Forensic Files

In 1996, Police received a call from Darlie Routier telling them of her two sons' murders. However, police were unsure about the validity of Darlie's story and began an intensive search of the crime scene. The police determined who the killer was by analyzing blood spatter, doing behavioral profiling and analyzing Darlie's 911 call.

In 1990, Shirley Andronowich's body was found one morning after being brutally murdered and mutilated in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Witnesses told police Shirley and her husband Ed were seen fighting in a bar the night before. Police first suspected Ed and even arrested him after he confessed to the murder. However, all forensic evidence proved that Ed had actually nothing to do with the murder.

Details the disappearance of Melissa Brannen, a five-year-old girl who went missing from a Christmas party in 1989. The fibers on her clothes were the only means for police to determine her abductor. Police grew suspicious of Cal Hughes who was washing his clothes at 1am when they came to his home.

In 1991, Robert Curley was diagnosed with Guillain_Barr_ syndrome when he arrived at the hospital with excruciating leg pains. However, doctors became suspicious during Robert's second admission and tested him for Thallium poisoning, which proved positive and Robert died shortly thereafter. Autopsy showed that Robert ingested more poison a few days before his death.

In 1983, two young boys were found tied and murdered with similar wounds within three months of each other in two Nebraska towns. The rope used to tie the boys was unique. Another clue turned up when one of the boy's brother was hypnotized and remembered a uniformed man in a tan car.

In 1978, Mark Fair left for work and his fianc_e Karla Brown remained at home. When Mark and a friend returned home that evening, they found Karla dead. The condition of Karla's body told investigators that she was a victim of sexual assault; she had resisted, struggled and was killed.

In 1989, Nova Scotia schoolteacher Clayton Johnson left for work. Later that morning, Mrs. Molloy arrived to drop off her child at the Johnson home. She found Clayton's wife Janice Johnson lying at the bottom of the basement stairs in a pool of blood and it was determined to be an accident. Later on, Clayton Johnson married a 22-year-old member of his Pentecostal congregation. When homicide investigator Brian Oldford heard this, he became suspicious and decided to reinvestigate.

In 1996, 16-month-old Anne Grace Gimmenstad became very ill, was rushed to the hospital and died within two weeks. Following extensive medical examinations, it was determined that Anna had been the victim of the deadly bacteria E.coli.

In 1967, Lori Keidel, her two sisters and her brother were left home alone while their father went to a nearby laundromat. Suddenly, a large blaze engulfed their brick ranch home, killing Lori's sisters. Only a few months earlier, the children's mother disappeared, and had made no effort to contact them. In 1993, Lori found the courage to tell police the vision that had possessed her for 29 years: that Lori had witnessed her mother's death.

Merril Bahe and Florena Woody grew up in starkly different conditions on an Indian reservation that crossed the borders of New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah. In 1993, Florena started complaining of muscle aches in her back and shoulders and her doctor gave her antibiotics for her condition. Florena later died; she simply drowned in the fluid generated by her illness. Doctors had no idea what had killed her.

In 1986, Edward Post left the Omni Hotel in St. Louis and went for a 40-minute jog. Before leaving, he said that he drew a bath for his wife Julie Thigpen-Post. Ed returned and called the front desk, stating that his wife had fallen in the bathtub and was not breathing and she was dead when emergency response arrived.