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After the owner of a private school for Asian students vanishes from his driveway, police scramble to find him. The search grows desperate as time begins to run out on the diabetic man who is desperately in need of his medication. Investigators soon have their answer he has been kidnapped. Now, can they save him before it is too late?

Winner at the 21st Annual Gemini Awards: Best Photography in an Information Program or Series – J.P. Locherer C.S.C., Damir Chytil csc.
The discovery of an abandoned suitcase containing a young Asian woman’s body leads North Yorkshire police to London. But instead of answers, the mystery only deepens when they discover that a second woman is missing. The killer’s trail leads investigators and forensic scientists halfway around the world – only to discover that the key to unlocking the mystery has been under their noses all along.”

The murder of a gay couple in rural California has police stymied – who would want to hurt the well-liked pair? As investigators and forensic scientists dig deeper, they suspect that the killings are linked to a series of arsons that have destroyed several synagogues and an abortion clinic. The trail leads them to the sinister world of hate crimes — and a chilling plan that must be stopped.

When a Russian prostitute is found murdered, Los Angeles Homicide detectives quickly find the case to be anything but routine. Following a tangled string of clues, investigators are drawn into the murky world of high-end prostitution, illegal alien smuggling and Russian Organized Crime. Police must navigate their way through the dark underworld of Los Angeles – and hope that forensic science can nail the killer.

How do bugs, pigs and even the weather help investigators solve crimes? From tropical Hawaii to the frigid waters of Lake Ontario, forensic experts reveal, in gory detail, the clues nature leaves behind on a human corpse. Forensic Expert: Dr. Lee Goff Entomologist at Chaminade University.

Can the sound of a suspect’s voice reveal his lie? Can the crucial moment of crime, buried deep in damaged video, be revealed? Can computers isolate a guilty face in a crowd? No longer science fiction, these are the high-tech tools of the forensics trade.

“Fire, water, earth – killers call on all the elements in their attempt to cover up their crimes. But even a body burned to ashes, sunk deep into the sea or reduced to fragments will still tell its forensic tale.”

From the tips of their ears to the soles of their feet – criminals are betrayed by the clues their own bodies leave behind. A killer’s ear against a wall, his hand on a door, the path that he walks – even the slightest impressions left at the scene help crime fighters find their man. Forensic Expert: Brian Dalrymple Finger Print Expert.

Weapons are the hallmark of violent crime, tools designed to harm – or kill. Forensic science has developed a world of techniques for tracking and identifying these devices. Blood spatter, explosive residue, ballistics and trauma wounds tell crime scene investigators their deadly story.

Karyn Slover is a pretty small town dreamer who’s finally got her big break: she’s been offered work as a model by an agency in Los Angeles. Now she can move away with her three-year old son, Kolten, leaving her ex-husband, friends, and current boyfriend behind. She leaves her desk at the local newspaper at 5 PM, and is never heard from again.