Forensic Files II
Forensic Files, long considered the gold-standard of crime and justice non-fiction programming, will return with 16 new half-hour episodes. The updated series will showcase all new mysteries to solve and feature the same style, music, story type and content that fans know and love.
- 2020-2023
- 4 seasons
- HBO Max
- Documentary, Suspense
Forensic Files, long considered the gold-standard of crime and justice non-fiction programming, will return with 16 new half-hour episodes. The updated series will showcase all new mysteries to solve and feature the same style, music, story type and content that fans know and love.
Season 4 Episode Guide
12 Episodes 2023
Episode 1
The Maidenwater Murder
Sun, Jul 9, 2023
Maidenwater Spring in Garfield County, Utah: Lina Reyes Geddes' remains were found on the side of a road north of Lake Powell in 1998. The case went cold for 20 years. But, when an avid true crime hobbyist connects this Utah Jane Doe to an Ohio missing persons case, law enforcement detectives work hard to solve the decades-old murder. In the end, her killer was her husband, Edward Geddes, solved by DNA. There was no justice for Linda. Edward died by suicide in 2001.
Episode 2
Men in Black
Sun, Jul 9, 2023
In 2011, Jayna Murray is found brutally murdered at her workplace in a Lululemon yoga clothing store in upscale Bethesda, Maryland. A rookie homicide detective, Dimitry Ruvin, is tasked to solve this shocking case. In the end, the killer was Jayna's employee, Brittany Norwood.
Episode 3
Lil Miss Murder
Sun, Jul 16, 2023
Eight days after she had disappeared on her way to a family ski trip, an 18-year-old young woman's partially nude body is found floating in a river in Wyoming, Years later, law enforcement detectives use DNA technology to uncover the deep and dark secrets that led to her demise.
Episode 4
Killer Alibi
Sun, Jul 16, 2023
California law enforcement detectives are stumped and baffled when an innocent man's DNA is found at the scene of a deadly home invasion. Authorities team with the man's defense attorney to try to solve this complicated criminal investigation.
Episode 5
Murder Mark
Sun, Jul 23, 2023
January 13, 2010, 2020 Appaloosa Way, Conyers, Georgia: A young mother, Jarmecca Yvonne "Nikki" Whitehead, age 34, is found murdered in the bathroom of her home in the Bridle Ridge Walk subdivision in Conyers. There are two young suspects with ample motive, but an unusual police interview and security camera footage have law enforcement investigators puzzled. In the end, Nikki Whitehead was murdered by her own 16-year-old identical twin daughters, Jasmiyah Kaneesha Whitehead and Tasmiyah Janeesha Whitehead. The girls often went by their nicknames "Jas and Tas". In 2014, in plea bargains, both girls pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and were sentenced to 30 years in prison, with the possibility of parole. The twins are incarcerated at separate prisons in Georgia.
Episode 6
The Scent of Death
Sun, Jul 23, 2023
A young Colorado mother, Kelsey Bereth, suddenly vanishes on Thanksgiving Day in 2018. But when police trace her cell phone, it leads them to a surprising character with an even more surprising story. In the end, Kelsey had been killed by her husband, Patrick Frazee, who went to great lengths to cover up his crime. He was eventually arrested, convicted and sentenced in 2018 to "life in prison plus 156 years".
Episode 7
The Murder Irons
Sun, Jul 30, 2023
After the grim discovery of the brutal murder of an 18-year-old desk clerk at a beachfront condominium, law enforcement detectives and analysts use brand-new mitochondrial DNA technology to prove the killer's identity and thus bring justice for the deceased.
Episode 8
True Bugs
Sun, Jul 30, 2023
July Fourth weekend leads to tragedy for a California family. To catch a killer, law enforcement detectives utilize an unorthodox technique -- analyzing bug fragments -- to help put a murderer behind bars and bring justice to the victim and satisfaction to the family of the deceased.
Episode 9
Murder on Helium Road
Sun, Aug 6, 2023
Amarillo, Texas, 2014; A "love triangle" in the state of Texas takes a deadly turn. To law enforcement detectives, at the beginning of their investigation, the evidence seems to make this a fast open-and-shut case. However, as the evidence is further analyzed and investigated, a new story emerges. The advancements in scientific technology tell the true tale of what happened. In the end, JD Spielbauer (aka Jeremy Spielbauer) was found guilty in his court trial of the murder of his ex-wife, 33-year-old Robin Spielbauer. JD Spielbauer's current wife, Katie Phipps, was not charged with any crimes in connection to the murder.
Episode 10
The Burn Test
Sun, Aug 6, 2023
At the beginning of the investigation, to law enforcement detectives, a 33-year-old West Virginia husband and father seemingly dies in an accidental house fire. However, as the investigation continues, new details from the scene emerge, and the evidence reveals a much more sinister case.
Episode 11
Broken Santa
Sun, Aug 13, 2023
A family mourns the unexpected death of a beloved grandmother at Christmas. Local police department employees assure everyone in the family that the deceased was the victim of a tragic accident and that there was no foul play that could be detected. However, some things about the scene don't add up.
Episode 12
Desperate Stakes
Sun, Aug 13, 2023
2015; Georgia: When the clerk of an Atlanta-area smoke shop, 20-year-old Enrique "E.J." Delos-Reyes, Jr., is gunned down by 2 killers during a robbery, law enforcement detectives have only descriptions of the killers and the make of their getaway car. The investigators use a videotaped confession to smoke out the killers. In the end, both Justin Clay White, age 25, of College Park, and Dominique Rashad Stevens, age 22, of Atlanta, were indicted for the murder.