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Ann Miller Kontz

**Ann Miller KONTZ** is an American woman, born in 1970 in Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, USA. She appeared in Forensic File's Thirteenth season in episode "Hair Line" which is the tale of how she became a Female criminal.

## Crimes

After three years of marriage, college sweethearts Ann and Eric Miller had a young daughter, a beautiful home, and two successful careers. She was a research scientist at a major pharmaceutical company. He was a pediatric AIDS researcher at the University of North Carolina. But on the night of November 15, 2000, Eric Miller developed a mysterious illness. That evening, Eric had gone bowling with Derril Willard, one of his wife's coworkers. An hour into the outing, Miller was admitted into the hospital with flu-like symptoms. The symptoms soon passed and the doctors sent Eric home.

But two weeks later, on November 30, 2000, he was in the ER again with the same flu-like symptoms. This time tests revealed arsenic in Eric's system. On December 2, 2000, just as he appeared on the road to recovery, Eric Miller died of cardiac arrest. The autopsy said it was due to arsenic. Police quickly focused their attention on Ann. A search of the lab shared with Derril Willard turned up traces of arsenic and evidence of an affair between the two scientists. On January 21, 2001, police searched Willard's home and asked him to come in for questioning. Instead, he took his own life; but not before confessing to his lawyer that it was Ann that gave Eric Miller the fatal dose of arsenic. Willard told his attorney Ann had persuaded him to spike Miller's beer with arsenic at the bowling alley on November 15, but when Eric didn't die, she decided to lace his food.

Days later, according to what Willard told his attorney, she'd injected arsenic directly into her husband's IV as he lay in his hospital room, causing the heart attack that killed him. Willard's suicide, however, complicated pressing charges against Ann until September 27, 2004, when a grand jury indicted her for first-degree murder charges. Ann, who had remarried, pled guilty a year later to second degree and conspiracy to commit first-degree murder. She is serving 25-31 ½ years in a woman's correctional facility.
Matching Palms

**Matching Palms** is the 11th episode of Forensic Files II's second season. It was broadcast for the first time on the HLN Network on August 15, 2021.

## Summary

On July 28, 1987, the body of Susan Woods is found by her father in her home in Stephenville, Texas. The killer manages to evade capture for almost two decades, but he leaves a critical piece of evidence behind – his palm print. Detectives are determined to do whatever it takes to put a name and a face to the print.
Point of Origin

**Point of Origin** refers to episode 21 of the Season 9 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on October 27, 2004.

## Plot summary

In 1984, California firefighters had battled ten arson fires in three weeks. When cigarettes and a scrap of paper connected the southern California fires to several fires further north, the hunt was on for a dangerous pyromaniac. Investigators finally found a fingerprint, and it pointed to a most unlikely suspect.
Frozen Assets

**Frozen Assets** refers to episode 1 of the Season 13 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on September 12, 2008.

## Plot summary

In 2004, Mary Ann Clibbery was found brutally murdered in her Illinois business and investigators had to determine if this was a robbery gone wrong or a calculated murder.

The evidence at the scene told police what happened and they got a huge break when evidence from the murder on top of a nearby frozen river. The investigation focused on the business co-owner George Hansen when police found that he was embezzling from the company and that evidence in the bag also pointed to him.
Plastic Puzzle

**Plastic Puzzle** refers to episode 3 of the Season 10 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on June 1, 2005.

## Plot summary

A man riding a bicycle was fatally injured, and police believed he was the victim of a hit-and-run accident. Tiny clues found at the scene created a picture of the vehicle which struck him and led police to its driver.
Finger Pane

**Finger Pane** refers to episode 14 of the Season 12 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on January 21, 2008.

## Plot summary

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.
Crime Seen

**Crime Seen** refers to episode 10 of the Season 3 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on December 3, 1998.

## Plot summary

In 1984, a couple set off for a camping trip but got lost and fell asleep at a scenic overlook in rural Virginia. They awoke to a person with a gun tapping on their car window. He ordered the boyfriend to run into the woods and drove off with his girlfriend.

The man repeatedly raped and sodomized the young woman, and then he let her go. When she got back to her car, she met her boyfriend, who was there with the police. The girlfriend positively identified Edward Honaker as the man who raped her.

Honaker was given three life sentences. Years later, new DNA testing was available, and the girlfriend admitted that she had another man in her life at the time of the rape. The DNA in the semen was not that of Honaker, the boyfriend, or the second man. Honaker was then released from prison after serving 10 years.
Jack Wilson

**Jack Wilson** was an Alabama eye doctor who was found dead by his wife Betty Wilson, having been beaten, stabbed and lying in a pool of blood with a baseball bat nearby.

## Case

On May 22, 1992, Betty Wilson returned home from an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting to discover Jack Wilson's body. A metal baseball bat was lying next to him. She ran to a neighbor's house and called 911.

