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| ShortSummary=English detectives team up with a pioneering scientist to crack a case of sexual assault and serial murder. In 1983, a quiet country village is gripped with fear as authorities search for the killer of 15-year-old Lynda Mann. Clueless, they start again when Dawn Ashworth is killed three years later. They enlist the help of Dr. Alec Jeffreys, a molecular biologist who uses his breakthrough technique of genetic fingerprinting to rule out one suspect by comparing his DNA with that of semen found on the victims' bodies. Police set up a DNA dragnet to trap and convict the real killer, but are stymied when Richard Buckland confesses to the crime and his DNA does not match. Later, it is discovered that the true killer [[Colin Pitchfork]] had avoided giving a DNA sample during the dragnet and this brings the focus on him. This 1986 murder case is the first to use DNA as evidence in a criminal case. |
| ShortSummary=English detectives team up with a pioneering scientist to crack a case of sexual assault and serial murder. In 1983, a quiet country village in [[Leicestershire County]], [[England]] is gripped with fear as authorities search for the killer of 15-year-old Lynda Mann. Clueless, they start again when Dawn Ashworth is killed three years later. They enlist the help of Dr. Alec Jeffreys, a molecular biologist who uses his breakthrough technique of genetic fingerprinting to rule out one suspect by comparing his DNA with that of semen found on the victims' bodies. Police set up a DNA dragnet to trap and convict the real killer, but are stymied when Richard Buckland confesses to the crime and his DNA does not match. Later, it is discovered that the true killer [[Colin Pitchfork]] had avoided giving a DNA sample during the dragnet and this brings the focus on him. This 1986 murder case is the first to use DNA as evidence in a criminal case. |
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Revision as of 22:19, 6 September 2018
| Forensic Files | |
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| Season 1 | |
| Release | |
| Original network | TLC |
| Original release | April 23 – December 19, 1996 |
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Forensic Files is an American documentary-style series which reveals how forensic science is used to solve violent crimes, mysterious accidents, and even outbreaks of illness. The show was broadcast originally on truTV, in reruns on HLN, was narrated by Peter Thomas, and produced by Medstar Television, in association with truTV Original Productions. It has broadcast 406 episodes since its debut on TLC in 1996 as Medical Detectives.
Episodes
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "The Disappearance of Helle Crafts" | April 23, 1996 |
| 2 | 2 | "The Magic Bullet" | October 17, 1996 |
| 3 | 3 | "The House that Roared" | October 10, 1996 |
| 4 | 4 | "The Footpath Murders" | October 23, 1996 |
| 5 | 5 | "Planted Evidence" | October 24, 1996 |
| 6 | 6 | "Southside Strangler" | October 31, 1996 |
| 7 | 7 | "Legionnaires' Disease" | November 7, 1996 |
| 8 | 8 | "The Wilson Murder" | November 14, 1996 |
| 9 | 9 | "Deadly Neighborhoods" | November 21, 1996 |
| 10 | 10 | "Insect Clues" | November 28, 1996 |
| 11 | 11 | "Outbreak" | December 5, 1996 |
| 12 | 12 | "The List Murders" | December 12, 1996 |
| 13 | 13 | "Raw Terror" | December 19, 1996 |
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