
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.
Eyewitness to real estate agent's murder is put under forensic hypnosis in an attempt to help him recall the killer's face.
Police launch a search for a killer after a teenager returns home to find his father's body in a pool of blood.
A Naval officer who threatened to go public with tales of on-the-job sexual harassment and assault is brutally murdered, but when investigators find the allegations could be part of an elaborate scheme for money, they turn to forensic science.
A man is found stabbed to death after a night in a strip club; a drop of blood on a bedspread becomes critical evidence five years later.