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12:00 AM

Forensic Files

The violent death of an Air Force officer's wife outside a Philippines air base is examined, amid accusations of a love triangle involving the murdered woman's husband; investigators use groundbreaking computer forensics to make their case.

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12:30 AM

Forensic Files

Pieces of plastic the size of sand hold clues to a bombing.

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1:00 AM

Forensic Files

At first glance it appears a young woman suffocated, but further investigation shows the scene was staged.

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1:30 AM

Forensic Files

A killer is careless when a home is destroyed by fire and a young boy is missing.

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2:00 AM

Forensic Files

A patrol officer is shocked by the amount of blood at a traffic accident and is shocked by the coroner's ruling until an anonymous phone call re-ignites the case.

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2:30 AM

Forensic Files

An irrigation canal murder remains unsolved until a similar murder occurs.

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3:00 AM

Forensic Files

The light of day and DNA picture painted by molecular biologist reveals new clues about a nighttime traffic accident.

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3:30 AM

Forensic Files

On Valentine's Day, an obstetrician finds his wife dead and calls 911; police discover inconsistencies between the blood spatter evidence and his version of events.

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4:00 AM

Forensic Files

Weed analysis and photogrammetry are used to help solve the 1995 murder of a California teenager is found dead after disappearing from her home.

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4:30 AM

Forensic Files

When police recover the submerged car of a missing man, they find no body; the investigation that follows uncovers a deadly obsession and the motive for murder.

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5:00 AM

Forensic Files

Emergency dispatch received a call from a man who said his girlfriend shot and killed herself. But the wound was not self-inflicted.

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5:30 AM

Forensic Files

Investigators piece together evidence found at the scene of a Native American woman's murder; the tire tracks and shoe impressions could lead them to the killer.

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6:00 AM

Forensic Files

Experts seek answers to a young businesswoman's death just before she was to testify in a criminal trial.

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6:30 AM

Forensic Files

An anonymous caller reports the rape and murder of a dry cleaner employee; two eyewitnesses tell two similar but not identical stories.

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7:00 AM

Forensic Files

Police blame a botched robbery when an eccentric elderly millionaire is found dead, but the motive could be wrong.

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7:30 AM

Forensic Files

Woman disappears from grocery store parking lot in Boulder, Colo.; investigators find extraordinary clues in a pair of bloody gloves, unique tire tracks, and ordinary grass and pine needles.

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8:00 AM

Forensic Files

A car carrying three men pulls up alongside another on an Alaskan highway and fires shots, leaving a passenger dead; one of the passengers in the killer's car agrees to testify against his friends; the resulting trials don't end the carnage.

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8:30 AM

Forensic Files

Police suspect a gay college student's slaying is a hate crime until forensic evidence points the case in another direction.

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9:00 AM

Forensic Files

In a wealthy area of Philadelphia, police are called to the scene of what seems like a regular accidental drowning; the investigation begins to focus on one person who has many reasons to want the victim dead.

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9:30 AM

Forensic Files

Two women are murdered in the same town and police fear a serial killer is on the loose, further investigation finds that they were both close to the same man.

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10:00 AM

CNN This Morning

Stories from across the world and conversations with Audie Cornish.

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11:00 AM

CNN This Morning

Stories from across the world and conversations with Audie Cornish.

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12:00 PM

Inside Politics With Manu Raju

Melanie Zanona; Catherine Lucey; Isaac Arnsdorf.

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1:00 PM

Forensic Files

A man has no recollection of events after stabbing his wife and holding her head underwater in a swimming pool.

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1:30 PM

Forensic Files

A fire investigator determines if a kerosene heater is the cause of a fire that killed one person or if it was murder.

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2:00 PM

Forensic Files

California police in 1957 search for a murderer, but the case goes cold; 50 years after a crime is committed, advances in computer technology determine the killer.

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2:30 PM

Forensic Files

Investigators piece together tiny clues at the scene of a hit-and-run accident; their findings help to track down the offending driver.

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3:00 PM

Forensic Files

Investigators determine what caused a house fire that killed an elderly couple and whether the victims' son is responsible.

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3:30 PM

Forensic Files

Detectives are suspicious after a woman is killed in a hunting accident, but it takes more than twenty years before a trace evidence analyst is able to match fibers on a soiled blanket to the killer.

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4:00 PM

Forensic Files

When hunters find a skull in a Texas canyon, police find bits of clothing, a woman's shoe, some small bones and a strand of hair; once they discover her identity, it was time to find the killer.

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4:30 PM

Forensic Files

A wife is missing in Key West; investigators wonder if they should be searching for a missing person or a killer.

