Forensic Files Season 18 Episodes
Season 18 Episode Guide
Episode 1 - A Touching RecollectionThe investigation into the kidnapping and rape of an 18-year-old Ohio woman is aided when the victim returns hours after the incident occurred. With her help, the police are able to track the assailant, Craig Bailey, to his front door.
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Episode 2 - Within a HairA look at the case of the River Park Rapist, who assaulted four women in South Bend, Ind., during 1996. Law enforcement officers arrested Richard Alexander, who was convicted in 1998 and sentenced to 70 years in prison. In 2001, Michael Murphy confessed to one of the rapes for which Alexander had been convicted, and new DNA testing exonerated Alexander.
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Episode 3 - Chief EvidenceThe murder of couple Raquel Rivera & Jay Johnson was first believed to be the result of a drug deal gone bad. However, no drugs are found in the house and the victims' blood isn't present on the clothing of the suspects. Evidence from the couple's dog eventually ties one of the murderers to the scene. This is one of the first cases where dog DNA was used.
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Episode 4 - Sip of SinsA trio of unsolved murders that occurred in Wichita Falls, Texas during the 1980s, details how a fourth murder from the same time period provided the police with more than they realized. John Little, an investigator for the DA's office, picked up the cold cases years later. He soon connected the fourth crime's confessed killer to the other murders.
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Episode 7 - The Metal BusinessThe owner of a car restoration company is ill and doctors cannot pinpoint the source of the illness. The businessman believes his business partner is trying to kill him.
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Episode 11 - Fire Proof"Fire Proof" 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. More than 75 Seattle-area arsons are probed before he was discovered, partly through the use of forensic hypnosis.
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Episode 13 - Plastic FireAn elderly Georgia woman dies in a car fire. Police claim Shelia Bryan, the woman's daughter, is responsible. An expert fire witness shares an opinion on how the fire ignited that differs from the prosecution's theory and, if verified, would clear Bryan of any culpability.
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Episode 14 - Last WillShari Smith, kidnapped and murdered in South Carolina in 1985, died about two hours after writing her last will, which her killer sent to her parents. The document itself enabled police to identify and convict Larry Gene Bell.
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Episode 15 - Dessert Served ColdEmergency personnel were called to the home of Richard Alfredo, who was slumped over, dead of an apparent heart attack. No one thought foul play was a possibility until police looked into the odd behavior of his girlfriend Christina Martin. Controversy surrounded the case for almost a decade, which pitted competing teams of toxicologists against each other.
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Episode 16 - Once BittenA woman is murdered in a Phoenix bar. 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 this bite pattern, a local postman is charged, tried and convicted of murder, but he maintains his innocence.
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Episode 17 - Dinner and a MovieTime of death becomes pivotal after a pregnant woman 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.
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