
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.
When two men appear to die of heart disease six years apart, police notice they have one thing in common, they were each married to the same woman.
When three students are brutally murdered close to campus, investigators must determine what the women had in common before their serial killer strikes again.
A man is found strangled and burned in his San Antonio apartment and the killer thinks he has destroyed all the evidence.
A bag full of evidence recovered from an iced-over river helps to reveal the murderer of a businesswoman in her own shop.