Police didn't find any helpful fingerprints or signs of a burglary. Jack's credit cards were in his wallet and the house showed little evidence of ransacking. Police suspected Betty Wilson was involved in the murder due to rumors of her infidelity and her being the sole beneficiary of Jack's will, but found no forensic evidence to prove it.

A tip led to James Dennison White, who claimed Betty Wilson and her twin sister Peggy Lowe hired him to kill Jack for $5,000. Detectives found a revolver registered to Betty Wilson in an abandoned house near White's trailer and a library book of poetry signed out by Betty in White's truck. White claimed Betty placed his cash advance in the book after Lowe negotiated his fee.

James White made a deal for a lighter sentence (life with parole possible in seven years) in exchange for implicating Betty Wilson and Peggy Lowe. Both sisters were arrested and charged with capital murder, and were tried separately. Betty was convicted and sentenced to life in prison. Lowe was found not guilty.
Badge of Betrayal

**Badge of Betrayal** refers to episode 18 of the Season 9 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on September 22, 2004.

## Plot summary

The body of a young California co-ed was found under an isolated ramp of the Interstate, and San Diego police had no idea who would want this girl dead.

But their questions would be answered when they discovered a tiny, unique fiber on the victim's clothing, which led them straight to the most unlikely of killers.
Jessica O'Grady

**Jessica Jo O'Grady** was a woman killed in Nebraska in 2006. Her boyfriend, Chris Edwards, was convicted of her murder, despite the fact that her remains were never found.

## Case

O'Grady was killed at Edwards' residence, presumably over a relationship dispute. Blood evidence on the mattress proved she could not have survived the attack. Her blood was also found on a sword Edwards kept in the home.

Edwards was convicted of Jessica's murder. He has since refused to disclose the location of her body.

## Post episode notes

Edwards attempted to get a new trial in the years following his conviction, which was unsuccessful. Jessica's body has yet to be recovered.
Just Desserts

**Just Desserts** refers to episode 3 of the Season 11 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on August 2, 2006.

## Plot summary

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 seemed damning, but it wasn't the only evidence. DNA extracted from a discarded spoon would point investigators in a different direction.
Fire Dot Com

**Fire Dot Com** refers to episode 6 of the season 6 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on June 25, 2001.

## Plot summary

In 1996, 17-month-old Josh Hinson died in a fire in his Tabor City, North Carolina home. A federal agency ruled that the fire was intentionally set, and Josh's mother Terri Strickland was charged with murder.

But are government scientists, with all of their resources, always right? Using the then-emerging resources of the internet, Terri Strickland undertook her own investigation. An independent fire investigator was able to poke enough holes in the government's scientific conclusions to raise serious questions about whether the fire was arson or an accident.
Margaret Rudin

**Margaret Rudin** is an American woman who appeared in Forensic Files ninth season episode "For Love or Money, broadcast on June 20, 2004.

She comes to the Police's attention when her husband, real estate magnate Ronald Rudin disappeared on December 18, 1994 after walking to Margaret's antique shop, which was in the same strip mall as his real estate office.
Pulp Friction

**Pulp Friction** is the first episode of Forensic Files II's third season. It was broadcast for the first time on the HLN Network on February 27, 2022.

## Summary

A massive explosion claims the life of a California farmhand Roberto Ayala. Authorities think it’s an accidental death, but analysis of debris shows it’s a bomb. Investigators have few suspects until they hear ominous rumors about a jealous rage.
Cats, Flies & Snapshots

**Cats, Flies & Snapshots** refers to episode 27 of the Season 6 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on November 19, 2001.

## Plot summary

In 1989, 19-year-old Lori Ann Auker left her Northumberland County, Pennsylvania home for work but never arrived. Police investigators viewed this case as a missing persons or possible homicide and focus on her estranged husband Robert Auker.

It takes space-age technology, cat hairs, and insects to pinpoint the image of the woman's abductor before the real story can be told.
Hack Attack

**Hack Attack** refers to episode 39 of the Season 8 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on September 4, 2005.

## Plot summary

A mysterious computer crash pushed a thriving manufacturing company to the brink of collapse, jeopardising 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.
Deadly Rebellion

**Deadly Rebellion** refers to episode 33 of the Season 13 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on October 30, 2009.

## Plot summary

Even though their daughter had run away before, she'd always come back. Her parents were sure this time would be no different, but they were wrong. Workers discovered the teen's half-naked body on the side of the road; her throat had been slit. Police hoped the single foreign hair found in a defensive wound on her thumb would lead them to the killer.
Bitter Brew

**Bitter Brew** refers to episode 41 of the Season 11 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on April 25, 2007.

## Plot summary

It was one of the most brazen crimes of the 20th century. Adolph Coors III, chairman of the Coors Brewing Company, was kidnapped and held for ransom prompting one of the most intense manhunts in United States history.
Deadly Valentine

**Deadly Valentine** refers to episode 16 of the Season 10 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on September 21, 2005.

