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Angie Newman

**Angela "Angie" Newman** was a toddler killed in Anchorage, Alaska alongside her mother and sister. A family relative who had recently been kicked out of their apartment was later convicted of the murders.

## 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.
Freeze Framed

**Freeze Framed** is the title that was given to the seventh episode of Forensic Files's Fourteenth season. This episode was first broadcast for the first time on truTV on December 3, 2010.

## Summary

In 2005, David Castor suffered a slow, agonizing death over a period of days. His wife Stacey maintained it was suicide, even though it was done with antifreeze.

Police were skeptical, especially when they learned Stacey's first husband Michael Wallace died when he was only 38 years old and she refused to consent to an autopsy.
Forensic Files Wiki

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**Forensic Files Wiki** is a collaborative, fan created and maintained wiki site which is solely dedicated to covering everything about American documentary-style television show, Forensic Files. This will aims to continue to grow and cover all aspects of show including the Episodes,the Victims, the Criminals etc. This wiki is a fan created collaborative effort which means that we encourage every visitor to edit and add what they know!

This Wiki is dedicated to the critically acclaimed television series *Forensic Files*. Originally debuting on TLC as *Medical Detectives* in 1996, the show was renamed and moved to Court TV in 2000, which later became truTV in 2008.

Forensic Files highlights how forensic science and technology has helped investigators resolve intriguing crimes, suspicious accidents, and mysterious outbreaks of disease. From 1996 to 2011, over 400 episodes had been produced by Medstar Television, most of which were narrated by Peter Thomas. Forensic Files is currently syndicated in the United States on HLN, formerly CNN Headline News.

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Badge of Deceit

**Badge of Deceit** refers to episode 1 of the Season 5 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on September 12, 2000.

## Plot summary

In the early 1980s, women in Lafayette, Louisiana live in fear of a rapist who becomes so experienced that he leaves no clues to his identity. But computer technology and behavioral science combine to give police a new forensic tool: geographical profiling.

Police narrow their search to one man, Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Deputy Ernest “Randy” Comeaux, after receiving an anonymous tip. After matching his DNA from a discarded cigarette butt to DNA recovered from one of the victims, investigators arrested Comeaux in January 1999, and he confessed to committing 14 rapes. He later pleaded guilty to six counts of aggravated assault and was sentenced to six life terms.
Knots

**Knots** is the sixth episode of Forensic Files II's second season. It was broadcast for the first time on the HLN Network on July 25, 2021.

## Summary

In 1977, a building manager finds the violated and lifeless body of a young woman, Lecia Schollmeyer, in the bathtub of her first apartment. When questioned, an ex-con living downstairs lies to police.

But the lies alone do not prove murder and the case goes cold. Then a new forensic tool examines the old evidence. Will science point to a hidden suspect and crack the case?
Hell's Kitchen

**Hell's Kitchen** refers to episode 3 of the Season 14 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on October 8, 2010.

## Plot summary

In 2000, Kristine Fitzhugh failed to show up for her music class and her husband Ken found her dead at the bottom of the stairs of their Palo Alto home. Upon further investigation, luminol reveals evidence of murder in the kitchen. As detectives investigate the crime further, they uncover a long-held family secret that provides motive.

Book about this case: “Blood Will Tell” by Carlton Smith. Published 2003
Auto-Motive

**Auto-Motive** refers to episode 18 of the Season 14 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on May 6, 2011.

## Plot summary

In 2001, Michelle Harris went missing from her Owego, New York home. Since they were going through a contentious divorce, her husband Cal was a suspect, as well as several other men that Michele had been in contact with before her disappearance. But, no arrests were made until one of the men made an incriminating remark.
Muddy Waters

**Muddy Waters** refers to episode 20 of the Season 9 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on October 13, 2004.

## Plot summary

A Colorado hunter who'd been shot three times and killed was the victim of a well planned crime, not an accidental shooting. Investigators found a .243 calibre bullet in his lung and a .308 calibre shell casing near his body, and suspected they were looking for two murder weapons, and two killers. But analysis of the forensic evidence pointed them in a different direction one much closer to home.
Micro-Clues

**Micro-Clues** refers to episode 12 of the Season 2 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on December 18, 1997.

## Plot summary

In 1993 when the body of teenage boy Dario Cicolecchia was found in a Swiss cornfield, sexual assault was first considered. When swab samples from the boy's body were analysed, investigators found microscopic one-cell organisms called diatoms.

