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Forensic Files Season 12 Episodes
Season 12 Episode Guide
30 Episodes 2007 - 2008
Episode 1
Sharper Image
Wed, Sep 26, 200722 mins
In the Season 12 premiere of Forensic Files, the longest running true crime series in television history, a young girl is found dead, and police quickly arrest the most likely suspect. But when cutting-edge technology from NASA enables a forensic odontologist to prove the wrong man is behind bars, the investigation resumes. Originally aired as Season 12, Episode 1.
Episode 2
Insulated Evidence
Wed, Oct 3, 200721 mins
When a Texas man is found dead in his fire-damaged San Antonio apartment, police discover fiber evidence that leads to a killer who entered and exited the apartment through a ceiling.
Episode 3
Cold Hearted
Wed, Oct 10, 200721 mins
When a young fireman died from what appeared to be serious but undiagnosed heart disease, his family and friends were devastated but they had no proof of foul play. Then they learned that six years earlier in a nearby town, a young police officer died in the same way. The men had one thing in common: they had been married to the same woman. Originally aired as Season 12, Episode 3.
Episode 4
Wheel of Misfortune
Wed, Oct 24, 200722 mins
Security cameras in a casino tracked a young woman's movements until shortly before she disappeared. She was never seen again, but through the evidence she left behind, she was able to tell investigators what happened to her and who was responsible. Originally aired as Season 12, Episode 4.
Episode 5
Quite a Spectacle
Wed, Oct 31, 200721 mins
Police in Canada received a chilling 9-1-1 call from a woman who was just attacked in her apartment, but by the time they arrived, she was dead. Little evidence remained at the scene, except for a pair of eyeglasses and a shoeprint in a squished tomato. With the help of Canada's only forensic optometrist, police put away a killer that is larger than life.
Episode 6
Transaction Failed
Wed, Nov 7, 200721 mins
When a dedicated, well-respected teacher disappeared, police had to determine if she'd gone on vacation without telling anyone, or if she was the victim of foul play. Investigators turned to forensic science, hoping to find the answers they needed. Originally aired as Season 12, Episode 6.
Episode 7
The Day the Music Died
Wed, Nov 14, 200722 mins
The mystery surrounding the 1993 slaying of Mia Zapata, the lead singer for the Seattle punk-rock band the Gits, is solved a decade later with DNA evidence.
Episode 8
Sole Survivor
Mon, Nov 19, 200722 mins
A case of a disappearance and presumed death of a Michigan State student. A professor of geological sciences is on hand to help dig up some dirt of her killer.
Episode 9
Insignificant Others
Mon, Dec 10, 200721 mins
When the investigation of a woman's apparent suicide turns up some anomalies, investigators reopen the case of the suicide of another woman that had dated the same man.
Episode 10
Catch 22
Mon, Dec 17, 200722 mins
A woman was ambushed in her driveway and shot to death. During their investigation, police learned that a co-worker half her age was in love with her, and that she'd spurned his advances. They now had to determine if love had turned into obsession... and a motive for murder. Originally aired as Season 12, Episode 10.
Episode 11
A Cinderella Story
Mon, Dec 24, 200722 mins
The victim had been sexually assaulted and stabbed to death on the beach, just ten yards from the hotel where she was staying. A pair of men's tennis shoes was discovered near her body. Police were sure that if they found the man who fit the shoes, they would also find the man who committed the crime. Originally aired as Season 12, Episode 11.
Episode 12
Screen Pass
Mon, Jan 7, 200821 mins
Fingerprints on a window screen hold the key to solving the abduction and murder of a 13-year-old Colorado girl.
Episode 13
Pressed for Crime
Mon, Jan 14, 200821 mins
A killer drives off in his victim's car after the crime. Forensic scientists match an iron found in the car to some broken pieces of plastic found near the victim's body.
Episode 14
Finger Pane
Mon, Jan 21, 200821 mins
Two women are found dead in a Texas field, and a bloody fingerprint is found on one of the bodies. Police hope it will lead them to the killer.
