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How forensic science solves crimes - True Crime UK from CBS Reality

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Series 16

1. Grave Justice

True Crime UK from CBS Reality. In 1984, a young woman is found murdered on the side of a rural driveway after a night out. There are suspects, but the case remains unsolved.

2. The Ink Beads

True Crime UK from CBS Reality. Bill Sparkman is found hanging naked from a tree with the letters FED scrawled on his chest. Investigators turn to these letters for answers.

3. The Reunion

True Crime UK from CBS Reality. A murder victim's final moments are caught on tape. It seems to be a robbery-murder, with evidence pointing to a lover - but is their alibi true?

4. Ten of Hearts

True Crime UK from CBS Reality. A 20-year-old woman leaves home and never returns. Her body is found with a gunshot wound to the head. Modern technology breaks the case.

5. The Obsession

True Crime UK from CBS Reality. The mysterious murder of a teacher's aide leaves a hole in her community. A scientific breakthrough leads to a shocking end to the tragic case.

6. Knots

True Crime UK from CBS Reality. A building manager finds the lifeless body of a young woman. The case goes cold, then forensics examine the old evidence. Will science crack it?

7. The Rise

True Crime UK from CBS Reality. A single mum vanishes. Foul play is confirmed when a pickup truck toolbox opens to reveal her body inside. Can forensic evidence connect the dots?

8. Heavy Metal

True Crime UK from CBS Reality. Navy lieutenant Lee Hartley is murdered while deployed out to sea. Investigators discover Lee had enemies aboard the ship.

9. The Orange Shorts

True Crime UK from CBS Reality. A wounded woman crawls to call 911. Her husband gets a hard look from police, but claims to have an airtight alibi. Can forensic science help?

10. Personal Penmanship

True Crime UK from CBS Reality. A religious woman is shot, execution style, in the suburbs of Michigan. Surveillance reveals it was a trio of killers, then detectives get a break.

11. Full Circle

True Crime UK from CBS Reality. 1990: three sex workers are murdered. A serial killer was on the loose and detectives had few clues. 20 years later, there's a break in the case.

12. Incendiary

True Crime UK from CBS Reality. A house fire kills the only doctor in a small town in West Virginia. An investigation quickly leads to the arrest of the son of the doctor's nurse.

13. Smoking Gun

True Crime UK from CBS Reality. When a hearing impaired 77-year-old is attacked by a thief and shot to death, investigators are determined to bring the killer to justice.

14. Matching Palms

True Crime UK from CBS Reality. A criminally charged sex offender & murderer attacks in a terrifying rage. This predator evades capture for years, but leaves a palm print behind.

15. Pulp Friction

True Crime UK from CBS Reality. A massive explosion claims the life of a California farmhand. Authorities think it's an accidental death, but analysis shows it's a bomb.

16. Sole Mate

True Crime UK from CBS Reality. When a beautiful college student is stabbed to death in her Knoxville apartment, suspicion immediately falls on her roommate...