A diatom is only found in water, so police began collecting samples from bodies of water in the area. Analysis of diatoms from a nearby creek matched those found on the boy's body and supplied police with the location of the murder. Months later, Roland Kubler was convicted of sexual assault and the attempted murder of another child, which brought him to the attention of investigators. Analysis of the Kubler's car led to a match of diatoms found on Dario's body, which led to his arrest and conviction.
Hair Line

**Hair Line** is the title of a Forensic File's episode which was the thirty first episode of the  thirteenth season.

## Summary

Doctors don't know why the young scientist Eric Miller is gravely ill. When tests finally reveal the cause, it's too late to save him. Police hope that lab analysis of his hair, showing when attempts were made on his life and what was used, will lead to  the killer.

## External links

* Hair Line on IMDB.
* Hair Line on ForensicFiles.
Palm Saturday

**Palm Saturday** refers to episode 41 of the Season 13 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on March 12, 2010.

## Plot summary

In 2007, Brian & Beverly Mauck were found dead in their Graham, Washington home. Using a bloody palm print and shoe prints at the scene, investigators focus their attention on neighbor Daniel Tavares, who had previously been inking a tattoo on Brian's back.
A Squire's Riches

**A Squire's Riches** refers to episode 5 of the Season 14 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on November 5, 2010.

## Plot summary

In 2008, Illinois emergency response came upon a garage fire and a man was found crushed beneath a truck. Upon first glance, the victim was the homeowner Ari Squire.

Investigators turned to forensic science to determine if they were dealing with a tragic accident or a carefully orchestrated murder. With the discovery that Ari had recently hired a Home Depot employee named Justin Newman, who had recently disappeared, the case focused on the search for Squire.
On the Rocks

**On the Rocks** is the second episode of Forensic Files II's first season. It was broadcast for the first time on the HLN Network on February 23, 2020.

## Summary

In December 1995, 17 year-old Krystal Beslanowitch leaves her motel room for a convenience store and doesn't return. That same day, her naked and bloody body is discovered near the Provo River with her head bashed in with nearby rocks. Blood evidence from the rocks would ultimately lead investigators to Krystal's killer, although it would take nearly 20 years and advances in DNA technologies to identify the murderer.
Death Play

**Death Play** is the name that was given to the fifth episode of Season 6 of Forensic Files. The episode was first broadcast for the first tine on June 18, 2001.

## Summary

In 1993 in Fort Worth, Texas, 16-year-old Marie Robards suffered the devastating loss of her father Steve Robards. The death was ruled the result of cardiac arrest. One year later, she won a part in her high school production of Shakespeare’s Hamlet.

The lines that she was required to recite onstage were more than the thoughts and feelings of her character; they struck a chord, and hinted at her own inner turmoil from the secret that she had been hiding: barium acetate obtained in her high school chemistry class.

## External Links

* Marie Robards on Wikipedia.
* Marie Robards's Deadly women case on YouTube.
* Marie Robards on Forensic Files on YouTube.
Jean Pool

**Jean Pool** refers to episode 20 of the Season 12 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on April 18, 2008.

## Plot summary

In 1984, the body of college co-ed Laura Salmon was found on a Middle Tennessee farm, covered with her own denim jeans as well as the jeans of the killer.

Investigators had plenty of suspects, including former boyfriend David Kyle Gilley, but no conclusive evidence linking any of them to the crime. More than a decade later, sophisticated technology would breathe new life into a case grown cold with the passage of time, which would implicate Gilley.
All the World's a Stage

**All the World's a Stage** refers to episode 20 of the Season 8 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on September 3, 2003.

## Plot summary

Police are dispatched to the scene of a shooting, and discover the victim's husband is one of their own: a homicide detective who says his wife accidentally shot herself in the head.

The detective maintains he called 911 immediately, but the evidence seems to indicate otherwise. Investigators turn to a forensic scientist and a ballistics expert to learn what really happened, and who was responsible.
Blanket Denial

**Blanket Denial** is the ninth episode of Forensic Files II's third season. It was broadcast for the first time on the HLN Network on July 31, 2022.

## Summary

The body of a 24-year-old criminology student Imette Carmella St. Guillen is found wrapped in a blanket alongside a desolate road in Brooklyn, N.Y.; police discover that the bouncer at a bar is her killer.
Eight Men Out

**Eight Men Out** refers to episode 2 of the Forensic Files special episodes which was broadcast for the first time on .

## Plot summary

A young sailor named Billy Bosko married his high school sweetheart, Michelle Moore Bosko. When he returns to his home port of Norfolk, Virginia on July 8, 1997, he finds his 19-year-old bride lying on the floor in a pool of blood. She had been raped and murdered.

The police investigation focuses on a neighbor, who confesses. But his DNA does not match the killer's. That begins a series of police interrogations and 'confessions', all of which are in conflict with the forensic evidence. Four men are eventually sent to prison. Three others are accused. Finally, an eighth man confesses in a letter, and his is the only DNA that matches. Defense investigators and others wonder why these other men accused and sent to prison.
A Wrong Foot

**A Wrong Foot** refers to episode 11 of the Season 8 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on December 1, 2003.

