HLN The light of day and DNA picture painted by molecular biologist reveals new clues about a nighttime traffic accident. 2026-05-13 On Valentine's Day, an obstetrician finds his wife dead and calls 911; police discover inconsistencies between the blood spatter evidence and his version of events. 2026-05-13 Weed analysis and photogrammetry are used to help solve the 1995 murder of a California teenager is found dead after disappearing from her home. 2026-05-13 The pornography empire cultivated by brothers Artie and Jim Mitchell crumbles when one turns up dead and his brother confesses to shooting him; investigators question whether the shooting was premeditated. 2026-05-13 When prison guard Donna Payant's body is discovered at a landfill, a medical examiner uses a "signature" clue to link her death to a murder the same examiner investigated 10 years earlier. 2026-05-13 When a 9-year-old girl vanishes on her way to school, the entire community helps with the search; detectives believe her mother may be involved, and a hidden fingerprint seals the case. 2026-05-13 The investigation of a murder case in New Jersey is stalled until a similar attack occurs on a state trooper in Maine. 2026-05-13 A young woman goes missing without leaving many clues, but the advanced technology on offer makes it possible for cat hairs and insects to help build an image of the abductor. 2026-05-13 Blood spatter analysis and an investigation lead police to the truth when a pregnant woman is found dead in her home. 2026-05-13 A mother is determined to discover what happened when her daughter is injured in a hit-and-run accident. 2026-05-13 Forensic science and deductive reasoning determine what happened to a mother and daughter while they were on a shopping spree. 2026-05-13 Exploring how an American hit single from 1966 -- "The Cheater" by Bob Kuban and the In-Men -- foreshadowed the demise of the group's lead singer, Walter Scott. 2026-05-14 Eight years after a man confessed to the murder of a young woman, another man claims that he committed the crime, and investigators must use forensic evidence to determine the true killer. 2026-05-14 Although a group of teenage thugs are suspected of attacking two boys on a fishing trip, there is no solid evidence until a murky fishing hole provides some answers. 2026-05-14 When young prostitute's body turns up in an Ohio waterway, authorities have one tiny clue which could point to her killer, but face huge challenges due to her policemen clients and DNA evidence being washed away. 2026-05-14 In a small South Carolina town in 1991, 17-year-old Crystal Faye Todd, a popular high school student, is raped, murdered and dumped in a deserted field; with few leads, authorities test the DNA of several friends, and one match shocks everyone. 2026-05-14 In a groundbreaking case using animal DNA, investigators use forensic testing on a cat to help them solve the case of a woman who vanished from her home on Prince Edward Island. 2026-05-14 An abandoned, still-running car leads investigators to a body with unusual marks and a DNA trail that lead to the killer. 2026-05-14 Police find fragments of deleted computer files leading them to suspect a woman's suicide is really murder. 2026-05-14 A suspicious neighbor gives police a break in a cold case. 2026-05-14 A family suspects their teenage daughter's new friends were involved in her disappearance. 2026-05-14 When a 62-year-old man opens a car restoration business and becomes seriously ill, his doctors cannot find the cause, but forensics can; identification of a highly toxic metal in the victim's blood leads to his poisoner. 2026-05-14 When a 6-year-old disappears, her father becomes the prime suspect; he fails a polygraph test and even confesses, but 10 years later, the investigation gets turned on its head. 2026-05-14 Investigators build a makeshift tent around a woman's body and use superglue fumes to lift the killer's palm print from the victim's skin. 2026-05-14 The disappearance of a mail-order bride proves suspicious when detectives learn that two of the Texas husband's previous wives had died in mysterious circumstances. 2026-05-14 A jeweler's search through old sales records helps police find likely suspects in the murder of elderly couple Edward Kowalzck and Gertrude Thompson. 2026-05-14 A garbage bag leads police to a child's killer. 2026-05-14 An investigation into the disappearance of a young woman uncovers a tooth that helps police solve a crime without a body. 2026-05-14 The sensitive nose of a forensic examiner sniffs out murder. 