-year-old Cassie Hansen disappeared from her St. Paul, Minnesota church during an evening service. After a tip from a witness that an older man was seen carrying a small body, Cassie's body was found in a dumpster.

The FBI created a psychological profile of the perpetrator but were still unable to find the killer. Dorothy Noga contacted police to let them know that Stuart Knowlton was a massage client that liked to discuss his fantasies during his weekly massages and that one fantasy he spoke of closely resembled the church abduction, which caught her attention.

Knowlton had also asked Noga to be his alibi on the night of the murder. Even though she was later attacked by Knowlton and stabbed 32 times, Noga testified against Knowlton in the trial. Knowlton died in prison in 2006.
Ghost in the Machine

**Ghost in the Machine** refers to episode 21 of the Season 7 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on March 1, 2003.

## Plot summary

The investigation into the apparent overdose suicide of Reverend Bill Guthrie's wife Sharon in May 1999. Detectives suspect foul play after they recover incriminating files from Bill's computer and learn of his infidelity
Deadly Curve

**Deadly Curve** refers to episode 40 of the Season 8 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on October 10, 2004.

## Plot summary

It was supposed to be a routine motorcade for the Queen of England. 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.
Beaten by a Hair

**Beaten by a Hair** refers to episode 9 of the Season 3 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on November 26, 1998.

## Plot summary

In 1992, Laura Houghteling disappeared from her Bethesda, Maryland home and was never seen again. After five days, police found a bloody pillow and pillowcase lying in the woods not far from Laura's house.

Laura's bedroom was then searched using luminol, which reacts with the enzymes in blood. The police now had a prime suspect, her part-time gardener Hadden Clark. Amido black was used to enhance the fingerprints found on the bloody pillowcase, which were matched to Clark. In 1993, Clark pleaded guilty to Houghteling‘s murder.
A Touching Recollection

**A Touching Recollection** refers to episode 13 of the Season 7 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on March 26, 2003.

## Plot summary

The investigation into the May 2000 kidnapping and rape of an 18-year-old Ohio woman is aided when the victim returns hours after the incident occurred. With her help, the police are able to track the assailant Craig Bailey to his front door.
Church Lady

**Church Lady** is the thirteenth episode of Forensic Files II's first season. It was broadcast for the first time on the HLN Network on April 5, 2020.

## Summary

In January 2008, 42-year-old Rhonda Smith was shot as she did temporary work in the office of the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Springfield Township, Pennsylvania.

Another congregant of the church, Mary Jane Fonder, quickly becomes a suspect due to her bizarre behavior. The discovery of a .38 caliber revolver on the shore of nearby Lake Nockamixon helps to link Rhonda's killer to the gruesome crime.
Critical Maneuver

**Critical Maneuver** refers to episode 32 of the Season 11 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on February 21, 2007.

## Plot summary

When a hit-and-run accident claimed the life of a high school athlete, everyone in town mourned his passing. Finding the killer was a long shot at best, but investigators hoped tiny paint chips and pieces of plastic found at the scene would lead them to the person who was behind the wheel.

## Victim(s)

### Rafael Garcia

A 17-year-old boy who was hit by a car while walking at the side of the road and died at the side of the road after. He was a football player and excellent student who attended Southside High School in south central Texas.

He was from a poor background being one of six children to a single mother. He worked weekends in order to help support his family.

His death was listed as a hit and run accident. Hundreds of people attended his funeral.

## Perpetrator(s) and Convictions

### Robert Huffman

Huffman had previous criminal convictions including drug and firearm possessions and had recently served time in prison for these offences. On the night of the accident, he'd been drinking at a bar before driving home, which was where he hit Rafael.

When home, he claimed that he hit a deer, replaced the broken headlight and turn signal, and then fled town. He was initially arrested in Tennessee for providing a false name while staying at a motel.

#### Sentence

He was convicted of failure to stop and provide aid at the scene of an accident. Because of his previous convictions, he was sentenced to the maximum of 20 years in prison.

## Forensic Evidence

### Pathology

An autopsy was performed on Rafael. It showed that he suffered blunt force trauma to the head and bruising which suggested that he was facing the vehicle when it hit him.

### Trace Evidence

Evidence left behind from the car including a side mirror and paint chips. Having tracked down the parts, investigators were able to determine the make and model of the car used as well as the colour. The problem was that it was a popular car in Texas.

The paint chips were then matched up exactly to Huffman's truck.
Pastoral Care

**Pastoral Care** refers to episode 24 of the season 6 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on October 29, 2001.

## Plot summary

In 1981, correctional officer Donna Payant disappeared from Green Haven Correctional Facility in Beekman, New York and was later found in a landfill. The medical examiner not only identified the cause of death but also found an important clue.

