GMA3: What You Need To Know
Forensic Files
Hand Delivered
In 1995, police in San Diego, CA are baffled by a pair of hands found in a dumpster. Through further investigation, they determine that the hands are those of missing person Don Hardin. With this knowledge, the police focus on local homeless man Dale Whitmer, who had lived with Hardin around the time of his disappearance. However, they cannot find any solid, forensic evidence on Whitmer and the case goes cold. About a year later, investigators receive an anonymous letter with information about t
Forensic Files
Death Play
In 1993, 16-year-old Marie Robards suffered the devastating loss of her father Steve Robards. The death was ruled the result of cardiac arrest. One year later, she won a part in her high school production of Shakespeare's Hamlet. The lines she was required to recite onstage were more than the thoughts and feelings of her character; they struck a chord, and hinted at her own inner turmoil, from the secret she had been hiding: Barium acetate obtained in her high school chemistry class.
Forensic Files
Fire Dot Com
In 1996, 17-month-old Josh Hinson died in a fire in his North Carolina home. A federal agency ruled that the fire was intentionally set and Josh's mother, Terri Strickland, was charged with murder. But are government scientists, with all of their resources, always right? Using the then-emerging resources of the Internet, Terri Strickland undertook her own investigation. An independent fire investigator was able to poke enough holes in the government's scientific conclusions to raise serious ques
Forensic Files
Mistaken for Dead
In 1988, when a patient identified as Gene Hanson dies unexpectedly in the office of California neurologist Richard Boggs, police begin what they think will be a routine investigation. What they find throws doubt on the time of death, the identity of Hanson and raises questions about the doctor's role in his death. Soon they uncover a bizarre story of corpse stealing, fake identities and sexual perversion � all part of an elaborate insurance case that will center on what actually caused the vict