Forensic Files

Experts are split on the case of a woman accused of murdering her husband and setting their home on fire.

A man who had committed crimes including murder was not caught until almost 50 years later.

A man riding a bicycle was fatally injured, and police believed he was the victim of a hit-and-run accident.

When an elderly couple died in a suspicious house fire, their son became the prime suspect.

Police instituted an intense search when the mother of two young children went missing.

When hunters found a skull in a Texas canyon, police found bits of clothing, small bones and a strand of hair.

A married couple decided to escape the cold of winter with a mini vacation in Key West. The wife went missing.

A mother of two young children was found dead in her bedroom.

In 1991, the wife of a serviceman was brutally murdered in the Philippines.

Bombings are difficult to solve, but in this case, pieces of plastic hold the key to a man's murder.

The wife of an Air Force officer was found dead in her bed with a plastic laundry bag near her face.

When a fire destroyed most of a home and a young boy went missing, police organized a large search.

A highway patrolman was dispatched to what he thought would be a routine accident until he looked in the car.

The decomposed body of a young woman was discovered in a Bakersfield irrigation canal.

A behavioral profile caused the Baton Rouge Police Department to search for the wrong man.

An obstetrician returned home from the hospital and found his wife on the bathroom floor.

A Modesto, California teenager went missing. There was no sign of a struggle in her home.

When police recovered the car of a man reported missing, they expected to find his body. But it wasn't there.

Emergency dispatch received a call from a man who said his girlfriend shot and killed herself.

A Native American woman was brutally killed in the desert of New Mexico.

A brilliant young architect became ill and died just before she was to testify in a criminal trial.

An employee of a dry cleaner was raped and murdered in the store.

The murder of an eccentric millionaire was not entirely unexpected.

When a young woman disappeared, police feared she was the latest victim in a string of similar crimes.