## Plot summary

In July 1991, Police were puzzled by an obscure print found at a crime scene in Peoria, Illinois where one man, Tommy Smith, had been killed and two teenage girls, Kasey Johnson and Jennifer Logsdon, were seriously injured.

Neither of the girls could identify their attacker. But one simple, yet rarely found, clue helped track the footsteps of a killer, Gene A. Brown, Jr.
Fishing for the Truth

**Fishing for the Truth** refers to episode 26 of the Season 9 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on October 31, 2004.

## Plot summary

A two-man shrimp boat sank when a fast-moving, violent storm struck the Louisiana coast. The captain drowned, and the deckhand was rescued fourteen hours later.

He told the Coast Guard that the captain's foot had become entangled in the fishing nets; they tried frantically to free him, but they failed. The deckhand was considered a hero until the captain's body was found. Eventually, the public discovers that he was coerced into confessing to the captain's murder.
Four On The Floor

**Four On The Floor** refers to episode 20 of the Season 10 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on October 19, 2005.

## Plot summary

A Native American woman was brutally killed in the desert of New Mexico, and the crime scene was rich in forensic evidence: tyre tracks, shoe impressions and even the murder weapons.

The site was less than 10 miles from another crime scene where, two years earlier, a male Native American was beaten and stabbed to death. Police began to wonder: was a serial killer on the loose?
Flower Power

**Flower Power** refers to episode 30 of the Season 8 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on October 15, 2005.

## Plot summary

Two different men called police to report the same murder. Apparently, neither one knew that the other had called. The investigation uncovered, even more unusual circumstances. But a few tiny seeds, and a discarded candy wrapper, were more than just insignificant clues, they told a story of revenge.
Honour thy Father

**Honour thy Father** refers to episode 38 of the Season 8 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on July 30, 2005.

## Plot summary

In 1989 in St. Louis, Missouri, sixteen-year-old Palestina (Tina) Isa was murdered by her Palestinian father, Zein Isa, with the aid of her Brazilian mother, Maria Isa in her own home. Zein Isa stabbed his daughter with a boning knife. One of her lungs, her liver, and her heart were severely damaged by six blows to her chest. Maria Isa assisted Zein by holding Tina.

Her parents said they acted in self-defence, but the forensic evidence indicated otherwise. Definitive proof would come from an unlikely source: a recording made by an FBI electronic surveillance device.

## External Links

* Murder of Tina Isa on Wikipedia.
* Watch Episode
Going for Broke

**Going for Broke** refers to episode 2 of the Season 11 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on July 26, 2006.

## Plot summary

A successful stockbroker told his wife he'd be working late, and when he didn't come home, she reported him missing. Investigators found his car a few blocks from his office and, two days later, proof that he had been murdered.
Line of Fire

**Line of Fire** refers to episode 17 of the Season 6 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on September 10, 2001.

## Plot summary

In 1996, when a fundamentalist group starts attacking and robbing banks in the Spokane, Washington area, authorities know immediately that they are dealing with experienced criminals.

A tip leads them to Sandpoint, Idaho residents Verne Jay Merrell, Robert S. Berry, and Charles Barbee, and the evidence found at their homes is extensive and incriminating. In court, two juries are presented with a combination of old fashioned forensic science and the latest in crime technology in order to render a verdict.
Garden of Evil

**Garden of Evil** refers to episode 31 of the Season 10 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on January 4, 2006.

## Plot summary

When a popular disc jockey was found murdered in a community garden, police swung into action. A sniffer dog and a blood spatter expert led police to the killer and he'd been much closer than they realized.
Carla Hughes

**Carla Hughes** (born June 12, 1981) is a former middle school teacher from Jackson, Mississippi, who appeared in Season fourteen's episode "Textbook Murder" which is the tale of how she became a Female criminal.

She was convicted of two counts of capital murder for the November 29, 2006 slayings of her lover's pregnant fiancee, Avis Banks, and Banks's unborn child. She is serving two consecutive sentences of life without parole at the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility near Pearl, Mississippi.
Dinner and a Movie

**Dinner and a Movie** refers to episode 10 of the Season 8 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on October 26, 2003.

## Plot summary

In 1985, time of death becomes pivotal after a pregnant woman, Ellen Sherman, is found murdered in her air-conditioned bedroom. A striking similarity between her death and an HBO movie gives forensic examiners the clues they need to thaw out the alibi of a cold-blooded killer, her husband Edward Sherman.
A Cinderella Story

**A Cinderella Story** refers to episode 11 of the Season 12 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on December 24, 2007.

