Bloodline Detectives - Season 5

Bloodline Detectives - Season 5

Season 5

Bloodline Detectives focuses on familial DNA investigation, a search technique which uses genetic material from relatives to track down a suspect to solve violent crimes. Each episode shows detectives from all over the world solving cold cases by using the DNA of family members and how that additional DNA information is revolutionising genetic profiling to solve criminal cases.
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DatesSept. 4, 2024 - Apr. 3, 2025
Previous Season

Episodes

The Body in the Blanket
Season 5Episode 160 min

The Body in the Blanket

In this compelling episode, detectives take on the unsolved murder of Sharon Hammack.

Sept. 4, 2024
Evil Angel
Season 5Episode 260 min

Evil Angel

Police use new technology to find out who is responsible for a brutal rape.

Sept. 11, 2024
The Book Store Murder
Season 5Episode 360 min

The Book Store Murder

DNA Detectives work to solve a murder of a great-grandma in Utah.

Sept. 18, 2024
The McClintock Park Murders
Season 5Episode 460 min

The McClintock Park Murders

Forensic investigative genetic genealogy solves the 1987 double murder of a young couple in Wisconsin.

Sept. 25, 2024
Strangled in the Sand
Season 5Episode 560 min

Strangled in the Sand

Police solve the decades-old cold case of Clare Holman through new advancements in DNA technology.

Okt. 2, 2024
Terror in Garden Grove
Season 5Episode 660 min

Terror in Garden Grove

In 1976, 19-year-old Janet Stallcup goes missing while on her way to a party. Eight days later, her body is found in her car.

Okt. 9, 2024
The Runaway Murder
Season 5Episode 760 min

The Runaway Murder

In 1978, the body of 16-year-old Krisann Baxter is found in Washington. Investigators try to find Krisann's killer, but don't find any answers.

Okt. 16, 2024
Justice for Krista
Season 5Episode 860 min

Justice for Krista

In 1989, Krista Martin's life is tragically cut short because of an intruder. A friend finds her and calls 911, starting an investigation that will span four decades.

Okt. 23, 2024
The Imposter Rapist
Season 5Episode 960 min

The Imposter Rapist

In Chandler, Arizona in 1991, an intruder viciously sexually assaults a woman in her own home. The case goes unsolved for decades until revolutionary science connects the dots.

Okt. 30, 2024
The Schoolteacher Murder
Season 5Episode 1060 min

The Schoolteacher Murder

In 1995 in Beaumont, Texas, the parents of Catherine Edwards find her body in her bathroom. The killer evades justice, that is, until forensic science catches up with him.

Nov. 6, 2024
Cathy Sposito
Season 5Episode 1160 min

Cathy Sposito

Will a new forensic science tool find the killer of Cathy Sposito, murdered on an Arizona hiking trail in 1987?.

Jan. 30, 2025
Terror in Texas
Season 5Episode 1260 min

Terror in Texas

Susan Eads is found murdered in Texas in 1983. Decades later, can modern forensics finally find the perpetrator?

Feb. 6, 2025
Home Invasion Homicide
Season 5Episode 1360 min

Home Invasion Homicide

In 1986, Barbara Carr was killed in a home invasion, while her husband escaped. Will new science finally unearth a suspect?

Feb. 13, 2025
Downtown After Dark
Season 5Episode 1460 min

Downtown After Dark

Years after a murder in 1991, will determination and new forensic tools finally find Danielle Clause's killer?

Feb. 20, 2025
Finding Suzanne
Season 5Episode 1560 min

Finding Suzanne

Human remains found in 1994 start a long search to identify Suzanne Kjellenberg and a killer. New forensics may give answers.

Feb. 27, 2025
Murder in Green Bay
Season 5Episode 1660 min

Murder in Green Bay

Episode 16 examines the 1986 murder of a young mother Lisa Holstead from Michigan. Her case remained unsolved for decades as the investigators in the 80s didn't have the tools to solve it, despite collecting a significant amount of DNA. 14 years on, forensics helped to eliminate Lisa's boyfriend as a suspect and a male suspect profile was developed. Sadly, it had no matches in the database and Lisa's family had to wait another two decades for answers which came with the arrival of forensic investigative genetic genealogy.

März 6, 2025
A Murder In Lexington
Season 5Episode 1760 min

A Murder In Lexington

The 17th episode revisits the murder case of Mary Davis from North Carolina. Mary was killed in 1987, but no viable suspect was found at the time of the initial investigation. Years later the DNA data from the crime scene had been entered into CODIS, but even that provided no answer. In 2020, new generation of detectives were assigned to the case with the help of forensic investigative genetic genealogy. 

März 13, 2025
The Ramsey Street Rapist
Season 5Episode 1860 min

The Ramsey Street Rapist

Serial rapes spur fear in a city in North Carolina. Years later new forensic science finds the perpetrator.

März 20, 2025
Murder on Edgewater Creek Bridge
Season 5Episode 1960 min

Murder on Edgewater Creek Bridge

Experts hope forensic science can solve the murder of Melissa Lee, which baffles Washington detectives.

März 27, 2025
Brutality in Brownwood
Season 5Episode 2060 min

Brutality in Brownwood

A woman in Texas is killed and left in an old cellar. Experts hope new forensic science tools can help with finding the murderer..

Apr. 3, 2025

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