
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.

Missouri police are thrust into a bizarre web of homeless drifters and cattle auctions when they are called to retrieve a dead body.

When friends see a woman in the back of a car flailing her arms and screaming, they assume she is having fun, but when they later come upon a jacket and a pool of blood, they realize they witnessed an abduction in progress.

A serial killer in Tampa, Fla., taunts police by strangling prostitutes and leaving their bodies in plain sight, but tire marks and fibers lead to the culprit.

Detectives think they've solved a murder when they find the weapon and victim's blood in a man's flat, but the evidence may have been planted.