2026-05-14 Discovering that an assault suspect is left-handed is crucial to a police investigation dating back 16 years. 2026-05-14 Forensic scientists try to find a way to "lift" the serial number from a shotgun that's their only clue in a case. 2026-05-14 A family break turns into a nightmare when the wife is found face-down in a lake; with no idea whether it was murder, an accident or suicide, police turn to a new forensic technique. 2026-05-14 When friends see a woman in the back of a car flailing her arms and screaming, they assume she is having fun, but when they later come upon a jacket and a pool of blood, they realize they witnessed an abduction in progress. 2026-05-14 The anchors share the latest stories about significant events that take place across the world and interview prominent figures. 2026-05-14 The anchors share the latest stories about significant events that take place across the world and interview prominent figures. 2026-05-14 The anchors share the latest stories about significant events that take place across the world and interview prominent figures. 2026-05-14 When police recover the submerged car of a missing man, they find no body; the investigation that follows uncovers a deadly obsession and the motive for murder. 2026-05-14 Emergency dispatch received a call from a man who said his girlfriend shot and killed herself. But the wound was not self-inflicted. 2026-05-14 Investigators piece together evidence found at the scene of a Native American woman's murder; the tire tracks and shoe impressions could lead them to the killer. 2026-05-14 Experts seek answers to a young businesswoman's death just before she was to testify in a criminal trial. 2026-05-14 An anonymous caller reports the rape and murder of a dry cleaner employee; two eyewitnesses tell two similar but not identical stories. 2026-05-14 Police blame a botched robbery when an eccentric elderly millionaire is found dead, but the motive could be wrong. 2026-05-14 Woman disappears from grocery store parking lot in Boulder, Colo.; investigators find extraordinary clues in a pair of bloody gloves, unique tire tracks, and ordinary grass and pine needles. 2026-05-14 A car carrying three men pulls up alongside another on an Alaskan highway and fires shots, leaving a passenger dead; one of the passengers in the killer's car agrees to testify against his friends; the resulting trials don't end the carnage. 2026-05-14 Police suspect a gay college student's slaying is a hate crime until forensic evidence points the case in another direction. 2026-05-14 In a wealthy area of Philadelphia, police are called to the scene of what seems like a regular accidental drowning; the investigation begins to focus on one person who has many reasons to want the victim dead. 2026-05-14 Two women are murdered in the same town and police fear a serial killer is on the loose, further investigation finds that they were both close to the same man. 2026-05-14 A young woman is found dead on a golf course in the Bahamas; the grass on that course is so distinctive that it had evidentiary value; the evidence leads police to two suspects; each blamed the other, and they have to find out who the killer is. 2026-05-14 A look into the 1984 Oregon food poisonings, where detectives track down the outbreak to a cult which aims to use germ warfare to take down the government. 2026-05-14 A woman is found dead from a gunshot wound and police suspect her husband, however, forensic teams prove what really happened, and the truth is stranger than fiction. 2026-05-14 After American Atheists founder Madalyn Murray O'Hair disappears, the discovery of a mutilated body helps police catch the culprit. 2026-05-14 Two people witness a truck driving over an unconscious man and flee into a nearby bar, but when the police turn up, the truck, the man and the witnesses are gone. 2026-05-14 Insect evidence helps to solve the mystery of a woman found dead near a river bank. 2026-05-14 A girl who is abducted and then released soon afterward uses her knowledge of forensics to lead police to the kidnapper. 2026-05-14 A trash collector finds a severed human leg in a trash bin, but police cannot use conventional methods of victim identification; investigators turn to toxicology and DNA tests to find the murder-mutilator. 2026-05-14 A coroner finds telltale clues on the badly burned body of a murder victim, sending police in pursuit of a couple of killers. 2026-05-14 A man is arrested and convicted for a series of sexual assaults in Indiana; years later, forensic developments reveal new facts about the case. 2026-05-15