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5:00 PM

Forensic Files

Suicide notes and a pistol in hand lead police to suspect that a mother of two young children appeared to have killed herself, but when investigators learned of a house fire she was in three years earlier, they reinvestigated.

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5:30 PM

Forensic Files

The violent death of an Air Force officer's wife outside a Philippines air base is examined, amid accusations of a love triangle involving the murdered woman's husband; investigators use groundbreaking computer forensics to make their case.

1h
6:00 PM

Forensic Files

Pieces of plastic the size of sand hold clues to a bombing.

1h
6:30 PM

Forensic Files

At first glance it appears a young woman suffocated, but further investigation shows the scene was staged.

1h
7:00 PM

Forensic Files

A killer is careless when a home is destroyed by fire and a young boy is missing.

1h
7:30 PM

Forensic Files

A patrol officer is shocked by the amount of blood at a traffic accident and is shocked by the coroner's ruling until an anonymous phone call re-ignites the case.

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8:00 PM

Forensic Files

A young woman is found dead on a golf course in the Bahamas; the grass on that course is so distinctive that it had evidentiary value; the evidence leads police to two suspects; each blamed the other, and they have to find out who the killer is.

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8:30 PM

Forensic Files

A teenager goes missing after an evening of horseback riding; her body is found a month later, three miles from her home; the killer unknowingly leaves a trace of evidence behind, tiny but unmistakable clues that pointed to him and him alone.

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9:00 PM

Forensic Files

When a popular disc jockey is found murdered in a community garden, police swing into action; a sniffer dog and a blood spatter expert led police to the killer, and he'd been much closer than they realized.

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9:30 PM

Forensic Files

Investigators unravel a twisted tale of lust, greed and deception after a woman claims her husband was gunned down by intruders.

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10:00 PM

Forensic Files

Three seemingly unrelated deaths proved to be serial murders; the killer had been careful, he used poison which had no taste or odour; fortunately for investigators, it also has a unique chemical signature.

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10:30 PM

Forensic Files

A man is murdered in his sleep but no fingerprints are anywhere to be found; a shoe impression outside could lead to the killer.

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11:00 PM

Forensic Files

With very little else to go on, investigators find that a show impression puts them on the right track to finding a killer in Lansing, Mich.

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11:30 PM

Forensic Files

The owner of a restaurant is killed; investigators uncover tales of debt and deceit, but the case remains open, until one detective gets inspired by an earlier episode of "Forensic Files," and looks for clues in an empty holster.

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12:00 AM

Forensic Files

A serial arsonist was on the loose in Washington, DC. Each of the fires was started with the same type of incendiary device. The perpetrator was very careful, and seemed to leave no evidence behind... but there were clues in the ashes, and it was up to forensic scientists to find them.

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12:30 AM

Forensic Files

A man becomes the prime suspect in his wife's death after forensic science raises questions about her apparent suicide.

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1:00 AM

Forensic Files

Investigators on both sides of the Atlantic seek links between three homicides that look like professional executions.

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1:30 AM

Forensic Files

Who put a bomb in the home of a 29-year-old woman and killed her?

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2:00 AM

Forensic Files

A killer tried to destroy everything which could link them to the crime; but in doing so, they inadvertently created new forensic evidence, evidence which came to light using a technique never before used in a criminal investigation.

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2:30 AM

Forensic Files

After a tycoon's wife is found dead in her SUV submerged in a half-frozen creek, police begin to suspect it wasn't an accident.

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3:00 AM

Forensic Files

A Russian immigrant is found dead and a strange phone call to his office is the only lead investigators have.

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3:30 AM

Forensic Files

Physical evidence initially condemns a prime suspect to a double homicide, but DNA from a discarded spoon points to another.

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4:00 AM

Forensic Files

A young girl falls ill and dies; forensic investigators search for evidence halfway around the world to shed light on the tragic death.

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4:30 AM

Forensic Files

Two bodies are discovered, shot to death in their car; the car windows are broken, but there's no sign of shattered glass.

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5:00 AM

Forensic Files

Key suspect has a solid alibi in the murder of a war veteran; but police get a lead by finding a new suspect with a sweet tooth.

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5:30 AM

Forensic Files

A woman who appeared to have taken her own life told her sister that, if anything were to happen to her, there was a note in the china cabinet.

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6:00 AM

Forensic Files

When an aspiring model turns up dead, police suspect her boyfriend. But must dig deeper for clues when he is cleared.

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6:30 AM

Forensic Files

Tiny fibers and an asthma inhaler are the clues that lead officers to the killer of an off-duty policeman.

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7:00 AM

Forensic Files

Investigators search the world of high rollers and offshore betting to solve the first triple homicide in Verona, Wisc.

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7:30 AM

Forensic Files

Police search every apartment building in town when the body of a young girl found on an isolated farm holds a set of keys but no ID.