## Plot summary

The victim had been sexually assaulted and stabbed to death on the beach, just ten yards from the hotel where she was staying.

A pair of men's tennis shoes was discovered near her body. Police were sure that if they found the man who fit the shoes, they would also find the man who committed the crime.
Brian King

**James Brian King**, known by his middle name, was a teenager killed in 1993 alongside his stepsister, Christina Benjamin.

## 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.
Headquarters

**Headquarters** refers to episode 6 of the Season 10 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on July 13, 2005.

## Plot summary

When hunters reported finding a skull in a Texas canyon, police immediately began an investigation. At the scene, they found bits of clothing, a woman's shoe, some small bones and a strand of hair.

An anthropologist determined the victim was a Caucasian woman, and that she'd been stabbed repeatedly. A forensic artist reconstructed her face, and the image was released to media. Eventually, police learned who she was. Now all they had to do was find her killer.
Marathon Man

**Marathon Man** is the title that was given to the thirty ninth episode of Forensic Files's seventh season. This episode was first broadcast for the first time on truTV on July 5, 2003.

## Summary

In 2000, Robert Doritik’s body is discovered near his family's horse ranch. His wife, Jane Dorotik, claims he went jogging, but investigators doubt her story.
Krista Harrison

**Krista Lea Harrison** was an eleven-year-old girl who was kidnapped and murdered on July 17, 1982 from a park near her home in Marshallville, Ohio in 1982.

## Case

Harrison was abducted from a park by a man driving a brown van with bubble-shaped windows in July 1982. Her remains were discovered in a field nearly a week later. She had been strangled and sexually assaulted.

A box, bag, towel and clothing found with the body were later linked to Robert Anthony Buell, who had previous offenses as a serial rapist in the area. He had brought his victims to his home in Akron, Ohio.

Perhaps the most important piece of evidence were the orange-colored carpet fibers on Harrison's body that matched those in Buell's vehicle. They were also notably similar to those found on the body of Tina Harmon, abducted from Lodi, Ohio in October 1981.

A man was previously convicted of Tina's murder based on largely circumstantial evidence. After Buell was convicted of Harrison's murder, the conviction for her murder was overturned.

## Post-episode notes

Robert Anthony Buell was executed in 2002 by lethal injection, despite the fact that the episode states he was sentenced to death by the electric chair.

According to former journalist for the *Cleveland Scene* James Renner, Buell was linked to Tina's murder after DNA testing indicated he was the individual who had raped her.

The 1983 abduction and torture of Deborah "Debbie" Smith was also connected to Buell by candle wax found on the remains that matched those in his home, also according to Renner. Little information is available on the Smith case.
Crash Course

**Crash Course** refers to episode 13 of the Season 10 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on August 31, 2005.

## Plot summary

A highway patrolman was dispatched to what he thought would be a routine traffic accident until he looked in the car.

While he had no formal training in forensic science, he had seen hundreds of accidents – but never as much blood as this. He was shocked by the coroner's ruling of accidental death, and then an anonymous phone call breathed new life into his investigation.
No Corpus Delicti

**No Corpus Delicti** refers to episode 4 of the Season 9 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on June 21, 2004.

## Plot summary

A woman disappears without a trace; even though foul play is suspected, the leads don't pan out and the trail turns cold. Twenty years would pass before police are able to link a clump of hair discovered in an isolated area with the missing woman.

Members of "NecroSearch," a group of volunteer forensic scientists, searched a remote area of Colorado a meter at a time, found the victim's body, and gave authorities the evidence they needed to bring the killer to justice.
Hunter or Hunted

**Hunter or Hunted** refers to episode 2 of the Season 9 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on June 9, 2004.

## Plot summary

On the last day of deer hunting season, a woman is killed while walking her dogs in the woods. The victim has no enemies and her husband has an alibi, so police assume it was a hunting accident... until a strange letter turns up, allegedly written by the woman before her death.

Police begin to wonder if the woman may have been the target all along, and a forensic document examiner, a slingshot, and an unusual physics experiment answer their question.
Burning Desire

**Burning Desire** refers to episode 6 of the Season 9 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on July 28, 2004.

## Plot summary

Investigators sifted through the ashes of a fire, which had killed a 40-year-old woman, the estranged wife of a police officer. At first glance, the fire appeared to have been started by an unattended cigarette. But when forensic scientists looked closely, they discovered the cause was far more complicated.
Guarded Secrets

**Guarded Secrets** refers to episode 29 of the Season 12 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on August 22, 2008. This episode is about Dale Bradley.