It was a signature element of a murder committed by Lemuel Smith 10 years earlier, which was also investigated by the medical examiner. Upon further investigation, it was discovered that Smith was an inmate at the same prison and could have committed the crime. But, did he?
Kathleen Foley

**Kathleen Foley**, full name Kathleen Ann Foley, is an American women who appears in Forensic Files eighth season episode "When the Dust Settled". In the episode she is credited as "Katy Doyle" for unknown reasons.

## Crimes

In 1994, Joe Foley (alias Joe Doyle used in the episode), a union official, is executed in his home not long after a strike by the union membership. Neither his wife, Kathleen Foley (alias Katy used in the episode),[1] 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.
Christina Benjamin

**Christina Benjamin** was a teenage girl killed in 1993 alongside her step-brother.

## Case

Benjamin and King left home one night with Jason Massey prior to their murders. Massey had picked up Christina with the intent to murder her. He had a previous history of killing and mutilating animals.

Due to the graphic nature of this case, the episode was rated TV-MA, unlike the typically TV-14 rated episodes.
Frozen Evidence

**Frozen Evidence** refers to episode 8 of the Season 6 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on July 9, 2001.

## Plot summary

In 1992, two masked gunmen enter the home of Ward and Diana Maracle in Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, Ontario to rob them, but Ward was shot in the head.

This is the story of one investigator, whose quick thinking and knowledge of science enabled him to capture a shoe impression made in snow before the evidence melted away. Knowledge of the shoe led investigators to Peter Benedict and Frank Lanoue, who were convicted of aggravated assault and robbery.
Bagging a Killer

**Bagging a Killer** refers to episode 25 of the season 6 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on November 5, 2001.

## Plot summary

In 1999, nine-year-old Valiree Jackson vanished on her way to school near Spokane, Washington. Her father Brad Jackson reported the disappearance and the entire community started searching for her abductor.

As police began the investigation, they wondered if her long-lost mother Rosanne Pleasant might be connected to the disappearance. Police used GPS tracking to follow the perpetrator's movements, which not only led them to Valiree's body but also showed the twisted motive in the perpetrator's mind. The Secret Service finds a hidden fingerprint to help detectives seal the case.
Home of the Brave

**Home of the Brave** refers to episode 6 of the Season 14 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on November 19, 2010.

## Plot summary

In 2007, the Florida mobile home of Effie and Michael Ratley catches fire and Michael heroically rescues his wife and infant son.

A month later, his wife is found beaten to death in a bedroom of his parents' home. The cut window screen points to an intruder, but the lack of supporting evidence compels investigators to look within.
Buried Treasure

**Buried Treasure** refers to episode 17 of the Season 9 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on August 26, 2004.

## Plot summary

A man disappears one year to the day after beginning an affair with his friend's wife. 15 years later, with the help of a metal detector, police found evidence which would prove what had happened, and who was responsible.
Double Trouble

**Double Trouble** refers to episode 26 of the season 6 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on November 12, 2001.

## Plot summary

In 1995, when off-duty Maine State Trooper Vicki Gardner is raped and sodomized by Steven Fortin during a routine stop, it triggers a chain of events which jumpstarts a stalled murder case in New Jersey.

The Maine attack appears strikingly similar to the brutal sexual assault and murder of Melissa Padilla in Woodbridge, New Jersey in 1994. There is very little forensic evidence in the New Jersey crime, but the signature the killer left behind– the ritualistic bite mark similarities in both of these crimes– identified him just as convincingly as a DNA match.
Melissa Newman

**Melissa Newman** was a girl murdered in 1987, alongside her mother and sister. Her uncle was convicted of the crime.

## Case

The family was found murdered at their home. Nancy had not shown up to work and a concerned coworker reported this to a friend.

Kirby Anthoney, who had previously stayed at the home, was convicted of the murders based on physical evidence in the house, including his palm print near Melissa's body and strands of hair he had left at the scene.
Core Evidence

**Core Evidence** refers to episode 10 of the Season 4 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on December 8, 1999.

## Plot summary

In 1996 in Greeley, Colorado, 16-month-old Anne Grace Gimmenstad became very ill, was rushed to the hospital and died within two weeks. Following extensive medical examinations, it was determined that Anna had been the victim of the deadly bacteria E. coli. Anna'a mother recalled a trip to the grocery store when Anna pointed excitedly at her favorite drink, Odwalla apple juice.

