Written In Blood: A man calls 911 claiming his wife fell down the stairs and died. Rescue workers respond, and do indeed find the woman dead at the base of the stairs. There is a large amount of blood on and around the body. The Medical Examiner concludes the woman died as a result of a blunt force trauma, and begins the search for a murder weapon. Blood spatter also proves the woman was beaten before she fell, or was placed at the base of the stairs. The man’s prints are found on a champagne bottle, but not the glasses, leading investigators to believe he beat his wife with the bottle. Blood spatter is found on most of the man’s clothing, proving he beat his wife to death. A man notifies police that his wife is missing. He says she had a large amount of cash on her, and was on her way to make a bank deposit. The woman’s car is found outside the bank, but no evidence of the woman is extracted. A nearby dumpster is searched, revealing bloody bath towels and some other items. The woman’s body is found in a ravine the next day, and samples are taken. Her husband’s home is searched, and investigators find many of the same objects that they found in the dumpster, as well as the same type of ammunition that the woman was shot with. The woman’s blood is found in the bathtub and on the walls of the man’s home. Blood spatter suggests the woman was shot in the back of the head. Her husband is arrested and convicted of killing his wife. Blood can be the most telling evidence of a murder, and often is the only thing investigators have to link a killer to his victim.
Price Of Murder: A security guard finds a man dead in the driver’s seat of his car, shot once in the back of the head. Authorities believe it may have been an accident, as illegal hunters frequented the area the man’s car was found. Police later receive a tip, linking the man’s wife and a friend to the murder; the motive was a large life insurance policy. A woman calls 911 claiming 3 men burglarized her home, beat her husband to death and bound their hands with tape. Investigators begin to examine the home, and determine the woman’s husband was beaten to death with a blunt object. Neighbors report having seen a van speed away from the home around the time of the murder. Police find a fingerprint and question the man to whom it belongs. He tells police the victim’s wife promised the men a share of his life insurance policy if they aided in his murder. When the amount of money is substantial enough, even those we love can be motivated to do terrible things.
Killing Time: A young man goes missing, and his live in girlfriend reveals she had last seen him after the two had an argument concerning money. Soon after, a human torso is found; the arms, legs and head had been removed. Toxicology testing showed evidence of a potentially fatal amount of morphine present in the body. Investigators question the girlfriend, and find she had just taken out a $150,000 life insurance policy on her boyfriend. An insurance investigator meets with an Indian man who is the beneficiary of his recently deceased friend’s insurance policy. Suspecting he’s met the man before, the investigator goes through his files and finds he had in fact interviewed the man a year earlier on another claim, this time over the death of the man’s first wife. The investigator contacted the Coroner’s Office and an investigation was launched. When money is the motive, there is no limit to what a killer will do to get away with their fortune.
The New Detectives is an American docudrama where world-renowned forensics experts and criminal investigators solve a wide range of cases.
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9 май 2024
