
Eagle-eyed technical experts prove there is no such thing as a perfect crime as they assemble the pieces every criminal leaves behind. Dramatic crime re-creations and, sometimes, part of the investigations are a staple of the series. Some of the re-creations include alternate versions of the crimes, which are disproved by science. The show's episodes follow each case from the initial investigation until it reaches its legal resolution.

Police become suspicious of a man who reported his wife missing 15 years after doing the same thing with his first wife.

While investigating the case of a Colorado hunter shot three times and killed, police suspect two murder weapons, and two killers, but forensic evidence points them closer to home.

A small community in upstate New York is devastated when a car accident claims the life of a well-respected nurse.

A woman disappears without a trace, and police learn two other women vanished under similar circumstances.