Los Nuevos Detectives (Doblado)

In a quiet suburb, four people are found dead. Police wonder about the kind of madman who could commit this crime. A photographer turns to rape and torture, meticulously documenting his crimes on film and audio tape. A police investigation exposes the deaths of dozens of boys and young men. All are traced to a single killer. Observe, think, conclude are the guidelines of FBI Profilers.

In a church parking lot, a woman is found murdered. The killer leaves few clues and no weapon. A routine suicide investigation takes a macabre twist. Can a camera prove this was murder? A fire rages in a nursing home, killing 15 residents. Armed only with his photographs, it will take the coroner six years to prove this tragedy was no accident.

Investigators in Canada are on the trail of a killer. The key lies in the victim's cells, but has fire destroyed all the evidence? At a murder scene, a handful of cigarettes provides the only clue. A young man was imprisoned for a rape he swears he didn't commit. Can science prove he's right?

A scientist tries to establish when a murder occurred. His only clues are insects collected from the body. Forensic investigators puzzle over a partial skeleton found in a forest. They have two pieces of evidence to work with: a skull and a wasp nest. In a trash-filled house, detectives find three people dead . Two of the victims are mummified. To solve the bizarre case, investigators rely on dead beetles. Insects may be the only witnesses to a crime.

Can artist put flesh on bones and give victims a name? A mother's search for her daughter spans two decades. She no longer knows what her child looks like. A man slays his family and vanishes without a trace for eighteen years. Can the work of a sculptor flush him out of hiding?

A motel clerk disappears, leaving behind a trail of blood. Investigators have their suspect, but without a victim, what can they charge him with? A shooting is reported, but investigators have no proof that it really occurred. Is a missing sofa the key to a woman’s disappearance?

It’s difficult to have a murder investigation without a body, and burning up the victim destroys physical evidence. But what happens when the charred remains are found, unrecognizable, seemingly impossible to identify? Dr. John Verano and Dr. Doug Owsley of the Smithsonian have faced these challenges, identifying the burned remains of two American journalists found in Guatemala seven years after their reported disappearance. It seems as though fire can unveil lies, as well as conceals truths.

Fingerprinting: The identification Division of the FBI relies on fingerprints as one of the most effective ways to identify criminals. Fingerprints, along with palmprints and footprints are an indisputable, time-tested method to establish someone’s ID beyond a shadow of a doubt. Computerization has all but eliminated the old inkpad, and print identification that used to take months now takes minutes.

While our handwriting may not reveal the nuances of our personalities, the dotting of the “i’s and crossing of the “t”s is an important business in criminal investigation. Apparent suicide notes, letters from suspected offenders and signatures are scrutinized down to the last dot. Handwriting comparisons can tell if the victim really did sign that new life insurance policy, or if the person who had everything to live for actually wrote the eloquent suicide note.

Black Boxes: Little evidence is left after an airplane takes a deadly plunge from the sky. Investigators’ best hope for an answer comes from the flight data recorder known as a “black box.” Virtually indestructible, the black box could be the only witness to the final horrifying moments of a doomed flight.

Orenthal James Simpson was found not guilty of murder. The jury heard hundreds of hours of testimony and every twist and turn of the trial was played out in the media, but what was the evidence? Forensic scientists reconstructed the events that took place on the night Nicole Brown Simpson was murdered. But was their report accurate, and could the evidence be trusted? We’ll examine what forensics could and could not tell us about the trial of the century.

Ballistics: A corpse is found with a gunshot wound to the head; the weapon lies next to the victim. It looks like suicide, but could it be murder? It’s a question best solved by ballistics experts. Gunshot residues, the pathway of the bullet into the body, shells and the guns themselves all hold important clues. The ability to determine whether an individual has actually fired a gun is vitally important in homicide and suicide investigations.