Tag: Murder

In 1994, Paul Gruber’s daughter suspected something was wrong when she received birthday cards addressed from Gruber, on which the handwriting wasn’t Gruber’s.  Forensic Files […]

In 1994, 19-year-old Shannon Melendi disappeared while at Emory University. For ten years, her disappearance remained a mystery, until new scientific testing cast a different […]

The prime suspect had a criminal record, and his driver’s license was found at the scene of a brutal double-homicide.  Forensic Files is the longest-running […]

Bombings are difficult to solve, because the perpetrator isn’t usually at the scene, and the evidence goes up in smoke. In this case pieces of […]

Three seemingly unrelated deaths proved to be serial murders. The killer had been careful – he used poison which had no taste or odor. Fortunately […]

A Native American woman was brutally killed in the desert of New Mexico, and the crime scene was rich in forensic evidence: tire tracks, shoe […]

Armed with little else, police hoped the shoe impressions found at a Lansing, Michigan crime scene would put their investigation of Audrey Nichols’ murder back […]

When a man is gunned down in his own garage, police discover that a wound sustained by the grieving widow may have been self-inflicted. They […]

The murder of an eccentric millionaire was not entirely unexpected; he flaunted his wealth and cared little for personal security. The evidence at the crime […]

An employee of a dry cleaner was raped and murdered in the store. Police turned to forensic science for the answers they needed. Forensic Files […]