Forensic Files

In 2006, Darlene VanderGiesen received threatening emails and then disappeared. Tracking the source of the emails led police to the home of Daphne Wright, where they believe a murder was committed.

In 2000,¾Kristine Fitzhugh¾failed to show up for her music class and her husband Ken found her dead at the bottom of the stairs of their Palo Alto home. Upon further investigation, luminol reveals evidence of murder in the kitchen.

In 1999, Susan Fassett was gunned down as she left church choir practice in Poughkeepsie, NY. Her husband Jeff became the prime suspect, until he was cleared by police, who then suspected to Fred Andros, with whom Susan had her affair.

In 2008, Illinois emergency response came upon a garage fire and a man was found crushed beneath a truck.¾

In 2007, the Florida mobile home of Effie and Michael Ratley catches fire and Michael heroically rescues his wife and infant son. A month later, his wife is found beaten to death in a bedroom of his parents' home.

In 2005, David Castor suffered a slow, agonizing death over a period of days. His wife¾Stacey¾maintained it was suicide, even though it was done with antifreeze.

In the 1990s, the media dubbed Richard Rogers the 'Last Call Killer' because he targeted men in gay bars who were obviously intoxicated.

Avis Banks and her unborn child were brutally murdered. The body was discovered by her fianc_ Keyon Pittman. Police learn Pittman was having affairs with other women and he became the prime suspect.

In 2000, when teenager Tara Munsey goes missing after a work shift at a Virginia restaurant, it is unknown if she ran away or if she was the victim of foul play.

In 1989, the dead bodies of Joan Rogers and her two teenage daughters were found floating in Tampa Bay.

In 2003, Tiffany Rowell and three of her friends were brutally murdered in their affluent Clear Lake, Texas.

In 2008, college co-ed Jenna Verhaalen was found dead in her Bryan, Texas apartment and petechial hemorrhages in her eyes indicated that she was strangled.

In 2004, Rebecca Barney and her soon-to-be ex-husband Fred were found shot to death in their Tulsa, Oklahoma, home, which had been set on fire.

In 2003, Kathy Lorick was murdered on a Concord, California jogging trail in the middle of the day while talking to her husband on her mobile phone.¾

In 2008, Colorado real estate developer Alan Helmick was found shot to death at home by his wife Miriam, who then became the prime suspect.

In 2005, the body of young mother Summer Baldwin was found in a suitcase in a Texas landfill.¾

In 2004, nursing student Tamika Huston went missing from her Spartanburg, South Carolina home. A tip led detectives to her car and they find an unknown house key that could help solve the case.¾

In 2002, funeral director Lonnie Turner, Sr. was found shot to death. His son Lonnie Jr. became the prime suspect, particularly after it was discovered that the murder was committed with his gun. However, he had an alibi for the time of the murder.

In 1993, young mother Tammy Tatum was found sexually assaulted and murdered in her Longmont, Colorado apartment. Police initially suspected her estranged husband, but did not have enough evidence to charge him and the case went cold.