
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.
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.
Fifteen years later, DNA technology leads to justice for a murdered woman and her savagely beaten 4-year-old daughter.
A quiet waitress who hasn't been to work in two days vanishes without a trace; police suspect a date gone wrong.
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.