- A 15-year-old girl escaping for her life is savagely beaten and killed in an Ohio cemetery. The case goes cold for nearly two decades, years that bring major advances in DNA technology. To catch this killer, forensic experts must do the impossible: come up with a DNA sample when none seemingly exists. The original vaginal swab had been consumed by earlier testing, but the vial where it had been stored does retain enough to convict a notorious rapist who had once killed a frightened teen. In another story, two young men are found with several gunshot wounds on a Virginia riverbank in 2002-one survives, but is unable to talk. When the survivor is able to speak, he describes the vehicle of the shooter; the cell phones found at the scene are traced to the victim's drug supplier and her boyfriend. Bullets and blood won't solve this case for Shenandoah County Sheriff's detectives. It will take a forensic geologist digging in the dirt and detectives accessing cell phone towers in the sky to nail a suspect who claims he was never there. Conclusive evidence comes from the suspect's SUV, from phone records, from testimony about the shotgun he had, and mineralogic profiles which confirm his presence at the crime scene. Louis Felts is convicted.—jeaneva
- A 15-year old girl in a race for her life is savagely beaten and killed in an Ohio cemetery. The case goes cold for nearly two decades, years that bring major advances in DNA technology. To catch this killer, forensic experts must do the impossible: come up with a DNA sample when none exists. In another story, two young men are gunned down on a Virginia riverbank one survives, but is unable to talk. Shenandoah County Sheriff's detectives won't solve this case with bullets or blood. It will take a brilliant forensic geologist digging in the dirt and cell phone towers in the sky to nail a suspect who claims he was never there.
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