## Plot summary

A security guard disappeared from his post without a trace; his remains were found a year later in a remote camp site. More than a decade would pass before a phone call breathed life into the cold case, and a paint smear on the bottom of the victim's boot helped scientists determine what happened during the last hour of his life.
Genene Jones

**Genene Anne Jones** (born July 13, 1950) is an American serial killer, responsible for the deaths of up to 60 infants and children in her care as a licensed vocational nurse during the 1970s and 1980s. In 1984, Jones was convicted of murder and injury to a child. She had used injections of digoxin, heparin, and later succinylcholine to induce medical crises in her patients, causing numerous deaths. The exact number of victims remains unknown.

Genene Jones and her case has appeared in multiple documentaries such as *Forensic Files'*s fifth season episode "Nursery Crimes", which is the account of her crimes and how she became a female criminal.
Kimberly Hricko

**Kimberly Hricko** is an American female from Talbot County, Maryland, USA who appeared in Forensic Files's episode "Whodunit" which was part of the Sixth series which is the acount of how she became a Female criminal.

The episode revolved around events when the badly burned body of Stephen Hricko is discovered in his hotel room after a fire. Upon initial investigation, it appeared to be an accidental fire.
Photo Finish

**Photo Finish** refers to episode 11 of the season 6 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on July 30, 2001.

## Plot summary

In 1995 in Los Angeles, California, model Linda Sobek goes missing. A park employee discovers photographs and some vital pieces of information in a dumpster.

This eventually led investigators to professional photographer Charles Rathbun. Rathbun claims Sobek died during a consensual sexual encounter gone wrong, but Sobek's corpse and some high tech digital imagery tell a more sinister story.
Missing in Time

**Missing in Time** refers to episode 1 of the Season 6 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on May 21, 2001.

## Plot summary

In 1995 in Orchards, Washington, Carolyn Ruth Killaby was reported missing after a fight with her husband. She was presumed to be dead, and her husband was the prime suspect. Police were suspicious of a secondary suspect, Dennis Keith Smith, when they found evidence of a suspicious fire in his car.

Two tiny drops of blood were found in the burned interior. Traditional DNA testing was difficult, because there was no body for DNA comparison and the man who raised Carolyn was revealed to not be her biological father. But a tiny clue inside the suspect's watchband and a popular television show helped solve the case and catch the killer.
Marie Robards

**Marie Robards** was an American teenager who featured in the Season six's episode "Death Play" which was broadcast on June 18, 2001.

She is known for the poisoning murder of her father in 1993 in Fort Worth, Texas. Robards was convicted of murder in a 1995 trial and sentenced to 27 years in prison. She was released on parole in 2003. She is believed to now be living under a new private identity.

## The murder

In 1993 in Fort Worth, Texas, 16-year-old Marie Robards suffered the devastating loss of her father Steve Robards. The death was ruled the result of cardiac arrest. One year later, she won a part in her high school production of Shakespeare’s Hamlet.

The lines that she was required to recite onstage were more than the thoughts and feelings of her character; they struck a chord, and hinted at her own inner turmoil from the secret that she had been hiding: barium acetate obtained in her high school chemistry class.

## External Links

* Marie Robards on Wikipedia.
* Marie Robards's Deadly women case on YouTube.
* Marie Robards on Forensic Files on YouTube.
Buried Secrets

**Buried Secrets** is an episode of Forensic Files II, a revived sequal to the orginal Forensic Files television series. This episode was the first episode of the first season which was first broadcast on February 23, 2020.

## Summary

In 2009, police officers and firefighters in Stow, Ohio report to the scene of a suspicious house fire. All of the home's occupants escaped without harm, but resident Scott Purk alerted police suspicion by bringing up the death of his first wife Margaret, who supposedly committed suicide in 1985. After exhuming Margaret's body, the examination showed that she did not hang herself, but that she was strangled, leaving Scott Purk accused of arson, insurance fraud, and murder.

Note: This episode was dedicated in memory of original Forensic Files narrator Peter Thomas, who passed away in 2016.
Breaking the Mold

**Breaking the Mold** refers to episode 37 of the Season 7 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on December 11, 2002.

## Plot summary

A family in Dripping Springs, Texas seems to be living the perfect life when suddenly their 3-year-old son, Reese Allison, develops a respiratory condition in March 1999. The child’s mother, Melinda Ballard, also has unusual symptoms.

The child’s father, Ron Allison, later is shown to have signs of Alzheimer's disease, and while boarding a plane a month later, meets an investigator who reveals that their ill health is due to a form of black mold in their modern home, which was based on the movie version of "Tara", the home of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind.
Last Gasp

**Last Gasp** is the eleventh episode of Forensic Files II's first season. It was broadcast for the first time on the HLN Network on March 29, 2020.

