Forensic Files Season 13 Episodes
Season 13 Episode Guide
Episode 1 - Sands of CrimeA college student is abducted and murdered five days before Christmas. Eight years pass before a cell phone and a pair of running shoes implicates a suspect. |
Episode 2 - Sworded SchemeWhen a college student is reported missing, police believe their investigation will be like countless others, and she'd turn-up a few days later. But when they discover blood spatter in her boyfriend's bedroom - blood spatter someone had gone to great lengths to conceal -- they know this case is going to be different. |
Episode 3 - Fashion PoliceThe victim has been stabbed more than thirty times, and the crime scene is awash with her blood. Near her head, police discover a distinctive button with strands of thread still attached. If they can find the owner of the shirt the button came from, they'll also find the killer. |
Episode 4 - Church Dis-serviceA young woman attends evening church services and then disappears. When her abandoned car is found, the tank is empty and a gas can is missing. Eyewitnesses place her at a nearby gas station, getting into a van, but their vehicle descriptions don't match. Three days later when her body is discovered, the search for the driver of that van intensifies. |
Episode 5 - Seedy IntentionsWhen a nine-year-old girl goes missing, police and volunteers spend weeks searching for her. A psychic's vision leads to a field where her body is discovered, along with what investigators hope is enough evidence to help them to also find her killer. |
Episode 6 - DNA DragnetDigital 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 that occurred five months earlier. When investigators learn the crimes might be related, they also realize a serial killer may be on the loose. |
Episode 7 - Office VisitA respected surgeon was stabbed to death in the parking lot next to his office. The most likely suspect is seen having dinner in a restaurant at the time of the murder. But a cryptic conversation leads police to believe that, while the suspect may not have wielded the knife, he could very well have hired the man who did. |
Episode 8 - Shoe-in for MurderTerrified, the young girl hid in her bedroom while her mother was attacked and stabbed to death. Investigators had a wealth of evidence: shoe impressions, distinctive blood drops, and the killer's DNA. What they didn't have was a basis for comparison. |
Episode 9 - Family InterruptedThe gunman opened fire as the family of four entered their home, killing two and wounding the others. He'd pulled open a few drawers to make it look like a robbery, but the scene was clearly staged. When police pieced together the clues, they discovered an unlikely suspect and a carefully orchestrated plot. |
Episode 10 - Runaway LoveIt was classic "overkill." The woman floating in the harbor of an upscale yacht club had been stabbed more than 50 times. Her ex-husband and daughter are missing, and investigators turn to forensic science to determine if they're searching for victims or perpetrators. |
Episode 11 - Watchful EyeA Minnesota state park employee is murdered and a wristwatch is discovered at the crime scene, leading investigators to believe it belonged to her killer. |
Episode 12 - Waste Mis-ManagementThe evidence suggested the woman had been bound, sexually assaulted and murdered. Afterwards, the killer spent hours at the crime scene, wiping away his fingerprints and disposing of everything that might incriminate him, including the woman's body. Police face a daunting task: They have to find not only the killer, but also the victim's body. |
Episode 13 - Dirty Little SeacretA couple spent Memorial Day weekend at the beach and then vanished. Their clothes and personal items were still in the rented condo, their car was parked outside, and there were no signs of foul play. A week later, police get an unexpected lead from a robbery in progress. The evidence they found helped solve a crime of unparalleled brutality. |
Episode 14 - Lights OutA Texas housewife is murdered and her young daughter is attacked but survives. An in-law is suspected, but no arrests are made until DNA advancements help crack the case 15 years later. |
Episode 15 - Frozen AssetsIn 2004, Mary Ann Clibbery was found viciously murdered in her Illinois business and police had to determine if this was a robbery gone wrong or a calculated crime. Their focus turned to the business co-owner, George Hansen, when police found that he was embezzling from the company. |
Episode 16 - House HuntingA successful and well-liked real estate agent is brutally murdered in a model home. Can the police find out who did it? |
Episode 17 - Shoot to ThrillIn 2003, Jason MacLennan returned home after a night out with friends and found his father's body lying in a pool of blood. There were shoe impressions outside in the snow. Police needed to determine who had the most to gain from his death. |
Episode 18 - Dancing with the DevilA man is found stabbed to death after a night in a strip club. A drop of blood on a bedspread becomes critical evidence five yeas later. |