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8:00 AM

Forensic Files

A man denies killing a pedestrian in hit-and-run, claiming he sold the car in question; authorities track down the car to find critical evidence.

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8:30 AM

Forensic Files

Three years later, a second autopsy determines who's right when a medical examiner and detectives disagree on the cause of death.

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9:00 AM

Forensic Files

Hit-and-run boating accident that kills a popular young man causes investigators to search for one boat out of thousands.

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9:30 AM

Forensic Files

A woman is found dead on her bedroom floor, the only clue is a bloodstained sheet; breakthrough forensics enable police to identify the killer.

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10:00 AM

Forensic Files

A 19-year-old girl is found dead in her car in what appears to be a suicide; police discover that the victim was involved in a love quadrangle, giving several people motive to kill.

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10:30 AM

Forensic Files

Fifteen years after a man disappears, using a metal detector, police find evidence which proves what had happened.

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11:00 AM

CNN News Central (HLN)

The anchors share the latest stories about significant events that take place across the world and interview prominent figures.

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12:00 PM

CNN News Central (HLN)

The anchors share the latest stories about significant events that take place across the world and interview prominent figures.

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1:00 PM

CNN News Central (HLN)

The anchors share the latest stories about significant events that take place across the world and interview prominent figures.

1h
2:00 PM

Forensic Files

An irrigation canal murder remains unsolved until a similar murder occurs.

1h
2:30 PM

Forensic Files

The light of day and DNA picture painted by molecular biologist reveals new clues about a nighttime traffic accident.

1h
3:00 PM

Forensic Files

On Valentine's Day, an obstetrician finds his wife dead and calls 911; police discover inconsistencies between the blood spatter evidence and his version of events.

1h
3:30 PM

Forensic Files

Weed analysis and photogrammetry are used to help solve the 1995 murder of a California teenager is found dead after disappearing from her home.

1h
4:00 PM

Forensic Files

When police recover the submerged car of a missing man, they find no body; the investigation that follows uncovers a deadly obsession and the motive for murder.

1h
4:30 PM

Forensic Files

Emergency dispatch received a call from a man who said his girlfriend shot and killed herself. But the wound was not self-inflicted.

1h
5:00 PM

Forensic Files

Investigators piece together evidence found at the scene of a Native American woman's murder; the tire tracks and shoe impressions could lead them to the killer.

1h
5:30 PM

Forensic Files

Experts seek answers to a young businesswoman's death just before she was to testify in a criminal trial.

1h
6:00 PM

Forensic Files

An anonymous caller reports the rape and murder of a dry cleaner employee; two eyewitnesses tell two similar but not identical stories.

1h
6:30 PM

Forensic Files

Police blame a botched robbery when an eccentric elderly millionaire is found dead, but the motive could be wrong.

1h
7:00 PM

Forensic Files

Woman disappears from grocery store parking lot in Boulder, Colo.; investigators find extraordinary clues in a pair of bloody gloves, unique tire tracks, and ordinary grass and pine needles.

1h
7:30 PM

Forensic Files

A car carrying three men pulls up alongside another on an Alaskan highway and fires shots, leaving a passenger dead; one of the passengers in the killer's car agrees to testify against his friends; the resulting trials don't end the carnage.

1h
8:00 PM

Forensic Files

A young man is killed in a mysterious car crash, but the evidence at the scene lead investigators to believe it is not an accident; forensic science reveals what really happens, and the truth devastates three families.

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8:30 PM

Forensic Files

A woman is found dead, police use blood evidence and computer forensics to convince a jury that the murderer is guilty.

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9:00 PM

Forensic Files

When an elderly woman dies in an apparent robbery-homicide, evidence suggests the suspect broke out of the house rather than breaking in.

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9:30 PM

Forensic Files

Wealthy man is shot dead while his wife is forced to open their hidden safe, but they couldn't be identified because they were wearing ski masks.

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10:00 PM

Forensic Files

The bomb was constructed to cause as much damage as possible, and it did, killing the victim with deadly force and flame; a painstaking search yielded tiny clues, which identified the killer as surely as if he'd signed them.

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10:30 PM

Forensic Files

A twelve-year-old girl claims that she was abducted and sexually assaulted; her story seems unbelievable until police discover fibers on her clothing.

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11:00 PM

Forensic Files

A man calls for help when his wife has a fatal fall down the stairs; numerous amount of bloodstains make police suspicious.

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11:30 PM

Forensic Files

A decade old case reopens, and a few seconds of a 911 call enable investigators to determine who is responsible for a murder.

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12:00 AM

Forensic Files

A flawed envelope is an unlikely clue to identifying a killer who laced a water cooler with cyanide and caused the death of a woman.

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