## Summary

In December 2011, mother of five Chanin Starbuck is brutally murdered in her Deer Park, Washington home, and her body is found in a sexually suggestive position. Investigators believe Chanin's killer was someone she knew, and during their investigation, they find startling clues on her cell phone that help point to the murderer's identity.
Grave Justice

**Grave Justice** is the 13th episode of Forensic Files II's second season. It was broadcast for the first time on the HLN Network on August 22, 2021.

## Summary

On a brutally cold winter night in 1984, a young woman is found viciously murdered on the side of a rural Wisconsin driveway. The victim, Traci Hammerberg, had been out with friends for a night of drinking and partying. What happened? Detectives initially have plenty of suspects, but the investigation would remain unsolved. Until nearly three decades later, when forensics from an unrelated crime helps breaks the case.

## External links

* Murder of Traci Hammerberg on Wikipedia
Last Dance

**Last Dance** refers to episode 7 of the Season 13 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on November 14, 2008.

## Plot summary

In 2000, the body of exotic dancer Rachel Siani was found beneath a New Jersey bridge and investigators wondered if she had committed suicide. Evidence at the scene proved not only that she'd been carried to the bridge and thrown over the side, but also that she was alive when she fell.

Police first looked at customers at the gentlemen's club and discovered that Rachel offered to assist a drunk customer named John "Jack" Denofa back to his motel room and that was the last time Rachel was seen alive.
Invisible Intruder

**Invisible Intruder** is the title of the first episode of Forensic Files's fourth season which was first broadcast on October 6, 1999.

## Summary

In 1996, police in Rowlett, Texas received a call from Darlie Routier telling them of the murder of two of her sons. However, police were unsure about the validity of her story and began an intensive search of the crime scene.

The police determined the identity of the killer by analyzing blood spatter, doing behavioral profiling, and analyzing Routier’s 911 call. The evidence proved that she killed her two older sons with a knife, inflicted wounds on herself, cleaned the evidence, and created the story of a crazed intruder. Routier was convicted of first-degree murder.
Lost Connection

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

## Summary

When an 18-year-old girl is abducted while talking on a pay phone, forensic evidence found on her clothing points police in the direction of a suspect who confesses that he didn’t act alone.
Bad Medicine

**Bad Medicine** refers to episode 8 of the season 9 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on July 8, 2004.

## Plot summary

A young woman suddenly becomes critically ill; her symptoms worsen over time, eventually leaving her unable to walk. Then a bone marrow test reveals the cause: arsenic. Investigators now had to determine if the poisoning was caused by groundwater contamination, or something much more sinister.
Fate Date

**Fate Date** refers to episode 14 of the Season 14 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on March 11, 2011.

## Plot summary

In 2004, Rebecca Barney and her soon-to-be ex-husband Fred were found shot to death in their Tulsa, Oklahoma, home, which had been set on fire. After the fire was extinguished, Kenneth Maxwell, who was the man who had called 911 to report the fire, was also found shot dead in his car.

Only the computer had been taken from the Barney home and with it, seemingly the means to identify the killer. But, further investigation of Rebecca's online life led them to James "Jimmy" Kidwell.
Moss, Not Grass

**Moss, Not Grass** refers to episode 29 of the Season 10 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on December 21, 2005.

## Plot summary

A young woman was found dead on a golf course in the Bahamas. The grass on that course was so distinctive, it had evidentiary value. The evidence led police to two suspects. Each blamed the other, and they had to find out who the killer was.
Past Lives

**Past Lives** refers to episode 31 of the Season 8 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on November 20, 2005.

## Plot summary

The body of a wealthy American businessman was found in his rental car. The car had swerved off the road into a ravine, and caught fire. Teeth and bone fragments were all that remained of the body; miraculously, an engraved wristwatch and medic alert bracelet had escaped the inferno and were found in the ashes.

When the victim's wife filed a claim for $7 million of life insurance, investigators sought the help of a renowned forensic anthropologist. His findings and the work of other forensic scientists uncovered a chilling scheme of fraud and deceit.
Dirty Little Secret

**Dirty Little Secret** is the forty seventh episode of Forensic Files's thirteenth season which was broadcast cast for the first time on May 28th,2010.

## Summary

Police get a clue about a couple who disappeared on Memorial Day weekend during an in-progress robbery.

The evidence found solves a brutal crime. Episode documents the 2002 murders of Joshua Ford and Martha Crutchley by killers Erika and Benjamin Sifrit.
Haunting Vision

**Haunting Vision** refers to episode 11 of the Season 4 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on December 15, 1999.

## Plot summary

In 1967, Lori Keidel, along with her two sisters and her brother were left at their Phoenix, Arizona home while their father went to a nearby laundromat. Suddenly, a large blaze engulfed their home, killing Lori's sisters.