## Plot summary

An obstetrician returned home from the hospital and found his wife on the floor of the bathroom. She was covered with blood and not breathing. He tried unsuccessfully to revive her, staining his clothes with her blood in the process, and then he called 911. His version of events was not supported by the blood spatter evidence, and investigators had to determine why.
Outbreak

**Outbreak** refers to episode 11 of the first season of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on December 5, 1996.

## Plot summary

In 1985, alarmingly high levels of thyroid hormones pump through the systems of over 100 residents of South Dakota and Minnesota. A similar case had occurred in Iowa in April 1984. Investigators study one family who all got sick, except their 12-year-old son who is a vegetarian.

It seems that when drug companies started manufacturing synthetic thyroid hormones, they stopped buying thyroid tissue from butchers who did not trim these parts, but rather sold them as 'extra lean beef.' The outcome: the USDA bans meat plants from using meat in or near the gullet for beef and pork products.
Double Cross

**Double Cross** refers to episode 5 of the Season 13 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on October 24, 2008.

## Plot summary

In 1996, Virginia Beach police arrive at the Makdessi apartment to find Elise Makdessi and her lover Quincy Brown dead. Elise's husband, Eddie, had reported that he killed Quincy Brown in self defense after Brown had murdered Elise.

Eddie gave the police a videotape Elise had made a week before, alleging that she had been the victim of sexual harassment and assault while in the Navy. investigators found evidence that her allegations may have been part of an elaborate scheme for financial gain. Hoping to separate fact from fiction, they turned to forensic science.
Bad Blood

**Bad Blood** refers to episode 18 of the Season 6 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on September 17, 2001.

## Plot summary

In 1992, in Kipling, Saskatchewan, Dr. John Schneeberger is accused of sedating and sexually assaulting one of his female patients and his step-daughter. DNA tests demonstrate that the doctor is innocent, but the female patient still insists that he sedated and raped her.

On three occasions, blood was taken from the doctor's arm for DNA testing, and each time, the results exonerated Schneeberger. Seven years later, a private investigator takes lip balm from Schneeberger's car and has it DNA-tested, and the results were a match to the perpetrator. So, how did Schneeberger trick earlier investigators?
Angela Rader

**Angela Rader** was a teenage girl who disappeared from Virginia in 1977 alongside her friend, Tammy Akers.

## Case

Earl Bramblett was convicted and executed for the 1994 murders of the Hodges family. He was a suspect in the Akers and Rader case, yet he was never charged.

The pair were briefly shown in the episode.

## Post-episode notes

Tammy Akers and Angela Rader have never been located. Their fate is unknown. They both were apparently employed by Bramblett at the time they disappeared and he had also stated he had never meant to harm Tammy while intoxicated.

Bramblett was executed in 2004 without disclosing the location of Tammy or Angela, had he been the perpetrator.
Charred Remains

**Charred Remains** refers to episode 8 of the Season 2 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on November 20, 1997.

## Plot summary

In 1991, police in Vancouver, British Columbia were investigating a charred body found in a dumpster with a bullet hole in the skull when a missing person report was filed for Mary-Lynn Breeden.

Police investigated her disappearance and found that a woman had attempted to withdraw money from Mary-Lynne's account. The woman was identified from video surveillance at the bank and was questioned by police. This then led police to Christian Cruz. Police found traces of blood in Cruz' car and were able to match it to the charred body through DNA testing of the body's tooth pulp and Breeden's family members.
A Shot in the Dark

**A Shot in the Dark** refers to episode 9 of the Season 7 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on December 7, 2002.

## Plot summary

A woman is shot to death in 1984. But was it a homicide or a suicide? It would take the expertise of forensic experts and two jury trials to determine the fate of the accused killer.
Full Circle

**Full Circle** is the tenth episode of Forensic Files II's second season. It was broadcast for the first time on the HLN Network on August 8, 2021.

## Summary

In 1990, three sex workers, Yolanda Sapp, Nickie Lowe, Kathy Brisbois, are brutally murdered and left along the banks of the Spokane river. A serial killer was on the loose—and detectives had few clues. Animal hairs, fibers and a fingerprint were found, but for years the perp was never identified. More than 20 years later there’s a break in the case- and an arrest is finally made, but no one could have ever imagined who was behind this sinister crime.
Pet Rock

**Pet Rock** refers to episode 49 of the Season 13 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on June 25, 2010.

## Plot summary

In 1995, Palm Beach waitress Denise O'Neill is abducted, raped and murdered. Her neighbor Luis Caballero arouses suspicions by his odd behavior toward tv crews covering the crime. In the end police can prove Caballero and two other men committed the murder.

