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Forensic Files Season 6 Episodes
Season 6 Episode Guide
38 Episodes 2001 - 2002
Episode 1
Missing in Time
Mon, May 21, 2001 25 mins
The case of Carolyn Killaby, who vanished in 1995, is detailed. Dennis Keith Smith was convicted of murder after police found two drops of blood in his car and linked them, via DNA testing, to Killaby.
Episode 2
Missing Pearl
Mon, May 28, 2001 25 mins
The investigation into the disappearace of Maine resident Pearl Bruns centers on her husband once blood is found in their home. But despite three thorough searches, the lack of her body and further evidence leave police unable to arrest him. Using a new technology called "ground penetration radar," however, they turned up new evidence: the body, buried in a crawl space beneath the house.
Episode 3
Man's Best Friend?
Mon, Jun 4, 2001 25 mins
The case of John Miller and Debbie Loveless is related. In 1989, they reported to police the death of their 4-year-old daughter, who they claimed was attacked by dogs. The authorities, however, believed the girl died from knife wounds and charged them with murder. Five years after their convictions, forensic evidence proved that their initial story was the truth.
Episode 4
Hand Delivered
Mon, Jun 11, 2001 25 mins
How "anonymous" letters can be identified is related in this study of a murder investigation. When police receive a tip with information only the killer could know, they trace the note to the exact location from which it was mailed.
Episode 5
Death Play
Mon, Jun 18, 2001 25 mins
The case of Marie Richards is detailed. The high-school girl was convicted of murdering her father. His death, at first, was ruled a heart attack and it seemed as if she had committed the "perfect" crime. But, while appearing in "Hamlet" a year later, she confessed to a classmate that she had poisoned her father.
Episode 6
Fire Dot Com
Mon, Jun 25, 2001 25 mins
An examination of arson investigators and whether their conclusions are always correct.
Episode 7
Mistaken for Dead
Mon, Jul 2, 2001 25 mins
The death of a patient at the office of Glendale, California doctor Richard Boggs leads investigators to a bizarre scheme involving an insurance scam, switched identities and murder.
Episode 8
Frozen Evidence
Mon, Jul 9, 2001 25 mins
The use of shoe impressions to catch criminals is detailed, including one instance in which the evidence almost melted away.
Episode 9
Soft Touch
Mon, Jul 16, 2001 25 mins
Fingerprints extracted from fabric are used to identify a young woman's killer.
Episode 10
Church Disappearance
Mon, Jul 23, 2001 25 mins
Using a psychological profile while investigating the case of a missing 6-year-old girl is detailed.
Episode 11
Photo Finish
Mon, Jul 30, 2001 25 mins
The murder of model Linda Sobek is detailed. Police identified a suspect from photos discovered by a traffic scofflaw picking up trash. The suspect, Charles E Rathbun, claimed Sobek died during consensual sex and that he panicked, but the forensic evidence proved otherwise. Convicted of murder, he's now serving a life sentence.
Episode 12
Whodunit
Mon, Aug 6, 2001 25 mins
The case of Kimberly Hricko is presented. Hricko's husband, Stephen, was discovered dead in their cabin, badly burned from the waist up. Investigators zeroed in on the wife, who stood to collect $400,000 in life insurance.
Episode 13
Horse Play
Mon, Aug 13, 2001 25 mins
The case of Shannon Mohr is related. In 1980, the Michigan woman died in what appeared to be a horseback-riding accident. However, further tests revealed that she died from a drug that causes suffocation. In 1989, her husband was convicted of murder.
Episode 14
Treads and Threads
Mon, Aug 20, 2001 25 mins
An overview of the James Randall case. For 15 months in Florida, the alleged serial killer preyed on women, taunting police by leaving his victims' bodies in plain sight. The muddy imprint left by his truck, which used rare tires, eventually led investigators to him.
Episode 15
Killer's 'Cattle'log
Mon, Aug 27, 2001 25 mins
The case of elderly farming couple Aaron and Faye Copeland is related. They were convicted and sentenced to death for a bizarre scheme that involved bad checks, cattle auctions and the murders of five drifters.
Episode 16
Skin of Her Teeth
Mon, Sep 3, 2001 25 mins
The process of identifying a skull recovered from a watery grave is detailed. Although the killer removed his victim's teeth, police were able to establish her identity and hone in on a suspect.
Episode 17
Line of Fire
Mon, Sep 10, 2001 25 mins
An examination of a 1995 bank-robbery case involving a group of white supremacists who followed the Phineas Priest movement. Prosecutors relied on forensic science and the latest in crime technology to convict them.
Episode 18
Bad Blood
Mon, Sep 17, 2001 25 mins
The case of John Schneeberger is related. The Saskatchewan doctor was accused of sexually assaulting female patients. Although initial DNA tests cleared him, he later admitted to circumventing the testing by inserting a plastic tube filled with another man's blood into his arm. It was a private detective, hired by one of Schneeberger's patients seven years later, who uncovered the ruse.
Episode 19
Pure Evil
Mon, Sep 24, 2001 25 mins
The case of would-be serial killer Jason Massey, who wanted to become like his idols Ted Bundy and Henry Lee Abbott, is related. In 1993, the 21-year-old was arrested, convicted and sentenced to death for murdering two teenagers.