Only a few months earlier in 1966, the children's mother, Dianne Grant Kidder Keidel, had disappeared. In 1993, Lori found the courage to tell police what she saw in 1966: Lori had witnessed her mother's death. In 1994, a concrete slab was removed from the yard, and a skeleton was found in the exact spot where Lori said it would be found. Gene Keidel was arrested for his wife's murder nearly 30 years after her death. Gene was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life in prison.
Cold Hearted

**Cold Hearted** is the title that was given to the third episode of Forensic Files's Twelfth season. This episode was first broadcast for the first time on truTV on October 10, 2007.

## Summary

When a young fireman died from what appeared to be serious but undiagnosed heart disease, his family and friends were devastated but they had no proof of foul play.

Then they learned that, six years earlier in a nearby town, a young police officer died in the same way. The men had one thing in common: At the time of their deaths, they were married to the same woman, Lynn Turner.
Christie Wilson

**Christie Lynn Wilson** was a 27-year-old American woman from Rocklin, California whose case appeared in Forensic Files episode "Wheel of Misfortune, which was part of the twelfth Season.

In October of 2005 she attended a night of gambling at Thunder Valley Casino where she met a man named Mario Garcia. She was last seen leaving the Casino with Mario Garcia and was declared missing.
Andrea Morris

**Andrea Morris** was a women who appeared in Forensic Files's Season Thirteenth episode "Dancing with the Devil".

## Crimes

In 1999, Patrick McRae was found dead in his Des Moines home and the crime scene was awash with blood. Analysis showed it had come from two people, one of whom was female.

The male DNA was McRae's, which meant the killer was a woman. Leads dried up and the case went cold until a suspect arrested for drug possession offered police a deal, and told a bizarre tale of an exotic dancer named Andrea Morris who listened to the voices in her head. She was later charged in 2005 and sentenced to life in prison for the murder.
Lynda Mann

**Lynda Rosemary Mann** was a girl killed in 1983 while walking along a footpath in England. DNA testing linked her to the 1986 murder of Dawn Ashworth and to Colin Pitchfork. This was the first case where DNA analysis convicted a murderer.

## Case

Mann was attacked while walking home on November 21, 1983. Pitchfork had raped and strangled her; the body was discovered the next day.

A man now known to have been coerced by police, confessed to the murders but was exonerated by DNA testing. Colin Pitchfork was later identified as the killer and was convicted in 1987.
Forever Hold Your Peace

**Forever Hold Your Peace** refers to episode 2 of the Season 7 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on January 8, 2002.

## Plot summary

An examination of an unusual case in Texas involving the 1988 rape and murder of Nancy DePriest, while at work at Pizza Hut. After suspect Chris Ochoa confessed and implicated Richard Danzinger and they were imprisoned, the case was considered closed.

Eight years later, Achim Marino confessed to the same crime. DNA evidence cleared Ochoa while proving that Marino was, in fact, the perpetrator.
Accident or Murder?

**Accident or Murder?** refers to episode 9 of the Season 4 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on December 1, 1999.

## Plot summary

In 1989 in Nova Scotia, schoolteacher Clayton Johnson left for work. Later that morning, Mr. Molloy arrived to drop off his child at the Johnson home. He found Clayton's wife, Janice Johnson, lying at the bottom of the basement stairs in a pool of blood, and it was determined to be an accident.

Later on, Clayton Johnson married a 22-year-old member of his church. When homicide investigator Brian Oldford heard this, he became suspicious and decided to reinvestigate. He learned that Clayton had obtained a $125,000 life insurance policy on Janice shortly before she died.

Clayton Johnson was arrested and convicted of first-degree murder. By examining the photos and nature of the injuries, the defense team was convinced that she had fallen backwards. The accidental fall scenario also accounted for the lack of defensive wounds on both Mrs. Johnson and Mr. Johnson. After serving 5 years in prison, Clayton Johnson won his appeal and was released from prison.
Killer's "Cattle" Log

**Killer's "Cattle" Log** is the title that was given to the fifteenth episode of Forensic Files's Sixth season. This episode was first broadcast for the first time on truTV on August 27, 2001.

## Summary

In 1989 when police in Mooresville, Missouri are called to retrieve a dead body, they do a background check on the victim. The trail leads them into a bizarre web of homeless drifters, cattle auctions and bad checks– all fronted by elderly couple Ray and Faye Copeland with a penchant for money and murder.
Blanket of Evidence

**Blanket of Evidence** refers to episode 38 of the Season 11 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on April 4, 2007.

## Plot summary

In 1997, Kelly Eckart's car was found with her belongings still in it, after working the late shift in Franklin, Indiana. Days later, her body was found in an isolated ravine.