As this is because, Whenever Denise O'Neill was doing her laundries, at entry to her house, Luis grabbed and raped her, and abducted into her apartment. And with Isac Brown's help she was gagged and sodomized and tied up. Luis took her ATM card, forced to divulge her PIN, at that time, she was in her apartment when Luis went to collect money and on the way, Robert messer was picked up during this murdering process, whereas Isac Brown was staying behind.

Then at the time when Caballero returned, Isac and Luis sexually assaulted, raped and sodomized her, and used the cordons of the heat rocks to strangle her to deaths. The trio successfully wrapped and covered Denise's Body in a Blanket, Sheet, Laces of the shoes, and the belt along with electrical cords, and drove to the canal to dispose of the body. The three later went to breakfast!

The police taught the baddies a lesson.
Filtered Out

**Filtered Out** refers to episode 10 of the Season 14 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on January 14, 2011.

## Plot summary

In 2000, when teenager Tara Munsey goes missing after a work shift at a Virginia restaurant, it is unknown if she ran away or if she was the victim of foul play.

Everyone's worst fears are confirmed when a body is found at the bottom of an isolated ravine. Investigators scoured the crime scene, hoping to find enough evidence to identify the killer. But, information from her friends and an informant directs police to Jeff Thomas, a man who had previously known Tara.
About Face

**About Face** refers to episode 26 of the Season 12 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on July 18, 2008.

## Plot summary

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, much less who killed her.

A forensic anthropologist was able to determine the victim's race, age and height, but it would take an inventive computer consultant to give her a face and a name.
If I Were You

**If I Were You** refers to episode 28 of the Season 11 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on January 24, 2007.

## Plot summary

Considered one of the most bizarre missing persons cases in U.S. history.

In 1994 Paul Gruber's daughter suspected something was wrong when she received a birthday card from her dad with handwriting that wasn't his. When she then learned virtually everything had been removed from her father's Sandpoint, ID home, she was sure something was wrong. But, oddly the bills were being paid and correspondence with family and acquaintances was being maintained through the mail service. A forensic handwriting analyst concluded that the writing on the birthday card matched known samples of Gruber’s handwriting. Remaining suspicious, the daughter set a trap by sending a letter to her father’s address reminding him not to forget her husband’s upcoming birthday and requesting a little financial gift. The husband’s birthday wasn’t actually coming up. Her father would have known that. But a birthday card soon arrived for the daughter’s husband.

The home was on Muskrat Lake. Paul was a beloved, retired high school teacher. He taught at Incline High School near Tahoe Nevada.

Investigators soon discovered that Gruber employed local handyman, Darryl Kuehl, and that he had access to the home. Kuehl killed Gruber and then went about keeping up the appearance that Gruber was still alive.
Insulated Evidence

**Insulated Evidence** refers to episode 2 of the Season 12 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on October 3, 2007.

## Plot summary

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.
News at 11

**News at 11** refers to episode 5 of the Season 9 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on June 27, 2004.

## Plot summary

A talented television news anchor was shot to death outside her home; it appeared to be a crime of passion, perpetrated by an obsessed fan. A police dog tracked the scent of the killer through the adjacent woods and back to the crime scene. Could the murderer be one of the onlookers, watching the police conduct their investigation?
Duelling Confessions

**Duelling Confessions** refers to episode 36 of the Season 8 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on May 31, 2005.

## Plot summary

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.
Internal Affair

**Internal Affair** refers to episode 17 of the Season 11 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on November 8, 2006.

## Plot summary

When a woman went missing, friends and family were determined to find her. Their worst fears were confirmed weeks later when her body was discovered. Blood evidence and computer forensics helped investigators to catch the killer, and convince the jury of his guilt.
Ties That Bind

**Ties That Bind** refers to episode 7 of the Season 4 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on November 17, 1999.

## Plot summary

In 1983, two young boys were found tied and murdered with similar wounds within three months of each other in two Nebraska towns. The rope used to tie the boys was unique. Another clue turned up when a brother of one of the boys was hypnotized and remembered a uniformed man in a tan car.

Shortly after, someone noticed a strange car and gave the licence plate number to police. This vital information led to the capture and conviction of John Joubert, an enlistee in the Air Force who carried the same exact rope used to bind the two boys. He was convicted of both murders and later confessed to the murder of an 11-year-old boy in Portland, Maine.
Barbara Stager

**Barbara Stager** (born October 30, 1948) is an American female criminal who was convicted in 1989 of murdering her husband, Russell Stager, in 1988. Stager is also suspected of the earlier murder of her first husband, Larry Ford, who died in nearly identical circumstances

The Forensic Files series had an episode "Broken Promises".
Darlie Routier

**Darlie Routier** (born January 4, 1970) is an American woman from Rowlett, Texas, who was convicted of murdering her five-year-old son Damon in 1996.

She was never charged with the murder of her other son, six-year-old Devon. Both boys were stabbed to death with a large kitchen knife. Routier was sentenced to death.

