Tag: Forensic Science

A 29-year-old woman was killed instantly when a bomb exploded in her home. The device was so powerful that shrapnel was embedded in houses across […]

A behavioral profile caused the Baton Rouge Police Department to search for the wrong man. The real perpetrator may have eluded arrest, had it not […]

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 […]

Hikers near Anchorage, Alaska discovered a body wrapped in sheets which were edged in orange stitching. Clinging to the sheet, they also discovered a tuft […]

A man disappears one year to the day after beginning an affair with his friend’s wife. 15 years later, with the help of a metal […]

When a woman disappeared without a trace, there were two possible explanations: kidnapping or murder. Careful investigation, a forensic artist, and DNA profiling enabled police […]

A go-go dancer told her family she needed to get away for a while, and then she simply disappeared. Investigators were suspicious, because she took […]

California police had several suspects in the robbery and brutal murder of an elderly couple. Ten years later, a determined forensic scientist used material from […]

Investigators sift through the ashes of a fire which killed a 40-year-old woman. The fire appeared to have been started by an unattended cigarette. On […]

Police are led on a wild goose chase when the wife of a prominent banker is kidnapped. An entomologist’s unexpected discovery leads to a new […]