Tiny clues told police a great deal about the killer: He would own a car with olive-colored carpeting, a white blanket and distinctive bullets made from wax, not lead. Investigators turn to Michael Overstreet, after receiving a tip from his brother Scott.
Hot on the Trail

**Hot on the Trail** refers to episode 37 of the Season 10 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on February 15, 2006.

## Plot summary

A serial arsonist was on the loose in Washington, DC. Each of the fires was started with the same type of incendiary device. The perpetrator was very careful and seemed to leave no evidence behind but there were clues in the ashes and it was up to forensic scientists to find them.
Private Thoughts

**Private Thoughts** refers to episode 16 of the Season 8 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on August 26, 2004.

## Plot summary

When Firefighters found an entire family dead, inside their home, it looked like a murder-suicide, but there were several inconsistent clues in the rubble. Could ballistics, a time card, and some secret audiotapes unravel the mystery?. The killer, Earl Bramblett was charged with the murders, and was sentenced to death. On April 9, 2003, he was executed by the electric chair, as Bramblett requested to be electrified instead of lethal injection.
Broken Promises

**Broken Promises** was the title that was given to the fourteenth episode of the fifth season of Forensic Files which was first broadcast for the first time on December 12, 2000.

## Summary

In 1988 when Russ Stager, a popular Durham, North Carolina gym teacher, is found dead of what appears to be an accidental gunshot wound, his family is suspicious. They think that his wife Barbara Stager may have planned his murder.

When police learn that her previous husband, Larry Ford, died in almost identical circumstances, they re-examine the crime scene and find evidence that the death was no accident. But it is a cassette tape recorded by the victim just before his death that tells the true story of his strange marriage and his wife's insatiable greed.
Fire Proof

**Fire Proof** refers to episode 34 of the season 7 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on May 31, 2003.

## Plot summary

Relates the story of Paul Kenneth Keller, a serial arsonist responsible for several fires that caused millions of dollars worth of property damage and the deaths of three people from 1992 to 1993. More than 75 Seattle-area arsons are probed before he was discovered, partly through the use of forensic hypnosis.
Erika and Benjamin Sifrit

**Erika and Benjamin Sifrit** are an American couple convicted of murdering two tourists, Joshua Edward Ford and Martha Margene "Geney" Crutchley, in Ocean City, Maryland in 2002. The case drew substantial media attention. In 2003, both Sifrits were convicted in the murders, with Erika being sentenced to life plus 20 years in prison, and Benjamin being sentenced to 38 years in prison.

They appear in Season thirteen's episode "Dirty Little Secret".
Gone Ballistic

**Gone Ballistic** refers to episode 16 of the Season 14 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on April 8, 2011.

## Plot summary

In 2008, Colorado real estate developer Alan Helmick was found shot to death at home by his wife Miriam Helmick, who then became the prime suspect.

Police have a wealth of evidence against her, but it is circumstantial. The case will turn on a .25 caliber bullet fired 20 years ago from the now-missing murder weapon.
Killer Impression

**Killer Impression** refers to episode 27 of the season 11 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on January 17, 2007.

## Plot summary

In 1987, the death of Crystal Purcell was considered an accident. Then in 2001, Barbara Purcell called police to suggest that her estranged husband Willard had killed Crystal, who was her husband at the time of her death. Before that investigation could begin, Barbara was found dead in much the same manner as Crystal. Was this an unfortunate coincidence or the MO of a serial killer?
Deadly Parasites

**Deadly Parasites** refers to episode 13 of the Season 2 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on December 25, 1997.

## Plot summary

In April 1993, the Commissioner of Health was astonished when businesses throughout Milwaukee, Wisconsin were closing down due to large numbers of people reporting symptoms of gastrointestinal illnesses.

Eventually, more than 400,000 of the city's 1.6 million people became ill and several people died. A waterborne parasite, cryptosporidium, was identified as the culprit after analysis of stools and water supplies. It was discovered that the city’s sewage treatment outlet was too close to one of the city’s water sources.

The mayor quickly issued a boil water advisory that seemed to stop the outbreaks. This was the largest waterborne disease outbreak ever documented in the United States.
A Killer Disguise

**A Killer Disguise** is the sixth episode of Forensic Files II's first season. It was broadcast for the first time on the HLN Network on March 8, 2020.

## Summary

In 2009, young mother Heather Strube is brazenly gunned down in a Target parking lot in Snellville, Georgia. The killer was wearing an obvious disguise, though it succeeded in hiding the killer's true identity.

Witnesses say that the victim was confronted by a man before she was killed, but the discovery of forensic evidence and a powerful motive lead investigators to believe that Heather's killer was actually a woman - her ex-mother-in-law, Joanna Hayes.