Her case is featured in the Season 4 episode "Invisible Intruder"
Hand Delivered

**Hand Delivered** refers to episode 4 of the Season 6 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on June 11, 2001.

## Plot summary

In 1995, police in San Diego, California are baffled by a pair of hands found in a dumpster. Through further investigation, they determine that the hands are those of missing person Don Hardin. With this knowledge, the police focus on local homeless man Dale Whitmer, who had lived with Hardin around the time of his disappearance.

However, they can find no forensic evidence on Whitmer, and the case goes cold. About one year later, investigators receive an anonymous letter with information about the crime that had been withheld from the press– information only the killer (or someone close to the killer) would know.

Laser technology helps to identify the address from where the anonymous letter was mailed, which leads them to Mormon Bishop Mark Davis. Davis cites the privilege between clergy and church member as a reason to not disclose the source of the information, but a judge rules that since Davis sent the letter, he must identify the source. The source was Dale Whitmer's daughter Andrea, who ultimately chooses to testify against her father.
Insect Clues

**Insect Clues** refers to episode 10 of the first season of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on November 28, 1996.

## Plot summary

In July 1988, drifter Sandra Cwik was murdered in Buckman Springs, California, outside of San Diego. Abandoned in a remote area, her body wasn’t discovered for several days and was covered with maggots.

By analyzing the species of fly discovered at the recovery site, forensic entomologist David Faulkner was able to provide the compelling time-of-death evidence that convicted serial rapist/killer Ronald Porter.
List of Forensic Files episodes

List of Forensic Files episodes, an American documentary television program that reveals how forensic science is used to solve violent crimes, mysterious accidents, and outbreaks of illness. The series ran for 14 seasons from April 23, 1996 – June 17, 2011 for a total of 406 episodes.

The show takes a "whodunit" approach, making each case a mystery that needs to be solved. Every half-hour episode follows one case from its initial investigation until the suspect(s) conviction, acquittal, or some other legal resolution. Pathologists, medical examiners, police officers, detectives, prosecutors, defense attorneys, friends and families of victims or suspects (if their cooperation is given) are all interviewed about their roles.

On October 1, 2019, HLN announced it had greenlit a revival of the show, titled Forensic Files II, which began airing on February 23, 2020.[2] Due to long-time narrator Peter Thomas' death, the show is narrated by Bill Camp.

## Episodes by Season

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* Text

Seasons:

* Season 1 (1996)
* Season 2 (1997)
* Season 3 (1998)
* Season 4 (1999)
* Season 5 (2000)
* Season 6 (2001)
* Season 7 (2002)
* Season 8 (2003)
* Season 9 (2004)
* Season 10 (2005)
* Season 11 (2006)
* Season 12 (2007)
* Season 13 (2008)
* Season 14 (2010)

## Specials

Following the move of the show from TLC to CourtTV in 2000, TLC managed to produce four hour long specials but under the original Medical Detectives title.

These episodes do not feature narration by Peter Thomas due to a contract negotiation that wouldn't allow him to record episodes for TLC anymore. Instead, they were narrated by Peter Dean. Following their original broadcasts, three of these episodes did not air again until 2016 where they were broadcast under the Forensic Files name.

Episodes:

1. Payback
2. Eight Men Out
3. See No Evil
4. The Buddhist Monk Murders
5. The JFK Assassination: Investigation Reopened
6. The Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping: Investigation Reopened
Once Bitten

**Once Bitten** refers to episode 7 of the Season 8 of the television series Forensic Files] which was broadcast for the first time on July 10, 2003.

## Plot summary

During the early morning hours of December 29, 1991, Kim Ancona is murdered in a Phoenix bar. At the crime scene, investigators find a shoe-print, several foreign hairs, and unknown fingerprints.

But they believe the most telling piece of evidence is the bite mark on the victim's chest. Based on his bite pattern, a local postman, Ray Krone, is charged, tried and convicted of murder, but he maintains his innocence. Ten years into his sentence, improved technology yields new information about old evidence, and Krone is exonerated. DNA leads to Kenneth Phillip’s conviction.
DNA Dragnet

**DNA Dragnet** refers to episode 20 of the Season 13 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on May 15, 2009.

## Plot summary

Digital enhancement of security camera video shows that what appears to be a casual encounter is actually a forced abduction, leading to murder.

The perpetrator's MO is remarkably similar to another murder which occurred five months earlier, 15 miles away. When investigators learn the crimes might not be isolated or random, they also realise a serial killer may be on the loose.
Frozen in Time

**Frozen in Time** refers to episode 22 of the Season 7 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on March 8, 2003.

