Forensic Files - Season 5

Forensic Files - Season 5

Season 5

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DatesSep 12, 2000 - Jan 16, 2001
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Episodes

Badge of Deceit
Season 5Episode 130 min

Badge of Deceit

For more than a decade, women in a small Louisiana city lived in fear of a rapist who becomes so experienced, he leaves no clues to his identity. But computer technology and behavioral science combine to give police a new forensic tool: geographical profiling. Police narrow their search to one man, local policeman Randy Comeaux.

Sep 12, 2000
Dew Process
Season 5Episode 230 min

Dew Process

New evidence points to a different killer in the case of a dentist's murdered wife.

Sep 19, 2000
A Woman Scorned
Season 5Episode 330 min

A Woman Scorned

When Joann Katrinak is found dead with her infant son Alex next to her, the obvious suspect is the husband and father of the victims. But some insects found on the bodies reveal a vital clue, as does a blonde hair found on the victims which shares a commonality with the brunette hair of the husband's former love interest.

Sep 26, 2000
A Voice from Beyond
Season 5Episode 430 min

A Voice from Beyond

A decomposed body is found stuffed in a barrel -- but the body had been placed in the barrel 30 years earlier. One of the few clues was an address book found along with the body, however, years of moisture had washed away the ink. Scientists desperately searched for a way to reveal the information written on the pages of the address book.

Oct 3, 2000
Burning Ambition
Season 5Episode 530 min

Burning Ambition

When a Seattle policeman's house goes up in flames, fire experts suspect arson - possibly committed by someone with a vendetta against the officer. One month later, in an ironic twist, the officer whose home was torched, arrests a low-level drug dealer, who confesses to the arson! But when the suspect vanishes, investigators start to question the authenticity of the so-called confession.

Oct 10, 2000
Memories
Season 5Episode 630 min

Memories

Dianna Green is brutally attacked in her own home and her unborn child is killed. After coming out of her coma and regaining her memory, she identifies her husband as the perpetrator.

Oct 17, 2000
Trail of Truth
Season 5Episode 730 min

Trail of Truth

A mother and her two young daughters are found brutally murdered and sexually violated. The crime scene has no shortage of evidence, but investigators cannot find a conclusive link to their prime suspect. To solve the puzzle, an FBI analyst designs a unique experiment, in which pubic hairs found at the scene are used to establish not only that the perpetrator was in the home, but that he was there when the crime was committed.

Oct 24, 2000
Material Evidence
Season 5Episode 830 min

Material Evidence

The murder of two young girls and abduction of a store clerk may all be linked to one man. Unusual orange carpet fibers found on the scene are the key to aid the police in solving the crime and bringing to justice the killer.

Oct 31, 2000
Killigraphy
Season 5Episode 930 min

Killigraphy

The autopsy played an important role in a murder investigation fof the suspicious 1997 death of Georgia resident Virginia Ridley. Police charged her mentally-unstable husband Alan with murder, but a medical examiner discovered that she died of other causes.

Nov 7, 2000
Nursery Crimes
Season 5Episode 1030 min

Nursery Crimes

A police investigation of a pediatrician, after the mysterious death of one of her patients, leads them to a Texas hospital where the pediatric mortality rate was higher than at any hospital in the country. The common link was nurse Genene Jones.

Nov 14, 2000
Lasting Impression
Season 5Episode 1130 min

Lasting Impression

When the decomposed body of a young girl is discovered, police have no clues to her identity. But days earlier, a stabbing victim told them she thought she might have witnessed a murder. Police think the cases might be related, and to prove it, turn to bug larvae found on the body and a surprise piece of evidence: a tiny wad of chewing gum found near the victim's body.

Nov 21, 2000
Foundation of Lies
Season 5Episode 1230 min

Foundation of Lies

Police suspect Dr. Boyle in the disappearance of his wife Noreen after he signs mortgage papers for a new house with a woman pretending to be his spouse. Using the recollections of their twelve year-old son regarding what he heard the night his mother went missing, investigators discover Noreen's body in the basement of Dr. Boyle's new house.

Nov 28, 2000
Unholy Vows
Season 5Episode 1330 min

Unholy Vows

The story of Archbishop Valerian D. Trifa, former head of the Romanian Orthodox Church in America, is related. Following World War II, Trifa emigrated from Romania to the U.S. In 1957, survivors of Nazi atrocities recognized him.

Dec 5, 2000
Broken Promises
Season 5Episode 1430 min

Broken Promises

When Russ Stager, a popular gym teacher, is found dead of what appears to be an accidental gunshot wound, his family becomes suspicious. They think his wife may have planned his murder. When police find that her previous husband died in questionable circumstances, they re-examine the crime scene and uncover evidence that the death was no accident.

Dec 12, 2000
Time Will Tell
Season 5Episode 1530 min

Time Will Tell

In this international case of extortion, murder, and stolen identities, a Canadian financier assumes the name of a co-worker as part of a money-laundering scheme. The man later turns up dead in an ocean with an anchor tied around his torso. The only clues to his real identity are a Rolex watch and a maple leaf tattoo. Neither item is as helpful to cracking the case as the 10 lb. anchor to which he was tied.

Dec 19, 2000
Second Shot at Love
Season 5Episode 1630 min

Second Shot at Love

When heart surgeon Darryl Sutorius is found dead in the basement of his upscale Cincinnati home, police assume he committed suicide. Friends and family indicate that the man suffered prolonged bouts of depression.

Dec 26, 2000
Journey to Justice
Season 5Episode 1730 min

Journey to Justice

What does a prosecutor do when he has evidence linking a habitual drunk driver to a hit-and-run in which a child is killed, and he needs to make the crash clear to jurors? In this case, he combines the talents of an accident reconstruction expert with a video specialist to create graphic demonstration of the moment of impact. This was the first case in which video in the courtroom withstood an appeal, and helped make video testimony viable in other cases.

Jan 2, 2001
Video Diary
Season 5Episode 1830 min

Video Diary

When convenience store employee Wanda Mason is found dead, having been shot at point blank range, investigators find the entire murder has been caught on the store's videotape security camera.

Jan 9, 2001
Deadly Knowledge
Season 5Episode 1930 min

Deadly Knowledge

The investigation into a missing college coed leads police to discover that, unbeknownst to her friends, she lived a bizarre double life, attending school by day and working as a call-girl by night. When her body is found, investigators gather evidence that implicates her killer.

Jan 16, 2001

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