Episode 19 - Last DanceThe body of Rachel Siani, an exotic dancer, is found underneath a bridge in New Jersey. It appears that she had committed suicide by jumping to her death, until police discover evidence of murder. |
Episode 20 - Constructive CriticismA construction manager was found dead in his work trailer in Ft. Worth, Texas. When investigators arrived, they discovered that he had been stabbed 46 times, described as overkill and indicating a personal relationship between the victim and the attacker. But finding DNA evidence would turn out to be more than a challenge. |
Episode 21 - Home EvasionIn 2000, Judy Southern came home from work and was shot by a gunman waiting for her. Her husband Allen arrived afterwards, called 911 and drove her to the hospital. She died on arrival and the investigation focused on her husband Allen, but forensic analysis and a suicide note found at the scene pointed to someone else. |
Episode 22 - Stranger in the NightDorothy Donovan was killed in her Delaware home and police were skeptical when her son Charles Holden claimed that she was murdered by a hitchhiker he had picked up. Their suspicions were raised when he refused to take a polygraph test, so they turned to forensic science. Would the blood and fingerprint evidence support Charles' story or prove his guilt? |
Episode 23 - As FaultTwo friends out on the town see a red truck drive by with a woman screaming in the back. Later, their friend is reported missing, and her body is found in a nearby river. |
Episode 24 - Family TiesA court official and his wife are attacked in their sleep by an ax-wielding murderer. Is the killer a member of 'the family'? |
Episode 25 - Trouble BrewingTwo suspects living together were linked to a murder by bloodstained boots and a gun, items that belonged to the man who said he'd never met the victim. Investigators hoped the manufacturing code on beer bottles would determine who was telling the truth. |
Episode 26 - Holy TerrorA serial bomber was on the loose in Illinois. Two churches had been bombed and one person was killed. Investigators had to capture the criminal before he struck again and they hoped to catch him by following a thin copper wire. |
Episode 27 - Needle in a HaystackThere was no clear reason for a young, healthy college student to be dead. But when the medical examiner discovered the tiniest of clues during the autopsy, investigators were able to uncover the mystery filled with betrayal and revenge. |
Episode 28 - Room with a ViewThe victim had been stabbed more than a hundred times, leaving her bedroom soaked with blood. Even though her body was positioned in a suggestive way, she hadn't been sexually attacked. Was this a sex crime, or was it a random act of violence? |
Episode 29 - Dollars and SenseOn Christmas Eve, the corpse of a black male was found burning near Baltimore. He was eventually identified as twenty-six year-old Wesley Person. Distinctive building materials from the 1930s found near the body played a critical role in solving this puzzling case. |
Episode 30 - All That Glitters is GoldA bullet-riddled car, a missing driver and no witnesses. Was this an ambush or a random attack? Had the victim been taken or was she dead? The answers lay in one special clue, so tiny it was measured in millionths of a meter. |
Episode 31 - Deadly RebellionWorkers discovered a teenage girl'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 culprit. Originally aired as Season 13, Episode 33. |
Episode 32 - Sign of the CrimeTwo women who lived in the same apartment complex were brutally murdered. The similarities of the crime scenes led police to conclude they were dealing with a serial killer who possessed an intense hatred of women. Investigators had to find him before he struck again. |
Episode 33 - Covet Thy NeighborWhen a college co-ed disappeared without a trace, her fellow students were concerned about her safety and their own. Weeks later, the body of an unknown female was found hundreds of miles away in the ashes of a barn fire, and an alert police officer was convinced the two crimes might be connected. |
Episode 34 - Writing on the WallThe victim was well-liked and successful, which made the violence of the crime even harder to understand. In the last moments of her life she'd written a name on the wall, presumably that of the killer - in her own blood. But this wasn't an open and shut case; investigators would have to read between the lines. |
Episode 35 - Hundreds of ReasonsAn assistant manager of a Florida steakhouse is stabbed to death. It seemed like it was robbery gone wrong, but a bloody fingerprint shows that the victim knew his killer. |
Episode 36 - Cold FeetWhile working the night shift at a Florida convenience store, a woman was abducted, raped, and murdered. Nearly two decades later, a reexamination of the case revealed DNA on the victim's socks. |
Episode 37 - Separation AnxietyWhen a man's body is discovered burned in a parking lot, police use tire track impressions and security camera video to track down the killer. |
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