## Plot summary

The 1991 disappearance of Newport Beach, California resident Denise Huber stumps investigators. Three years later, Arizona residents call police to report John Famalaro, who has kept a Ryder rental truck in his driveway, which they suspect is stolen. Upon further investigation, police find a body within a freezer inside the truck, which they conclude is Denise Huber.
Covet Thy Neighbour

**Covet Thy Neighbour** refers to episode 35 of the Season 13 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on November 20, 2009.

## Plot summary

When a college co-ed vanished without a trace, her fellow students were concerned about her safety and their own. Weeks later, the body of an unknown female was discovered 700 miles away in the ashes of a barn fire, and an alert police officer realised the two crimes might be connected.
A Leg Up On Crime

**A Leg Up On Crime** refers to episode 14 of the Season 10 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on September 7, 2005.

## Plot summary

The decomposed body of a young woman was discovered in a Bakersfield irrigation canal. If there was trace evidence, it had been washed away. Another victim was found in that same canal a year later; this time, the perpetrator had been careless. The shoe prints found at the scene would lead police to the most unlikely of killers.
Deadly Delivery

**Deadly Delivery** refers to episode 5 of the Season 3 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on October 29, 1998.

## Plot summary

In 1989, Judge Bob Vance was killed when he opened a package that contained a pipe bomb at his Alabama home. Two days later an attorney in Georgia lost part of his arm when he opened a similar package. The police found two unopened packages that contained similar pipe bombs.

The FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit provided a psychological profile of the bomber. The profile matched that of Walter Leroy Moody, Jr., who was convicted of a similar bombing in 1972. A store clerk identified Moody as the individual who purchased four pounds of gunpowder and 1,000 CCI primers. Moody was convicted and sentenced to seven life sentences.
Kill'igraphy

**Kill'igraphy** refers to episode 9 of the season 5 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on November 7, 2000.

## Plot summary

This examination of the role an autopsy plays in a murder investigation focuses on the suspicious 1997 death of Ringgold, Georgia resident Virginia Ridley.

Police charged her husband Alvin “The Zenith Man” Ridley with murder, but a medical examiner discovered that she died of natural causes.
The Ambush

**The Ambush** is the seventh episode of Forensic Files II's first season. It was broadcast for the first time on the HLN Network on March 15, 2020.

## Summary

In 2008, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina resident Fred Engel disappears while checking his mail outside his upscale condominium. His body is found in nearby woods, and autopsy results reveal he was strangled to death.

There are a few initial suspects in the investigation, but none of those leads pan out. However, when investigators turn to mobile device forensics, the evidence leads to Fred's wife Sherry Engel and her secret lover as the prime suspects.
Heather Church

**Heather Church** was a teenage girl who disappeared from her home in 1991 while babysitting one of her younger siblings. Robert Browne was convicted of her murder after AFIS matched his fingerprints to those found at the crime scene.

## Case

It is believed Browne initially planned to rob the home and killed Heather with a single blow to the head when he discovered the house was not empty when he broke in.

Heather remained missing until skeletal remains found in the nearby mountains were identified as hers. A set of unidentified pajamas were found near the remains but did not belong to her, according to the Church family.

Browne was convicted in the mid-1990s and pleaded guilty to avoid the death penalty. He later confessed to 48 other murders, including the 1987 case of Rocio Sperry, who has never been found.
Expert Witness

**Expert Witness** refers to episode 21 of the season 14 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on July 17, 2011.

## Plot summary

In 1993, young mother Tammy Tatum was found sexually assaulted and murdered in her Longmont, Colorado apartment. Police initially suspected her estranged husband, but did not have enough evidence to charge him and the case went cold.

Three years later, another young woman was raped and police suspect the cases may be related, but the DNA collected provides no answers. Years later, Rudy Gaytan is required to give a DNA sample upon leaving prison and his DNA links him to the rape. Eventually, he also confesses to the murder of Tammy Tatum.
First Impressions

**First Impressions** is the 11th episode of Forensic Files II's third season. It was broadcast for the first time on the HLN Network on August 7, 2022.

## Summary

A young single mother is abducted from a gas station and later found stabbed to death near an oil field. Detectives use shoe and tire impressions to weed out numerous suspects to find their killer.
Missing Pearl

**Missing Pearl** refers to episode 2 of the season 6 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on May 28, 2001.

## Plot summary

In August 1991, South Portland, Maine resident Pearl A. Bruns is missing after an argument with her husband William “Bill” Bruns. Despite pleas from her children, police insist on treating it as a routine missing person's case.

But when an investigation turns up a blood trail that leads to the couple's basement, police are sure that they'll find the victim's body. Initially, they find nothing and the case stalls, until new forensic technology helps investigators find the body.

The investigators first use luminal over the cleaned carpet to reveal the blood spatter on the floor and a path down to the basement. Then, they use ground penetrating radar to scan the basement for radiation; they found three feet down, excavated rusted sand everywhere except in a certain area. The body had absorbed the rust and was found there.
Grave Danger

**Grave Danger** refers to episode 16 of the Season 11 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on November 1, 2006.