As early as 1993, tests on samples of Odwalla juices found high levels of general bacteria because the company did not pasteurize its products. Federal and state inspection reports confirm that the company used two loads of apples with relatively high defect levels on the day that the juice was made. The genetic markings on the E. coli in the victims matched the bacteria found in the product bottled on that day. Odwalla pleaded guilty to violating federal food safety laws and agreed to pay a $1.5 million fine for the outbreak of E. coli in its juices.
Payback

**Payback** refers to episode 1 of the Forensic Files specials which was broadcast for the first time on 2001.

## Plot summary

This episode covers the 1993 disappearance and murder of twenty year old Bobby Kent in Weston, Florida whose death was in the hands of seven people. The case, which became well known, is also the subject of a book and movie.
Grounds for Indictment

**Grounds for Indictment** refers to episode 35 of the Season 8 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on December 2, 2004.

## Plot summary

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.
Lynn Turner

**Lynn Turner** (July 13, 1968 – August 30, 2010), born Julia Lynn Womack, was an American convicted murderer who appears in "Cold Hearted" the third episode of the Forensic File's Twelfth Season.

In 1995, her husband, Glenn Turner, died after allegedly being sick with the flu. In 2001, the death of what had been described as her common-law husband, Randy Thompson, under remarkably similar circumstances, aroused the suspicion of law enforcement. After investigation, it was determined by authorities that Lynn Turner had murdered both her husbands by poisoning them with ethylene glycol–based antifreeze.

She was tried for Glenn Turner's murder in 2004. She was found guilty and went to trial again for murdering Randy Thompson in 2007, ultimately being convicted. Turner died in prison on August 30, 2010.[1] The cause of death was an apparent suicide by toxic overdose of blood pressure medication.
Home Evasion

**Home Evasion** refers to episode 9 of the season 13 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on December 5, 2008.

## Plot summary

In 2000, Judy Southern arrived home from work and was shot by a gunman waiting within. Her husband Allen arrived shortly afterwards, called 911 to report his wife had been shot and drove her to the hospital. She died on arrival and the investigation focused on her husband Allen, but forensic analysis and a suicide note found at the scene pointed to Jonathan Binney.
Cold Feet

**Cold Feet** refers to episode 38 of the Season 13 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on December 18, 2009.

## Plot summary

James Kenneth Elmen Jr. abducted Julie Estes, then 21, from the Southside convenience store where she worked in 1985. He raped and murdered her. Her body was found the next day, but the killing went unsolved until 2003 when it became the first murder arrest by the new cold case squad at the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office.

A sample of Elmen's blood was taken after sentencing for the 1986 rape and kidnapping of another woman and the attempted abduction of a third and his DNA was entered into a database, which was eventually matched to Estes' DNA. Elmen is also a suspect in the 1985 murder his 10-year-old half sister, Dana Loomis, and the slaying of a female acquaintance, Christina Casey. In June 1984 a jury acquitted Elmen of killing Steven Linthicum of Titusville.
Dew Process

**Dew Process** refers to episode 2 of the Season 5 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on September 19, 2000.

## Plot summary

In 1986 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, when Betty Wolsieffer, the wife of a well-known dentist Glen Wolsieffer, is found dead, police are unsure who killed her and injured her husband. Some fibers and a study of the weather patterns on the night of the murder break the case open and reveal the killer.
In Harm's Way

**In Harm's Way** refers to episode 3 of the Season 9 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on June 15, 2004.

## Plot summary

An Alaskan police officer found a woman's body while on routine patrol of a public park. The victim had been stabbed to death and, during the autopsy, the medical examiner preserved the portion of her rib cage which sustained the fatal wound.

A knife thought to be the murder weapon turned up days later, two thousand miles away. Forensic scientists now had an opportunity, which seldom occurs: to compare the microscopic marks on the presumed murder weapon with the marks on the victim's bone.
Printed Proof

**Printed Proof** refers to episode 25 of the Season 12 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on June 28, 2008.

## Plot summary

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 advocates of gay rights. But the motive turned out to be something age old, something with which investigators were all too familiar: greed, fueled by obsession.
Family Interrupted

**Family Interrupted** refers to episode 43 of the Season 13 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on April 2, 2010.

## Plot summary

On December 10, 2003, in a murder-for-hire scheme, Thomas "Bart" Whitaker hired Chris Brashear, his college roommate, to kill his family so he could inherit the estimated $1.5 million family estate.
Nice Threads

**Nice Threads** refers to episode 15 of the Season 11 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on October 25, 2006.

## Plot summary

A woman was found dead on the bedroom floor of her apartment. The crime scene yielded little of value, and investigators wondered if they would find enough evidence to make a case, much less catch a killer. But a bloodstained sheet and a breakthrough forensic technique enabled them to identify the murderer, and convince the jury of his guilt.