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Forensic Files Season 5 Episodes
Season 5 Episode Guide
19 Episodes 2000 - 2001
Episode 1
Badge of Deceit
Tue, Sep 12, 200022 mins
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. Originally aired as Season 5, Episode 1.
Episode 2
Dew Process
Tue, Sep 19, 200022 mins
New evidence points to a different killer in the case of a dentist's murdered wife.
Episode 3
A Woman Scorned
Tue, Sep 26, 200022 mins
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. Originally aired as Season 5, Episode 3.
Episode 4
A Voice from Beyond
Tue, Oct 3, 200022 mins
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. Originally aired as Season 5, Episode 4.
Episode 5
Burning Ambition
Tue, Oct 10, 200022 mins
When a Seattle policeman's house goes up in flames Fire officials think it's arson. One month later, in an ironic twist, the officer 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.
Episode 6
Memories
Tue, Oct 17, 2000
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.
Episode 7
Trail of Truth
Tue, Oct 24, 200023 mins
Alaska, 1987: Nancy Newman and her two young daughters are found murdered. The husband is immediately suspected, but fingerprint and hair evidence points to someone else close to the family.
Episode 8
Material Evidence
Tue, Oct 31, 200023 mins
On July 17, 1982, 11 year old Krista Harrison was abducted from a park in Marshallville, Ohio and her body was found 6 days later. She had been raped and murdered. There were few clues to the killer's identity, but authorities were intrigued by unusual orange fibers on clothing found near the victim. Months went by, and the case went cold, until a van turned up with what appeared to be the same orange fibers. The latest in forensic technology was able to determine that there was a connection between the van and the victim. The van's owner, Robert Anthony Buell, was convicted of rape and murder and sentenced to death.
Episode 9
'Kill'igraphy
Tue, Nov 7, 200022 mins
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. Originally aired as Season 5, Episode 9.
Episode 10
Nursery Crimes
Tue, Nov 14, 200022 mins
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. Originally aired as Season 5, Episode 10.
Episode 11
Lasting Impression
Tue, Nov 21, 200022 mins
A badly decomposed body is found in a cemetery in Pennsylvania, the girl is identified as a teenager and a runaway from New York. But a wad of chewing gum near the body is found and dental records from the chewing gum provides an identity of one of the killers. A prostitute also provides information to the police about the teenager and she believed that three men have killed the girl after she was accused of stealing drugs from them and the men have decided to silence her for good.
Episode 12
Foundation of Lies
Tue, Nov 28, 200022 mins
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. Originally aired as Season 5, Episode 12.
Episode 13
Unholy Vows
Tue, Dec 5, 200022 mins
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.
Episode 14
Broken Promises
Tue, Dec 12, 200022 mins
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. Originally aired as Season 5, Episode 16.
Episode 15
Time Will Tell
Tue, Dec 19, 200023 mins
England, 1996: A man turns up dead in the ocean. Ronald Joseph Platt is identified using his tattoo and watch. A co-worker, Canadian financier Albert Johnson Walker, assumes the name of Platt as part of a money-laundering scheme.
Episode 16
Second Shot at Love
Tue, Dec 26, 2000
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.
Episode 17
Journey to Justice
Tue, Jan 2, 200122 mins
Features the first case in the United States where video animation was considered admissible to show to a jury. Six-year-old Nicole Rae Walker was walking with other kids when a pickup truck with a camper top struck them. Nicole was killed. Through technology and the outrage of the community, her killer was found.
Episode 18
Video Diary
Tue, Jan 9, 2001
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.
Episode 19
Deadly Knowledge
Tue, Jan 16, 200122 mins
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. Originally aired as Season 5, Episode 14.