## Plot summary

A young man was killed in a mysterious car crash, but the evidence at the scene led investigators to believe it was not an accident. Forensic science revealed what really happened, and the truth devastated three families.
Forensic Files II

**Forensic Files II** is a revival continuation of the long-running American documentary-style true crime series Forensic Files, which originally aired from 1996 to 2011 on various networks.

Premiering on February 23, 2020, Forensic Files II's first season consisted of 16 episodes and was broadcast on HLN, with voiceover narration by Bill Camp. The original Forensic Files broadcast over 400 episodes during its original run.

On May 12, 2020, the series was renewed for a second and third season. The second season will premiere in 2021.

## Production

The last episode of the original Forensic Files series ("Expert Witness") aired on June 17, 2011. After the 2016 death of Forensic Files narrator Peter Thomas, the show's executive producer Paul Dowling ruled out the possibility of reviving the series, as he considered Thomas to be "irreplaceable". In October 2019, it was announced that the show would be revived with new episodes to air first-run on HLN in early 2020,[3] with Bill Camp later announced as the new narrator.

## Episodes

* Season 1
* Season 2
* Season 3

Season 1:

1. Buried Secrets
2. On the Rocks
3. The Green Pen
4. Human Sawdust
5. The Barn
6. A Killer Disguise
7. The Ambush
8. Portrait of a Serial Killer
9. Family Tree
10. The Letter
11. Last Gasp
12. A Killer Snapshot
13. Church Lady
14. Inside Pocket
15. The Car Accident
16. The Black Hole

Season 2:

1. The Obsession
2. The Ink Beads
3. The Rise
4. Ten of Hearts
5. Heavy Metal
6. Knots
7. The Orange Shorts
8. The Reunion
9. Personal Penmanship
10. Full Circle
11. Matching Palms
12. Incendiary
13. Grave Justice
14. Smoking Gun

Season 3:

1. Pulp Friction
2. Sole Mate
3. Marked for Murder
4. Words Matter
5. Last Dance
6. Dog Proof
7. Mix Matched
8. Matter of Time
9. Blanket Denial
10. Unraveled
11. First Impressions
12. Toxic Environment
13. Lost Connection
14. In Deep
15. The Telltale Marks
16. Tell No Tales

## External links

* Forensic Files II on Wikipedia
* Forensic Files on its Offical website
Cereal Killer

**Cereal Killer** refers to episode 12 of the season 10 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on August 24, 2005.

## Plot summary

When a fire destroyed most of a home and a young boy went missing, police organized the largest search in the history of their small town. First the boy's backpack was discovered five miles from home, and then his body was found 50 miles away. But the killer had been careless, and the evidence he left behind would lead police directly to him.
Lasting Impression

**Lasting Impression** refers to episode 11 of the Season 5 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on November 21, 2000.

## Plot summary

In 1996 when the decomposed body of a teenage girl is discovered in Easton, Pennsylvania, police have no clues to her identity. Weeks earlier, stabbing victim Kathy Sagusti told investigators that she thought that she might have heard a murder taking place in her basement.

Investigators eventually discover the identity of the girl as Richezza Williams, a 13-year-old runaway from Long Island, New York. Sagusti positively identifies her as the murder victim and says that Corey Maeweather, Kwame Henry, and Stanley Obas were the murderers. To prove it, investigators turn to bug larvae found on the body and a surprise piece of evidence: a tiny wad of chewing gum found near the victim's body.
Inside Pocket

**Inside Pocket** is the fourteenth 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 June 2007, insurance agent Bob Eidman is shot execution-style in his St. Charles County, Missouri office. Despite the murder occurring in broad daylight, the killer escaped unseen, leaving no fingerprints behind.

Years after the murder, touch DNA evidence found in the victim's back pocket is eventually able to lead investigators to a surprising suspect - one of Bill's insurance clients.
Journey to Justice

**Journey to Justice** refers to episode 17 of the Season 5 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on January 2, 2001.

## Plot summary

In 1992, 6-year-old Nicole Rae Walker was killed in a hit-and-run in her Dania Beach, Florida neighborhood. Investigators find a link between habitual drunk driver Ken Pierce and the fatal hit-and-run.

The prosecutor combines the talents of an accident reconstruction expert with a video specialist to create graphic demonstration of the moment of impact. This was the first case in which video in the courtroom withstood an appeal and helped make video testimony viable in other cases.
Foundation of Lies

**Foundation of Lies** refers to episode 12 of the Season 5 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on November 28, 2000.

## Plot summary

Police suspect Dr. John "Jack" Boyle in the New Year’s Eve 1989 disappearance of his wife Noreen from their Mansfield, Ohio home when he signs mortgage papers for a new house in Erie, Pennsylvania with a woman pretending to be his spouse.

