Israel Keyes: Samantha Koenig Abduction, Hidden Kill Caches & The FBI Anchorage Interrogations
On the sub-zero evening of February 1, 2012, 18-year-old barista Samantha Koenig was abducted at gunpoint from the Common Grounds espresso kiosk...
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Category: Cold Cases Solved by DNA
Decades-old cold cases finally cracked through forensic genealogy and advanced DNA technology.
Herb Baumeister: Fox Hollow Farm 10,000 Skeletal Fragments Excavation & The I-70 Murders
In June 1996, forensic anthropologists, cadaver dog teams, and sheriff’s deputies initiated an unprecedented archaeological and osteological recovery operation across the 18-acre...
Gary Heidnik: The Philadelphia Cellar Torture House, Captive Escapes & Forensic Recovery
On March 24, 1987, a terrified 25-year-old woman named Josefina Rivera approached Philadelphia police officers, leading them to a modest three-story rowhouse...
Donald ‘Pee Wee’ Gaskins: The South Carolina Coastal Plain Murders, Death Row Bombing & Forensic Confessions
Standing just 5 feet 4 inches tall, Donald Henry ‘Pee Wee’ Gaskins Jr. was one of the most prolific and cold-blooded serial...
Darlie Routier: Rowlett Texas Knife Attacks, Bloodstain Pattern Analysis & The Capital Murder Trial
In the early morning hours of June 6, 1996, a horrific violent attack inside an upscale suburban home in Rowlett, Texas, left...
Beltway Snipers: John Muhammad, Lee Boyd Malvo & The 2002 D.C. Sniper Forensic Ballistics Manhunt
In October 2002, the greater Washington, D.C. metropolitan area was gripped by three weeks of paralyzing terror as a concealed sniper randomly...
Ted Kaczynski: The Unabomber 17-Year Bombing Campaign, Forensic Linguistics & The Montana Cabin Raid
Between May 1978 and April 1995, an elusive domestic terrorist waged a clandestine, 17-year bombing campaign against universities, commercial airlines, computer scientists,...
O.J. Simpson: Bundy Drive Double Murder, Forensic DNA Evidence & The Trial of the Century
On the night of June 12, 1994, Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman were brutally slashed and stabbed to death in the...
Menendez Brothers: Beverly Hills Shotgun Murders, Forensic Ballistics & The Televised Retrial
On the evening of August 20, 1989, entertainment executive Jose Menendez and his wife Kitty were executed inside the den of their...
Ted Bundy: Chi Omega Sorority Murders, Forensic Odontology & The Landmark Florida Trial
In the early morning hours of January 15, 1978, Theodore Robert Bundy breached the backdoor of the Chi Omega sorority house at...