Episode 15
Good as Gold
Mon, Jan 28, 200821 mins
On Halloween night 2004, Adriane Insogna and Leslie Mazzara were brutally murdered in their Napa, California home. The killer was not seen by their downstairs roommate, but he left his DNA behind in some cigarette butts and a groundbreaking test determined his race and even the color of his eyes and hair. Originally aired as Season 12, Episode 15.
Episode 16
Freedom Fighter
Mon, Feb 18, 200821 mins
A county social worker is murdered and her home set on fire. Bite marks are used to convict a man who had threatened people in her office. The man, Roy Brown, protests his innocence, and spends 15 years in jail finding the real killer.
Episode 17
Dog Day Afternoon
Mon, Feb 25, 200821 mins
When the only witness to a brutal killing is the family dog, investigators turn to a microscopic analysis of some articles of clothing to find the guilty party.
Episode 18
Shattered Innocence
Fri, Mar 7, 200821 mins
A lawyer's son calls 911 after hearing a shot fired from his father's locked bedroom. Discrepancies in the stories of key witnesses reveal the killer.
Episode 19
All Butt Certain
Fri, Mar 14, 200821 mins
A man is sent to jail based on eye-witness testimony that he killed his mother-in-law. But it was dark and the witness was a young child - is her identification reliable? His family says no, and armed with a DNA sample of the real, unidentified, killer; his courageous wife conducts her own investigation.
Episode 20
Jean Pool
Fri, Apr 18, 200821 mins
The 1984 murder of a college student, Laura Salmon, seems to have plenty of suspects, but nothing which solidly links any of them to the crime. After a decade now, this cold case has a breath of new life.
Episode 21
Traffic Violations
Fri, May 9, 200821 mins
On March 30, 1997 an attractive waitress, Kim Medlin, is found dead in Monroe, North Carolina a mile and a half from her abandoned vehicle.
Episode 22
Brotherly Love
Fri, May 23, 200821 mins
Fingerprints from a 1969 murder investigation turn up more than 30 years later, and detectives wonder if there could be a match in a modern fingerprint database.
Episode 23
Disrobed
Fri, Jun 6, 200821 mins
An Idaho couple are shot to death in their home and their teenage daughter escapes unharmed. But several pieces of evidence, including a bathrobe, lead police to wonder whether the girl was just lucky or knows more than she is telling them.
Episode 24
Driven to Silence
Fri, Jun 20, 200821 mins
A South Carolina hairdresser and mother has been murdered in her salon at night. The case has gone cold for about a decade, but a female witness who has noticed the commotion has remained silent and she immediately comes forward to the police about the man who killed the woman inside the salon.
Episode 25
Printed Proof
Sat, Jun 28, 200821 mins
A pair of lesbian women are found murdered in Oregon. Forensic investigators trace fingerprints on duct tape used to bind them and make a composite sketch of a man seen nearby.
Episode 26
About Face
Fri, Jul 18, 200821 mins
A skeleton found in the woods behind a rented home in Wilmington, North Carolina is matched to a missing person using a free photo editing application.
Episode 27
In the Bag
Fri, Jul 25, 200821 mins
A 4-year-old finds his great-grandparents murdered. Investigators find a shotgun and plastic bag in a nearby river, and forensic analysts recover the serial number of the gun and also manage to get a fingerprint from a glove in the bag.
Episode 28
Yes in Deed
Fri, Aug 8, 200821 mins
In a terrible twist of fate, just days after the woman sold her home and moved to a modest trailer a fire claimed both the trailer and her life. But the autopsy proved this was no accident. It was arson and murder. Police had to find out who wanted the woman dead... and why. Originally aired as Season 12, Episode 28.
Episode 29
Guarded Secrets
Fri, Aug 22, 200821 mins
When a security guard disappeared from work without a trace, investigators couldn't determine if he left willingly or if foul play was involved. But homicide was confirmed when the body was found 19 months later. Without any substantial evidence or leads the case went cold. 14 years later, a cold case investigator solved the case after finding crucial evidence hidden beneath the victim's sole.
Episode 30
Smoking Out a Killer
Fri, Aug 29, 200821 mins
Susan Schumake, an SIU (Carbondale) student, was strangled to death in a wooded area on the SIU campus. Over 20 years later, implementing new forensic techniques by revisiting DNA evidence was required in order to convict killer Daniel Woloson.