After witnesses see Dr. Boyle near an area where a new pile of concrete was found and the using the recollections of their 12-year-old son, Collier, regarding what he heard the night that his mother went missing, the police find Noreen's body in the basement of Dr. Boyle's new house.
A Leg to Stand On

**A Leg to Stand On** refers to episode 14 of the Season 7 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on January 11, 2003.

## Plot summary

In 1992, the police investigate when a severed leg is discovered in the garbage. Conventional means of identifying the victim are impossible, leading investigators to rely on DNA, forensic anthropology and toxicology to identify the victim.

The victim was identified as Norman Klaas and, through forensic investigation of his home, it was determined that local meth dealer Graham King was the murderer.
Elemental Clue

**Elemental Clue** refers to episode 28 of the Season 10 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on December 14, 2005.

## Plot summary

When two women from the same town were murdered in the same way, police feared a serial killer was on the loose. At first they thought the victims had nothing in common until they found tiny clues linking them to the same man.
Toxic Environment

**Toxic Environment** is the twelfth episode of Forensic Files II's third season. It was broadcast for the first time on the HLN Network on August 7, 2022.

## Summary

When a 23-year-old Marine collapses and dies, doctors initially believe a heart attack is to blame. But when arsenic is found in some of his organs, prosecutors charge his wife with murder. A quick-thinking attorney and toxicology testing uncover the truth and ensure that justice prevails.
Live Wire

**Live Wire** refers to episode 20 of the Season 11 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on November 29, 2006.

## Plot summary

The bomb was constructed to cause as much damage as possible..and it did, killing the victim with deadly force and flame. A painstaking search yielded tiny clues, which identified the killer as surely as if he'd signed them.
Incendiary

**Incendiary** is the 12th episode of Forensic Files II's second season. It was broadcast for the first time on the HLN Network on August 15, 2021.

## Summary

An early morning house fire kills Ebb “Doc” Whitley, the only doctor in the small town of Iaeger, West Virginia. An arson investigation quickly leads to the arrest of Jason Lively, the son of the doctor’s long-time nurse. But when Jason’s alleged accomplice walks free, the prosecutor is worried this might have been a miscarriage of justice.
Bound for Jail

**Bound for Jail** refers to episode 22 of the Season 8 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on September 17, 2003.

## Plot summary

A woman is found dead in a ravine near a jogging path. Crucial crime scene evidence had been washed away by severe thunderstorms. Twice, the trail turned cold. Then, almost 20 years later, an old hat and a chip of stainless steel no longer than a fingernail brought the killer to justice.
In the Bag

**In the Bag** refers to episode 27 of the Season 12 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on July 25, 2008.

## Plot summary

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 became entangled in overhanging branches. Days later, when police found it, they hoped clues to the killer's identity and the solution to the crime were "in the bag.
Partners in Crime

**Partners in Crime** refers to episode 15 of the Season 7 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on January 18, 2003.

## Plot summary

How Illinois scientists solved a 1992 murder case involving cremation. It takes a long time and a very hot fire to cremate a human body, and thus destroy all evidence of foul play. But the coroner who performed the autopsy on the badly burned body of Charles "Jack" Lynch found telltale clues.

Not only had the victim been burned, he’d also been stabbed -- 24 times, with two different knives. Police knew that a person, acting alone, would probably use only one weapon. So investigators were on the lookout for a couple of killers.
Fresh Heir

**Fresh Heir** refers to episode 35 of the Season 11 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on March 14, 2007.

## Plot summary

Lives changed in the 20 years following an unsolved murder, and so did forensic science. In time, a high-powered microscope and DNA profiling revealed not only a clue no one had seen before but also the identity of the killer.
In Deep

**In Deep** is the fourteenth episode of Forensic Files II's third season. It was broadcast for the first time on the HLN Network on August 14, 2022.

## Summary

Jurijus Kadamovas and Iouri Mikhel: A Los Angeles based kidnapping, ransom, and murder ring run by Russian immigrants is exposed when a pair of retired scientists use sonar equipment to locate its victims at the bottom of a reservoir.
Letter Perfect

**Letter Perfect** refers to episode 26 of the eighth season of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on February 14, 2005.

## Plot summary

A healthy young man, Michael Hunter, dies mysteriously in his sleep. There are no signs of trauma or injury, but toxicology tests reveal a lethal dose of lidocaine in his blood.

Investigators find a suicide note, and presume he killed himself until a forensic linguist examines the note and determines that what the victim said is less important than how he said it.
High 'n Dry

**High 'n Dry** refers to episode 38 of the Season 10 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on February 22, 2006.

## Plot summary

When Genell Plude was found dead in her bathroom, the scene pointed to suicide. But a coroner's inquest and a unique application of forensic science gave investigators a different explanation for her death. It was a theory which, if true, could turn her husband Doug into the prime suspect.