Episode 20
Root of All Evil
Mon, Oct 1, 2001 25 mins
The case of Fred Grabbe is detailed. In 1981, his wife Charlotte disappeared; three years later, police charged him with murder. His girlfriend testified against him in court, claiming that they burned his wife's body beneath a maple tree. Two scientists were able to verify her story, producing physical evidence from the tree to back up her claim.
Episode 21
Where the Blood Drops
Mon, Oct 8, 2001 25 mins
The case of Susie Mowbry is detailed. Although she was convicted of murdering her husband, her son believed her story that his financially troubled stepfather had committed suicide. The son enrolled in law school and began studying the case, learning that prosecutors withheld crucial findings by a nationally respected blood-spatter expert. After serving almost 10 years, Mowbry was given a second trial---and was found innocent.
Episode 22
Punch Line
Mon, Oct 15, 2001 25 mins
The treatment for an injured hand leads to a murder charge in this look at the Elwood Jones case. Jones claimed he cut his hand on a dumpster, but his doctor recognised the wound as a "fight bite". The doctor was the main witness at Jones' murder trial, during which Jones was convicted of killing a 67-year-old woman.
Episode 23
Sibling Rivalry
Mon, Oct 22, 2001 25 mins
The story of the Mitchell brothers is related. Renowned pornographers, Artie and Jim engaged in a fierce sibling rivalry that ended when Artie was shot three times, including a fatal wound to his head. Investigators relied upon a 911 call, during which shots could be heard, and computer animation to reconstruct what happened. Jim was later convicted of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to six years.
Episode 24
Pastoral Care
Mon, Oct 29, 2001 25 mins
The murder of a female prison guard leads police to suspect inmates at the facility, but the discovery of a "signature" element enables them to focus their investigation on two prisoners.
Episode 25
Bagging a Killer
Mon, Nov 5, 2001 25 mins
The disappearance of a 9-year-old girl leads police to suspect her father, Brad Jackson, of murdering her. They plant global positioning devices on his vehicles and track him via satellite. Unknowingly, he leads them to the site where he buried her body.
Episode 26
Double Trouble
Mon, Nov 12, 2001 25 mins
The brutal assault of a Maine state trooper is connected to an 8-month-old murder case in New Jersey by the "signature" the alleged killer, Steven Fortin, used in both crimes.
Episode 27
Cats, Flies, and Snapshots
Mon, Nov 19, 2001 25 mins
The disappearance of 19-year-old Lori Auker leaves police stumped due to the poor quality of a surveillance tape. With help from NASA, however, digital imaging was employed to clean up the video; later, three hairs that belonged to her cat were found in a suspect's trunk, leading to his arrest and eventual conviction.
Episode 28
Naked Justice
Mon, Nov 26, 2001 25 mins
The apparent suicide of a Michigan woman, who died from a gunshot wound to the head, is investigated.
Episode 29
Treading Not So Lightly
Mon, Dec 3, 2001 25 mins
A woman searches for the individual who injured her daughter in an accident.
Episode 30
Shopping Spree
Mon, Dec 10, 2001 25 mins
The case of Caleb Fairley is detailed. After a woman and her daughter disappeared, forensic evidence pointed to the 23-year-old. He eventually was convicted of a double homicide and sentenced to life in prison.
Episode 31
The Cheater
Tue, Jan 1, 2002 25 mins
The death of Walter Scott, better known as Walter Notheis Jr, lead singer for the 1960s band Bob Kuban and the In-Men, is detailed. He disappeared In 1983. The husband of a woman Scott was involved with was later arrested and convicted of murdering both Scott and his unfaithful wife.
Episode 32
Forever Hold Your Peace
Tue, Jan 8, 2002 25 mins
An examination of an unusual case in Texas involving the 1988 rape and murder of a pizza-parlour employee. After a suspect confessed, and he and an alleged accomplice were imprisoned, the case was considered closed. Eight years later, however, another man confessed to the same crime---and DNA evidence cleared the first suspect while implicating that the second was, in fact, guilty.
Episode 33
Reel Danger
Tue, Jan 15, 2002 25 mins
The investigation into an attack on two boys near a pond relies on evidence fished out of the murky water.
Episode 34
Who's Your Daddy
Tue, Jan 22, 2002 25 mins
A chronicle of how a single hair helped the police identify where a murder victim pulled from the river had been, and how it helped lead to the killer.
Episode 35
The Alibi
Tue, Jan 29, 2002 25 mins
An examination of the Crystal Faye Todd case. In 1991, the 17-year-old was brutally murdered in Horry County, South Carolina. The police asked 52 male acquaintances to provide blood samples so that they could compare the DNA to semen found at the murder scene. The process eliminated all but one young man---and he's now serving a life sentence.
Episode 36
A Bite Out of Crime
Tue, Feb 5, 2002 25 mins
A rapist is identified by bite marks he left on a victim.
Episode 37
Purr-fect Match
Tue, Feb 12, 2002 25 mins
An examination of the first time animal DNA was used to solve a criminal case. In 1994 Canada, on Prince Edward Island, the body of Douglas Beamish's estranged wife was discovered. Authorities linked 20 cat hairs found on her jacket to a cat owned by Beamish's parents, with whom he lived. Scientists estimated that chances that the hairs came from another feline were one in 50 million. A jury later convicted Beamish of second-degree murder; he was sentenced to 18 years without parole.
Episode 38
Scout's Honor
Tue, Mar 19, 2002 25 mins
Investigators rely on insects and a forensic entomologist to determine when a murder victim was killed.
