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Season 5

Forensic Files

Season released 12th Sep, 2000.

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Season 5 Episodes

S05 Episode 1

Badge of Deceit

After more than a decade, geographical profiling enables police to catch a rapist.

22 mins  ·  Tue, 12 Sep 2000

S05 Episode 2

Dew Process

The wife of a dentist is murdered, but the case stalls until fibres and a study of the weather provide a vital clue.

22 mins  ·  Tue, 19 Sep 2000

S05 Episode 3

A Woman Scorned

The deaths of a mother and her infant son lead to the woman's husband being considered the prime suspect. However, a blonde hair found on the victims reveals an additional suspect in a twisted tale of passion and murder.

22 mins  ·  Tue, 26 Sep 2000

S05 Episode 4

A Voice From Beyond

A decomposed body is found in a steel drum after 30 years, and a badly damaged address book may hold clues to the identities of both the victim and her killer.

22 mins  ·  Tue, 3 Oct 2000

S05 Episode 5

Burning Ambition

A Seattle policeman is the victim of an arson attack, but the drug dealer who confessed vanishes.

22 mins  ·  Tue, 10 Oct 2000

S05 Episode 6

Memories

Dianna Green was just 20 years-old and pregnant when she was brutally raped and beaten in her apartment. The assault caused the death of her unborn baby. When Dianna came out of a coma 3 weeks later, she told police she knew the identity of her attacker. But was her memory accurate?

23 mins  ·  Tue, 17 Oct 2000

S05 Episode 7

Trail of Truth

In the absence of any hard evidence, an FBI analyst devises a unique experiment to link a suspect to a brutal murder case.

21 mins  ·  Tue, 24 Oct 2000

S05 Episode 8

Material Evidence

Unusual orange fibres, found near the victim of a murder case, provide the only clue to the young girl's killer. Months later, a van turns up and appears to contain the same fibres.

22 mins  ·  Tue, 31 Oct 2000

S05 Episode 9

Killigraphy

The marks on a dead woman's body seem to incriminate her husband as the killer, but an autopsy has surprising results.

22 mins  ·  Tue, 7 Nov 2000

S05 Episode 10

Nursery Crimes

Following an unusually high child mortality rate in a Texas hospital, investigators learn that one nurse is on duty in almost all of the cases. The discovery of an unlikely murder weapon may provide the proof they need.

22 mins  ·  Tue, 14 Nov 2000

S05 Episode 11

Lasting Impression

Police have no information about the identity of a dead girl, but a stabbing victim believes she may have witnessed the murder. A piece of chewing gum found near the victim's body leads to the killer.

22 mins  ·  Tue, 21 Nov 2000

S05 Episode 12

Foundation of Lies

When the wife of a well-known doctor goes missing, the authorities believe a shady adoption ring may be involved. The focus of the investigation shifts, however, when the doctor is seen with another woman who claims to be his wife.

22 mins  ·  Tue, 28 Nov 2000

S05 Episode 13

Unholy Vows

A Romanian bishop who lives in the US is accused of being a Nazi war criminal, and forensic experts find evidence on an incriminating, 40-year-old postcard.

22 mins  ·  Tue, 5 Dec 2000

S05 Episode 14

Deadly Knowledge

A murdered student's secret life as a call girl is revealed and the list of suspects is long, until forensic evidence helps police narrow it down.

22 mins  ·  Tue, 5 Dec 2000

S05 Episode 15

Broken Promises

Police believe the shooting death of a teacher is an accident, until they learn his wife's first husband also died under dubious circumstances.

22 mins  ·  Tue, 12 Dec 2000

S05 Episode 16

Time Will Tell

A money launderer is found dead in the ocean and the only obvious clues to his identity are a Rolex watch and a tattoo. However, the anchor with which he is weighed down proves most helpful in solving the crime.

22 mins  ·  Tue, 19 Dec 2000

S05 Episode 17

Journey to Justice

When a prosecutor discovers evidence linking a habitual drunk driver to a hit-and-run in which a child is killed, he combines the talents of an accident reconstruction expert with a video specialist. This case was the first in which video in the courtroom withstood an appeal, and helped make “video testimony” viable in other cases.

23 mins  ·  Tue, 2 Jan 2001

S05 Episode 18

Journey to Justice

Investigators find a link between a fatal hit-and-run incident and a drink driver. A prosecutor helps make video testimony viable in other cases with a convincing video reconstruction of the moment of impact.

22 mins  ·  Tue, 2 Jan 2001

S05 Episode 19

Deadly Knowledge

When 23-year-old college co-ed Tina Biggar goes missing, her boyfriend and family fear she has been murdered. A police investigation reveals details about her past that no one, not even her closest friends, suspected: She was a student by day and a $100-an-hour call-girl by night. Her many clients were all suspects in her disappearance, as was her boyfriend. But when her body is discovered, police obtain evidence that reveals that her killer was former client Kenneth Tranchida, as well as more details about her bizarre double-life and its tragic consequences.

23 mins  ·  Tue, 16 Jan 2001