The case of elderly farming couple Aaron and Faye Copeland is related. They were convicted and sentenced to death for a bizarre scheme that involved bad checks, cattle auctions and the murders of five drifters.

The process of identifying a skull recovered from a watery grave is detailed. Although the killer removed his victim's teeth, police were able to establish her identity and hone in on a suspect.

In 1996, when a fundamentalist group starts attacking and robbing banks in the Spokane, WA area, authorities know immediately that they are dealing with experienced criminals. A tip leads them to Sand Point, Idaho residents Verne Jay Merell, Robert S. Berry and Charles Barbee and the evidence found at their homes is extensive and incriminating. In court, two juries are presented with a combination of old fashioned forensic science and the latest in crime technology in order to render a verdict.

In 1992, in a rural Canadian community, Dr. John Schneeberger is accused of sedating and sexually assaulting one of his female patients and his step daughter. DNA tests demonstrate that the doctor is innocent, but the female patient still insists that he sedated and raped her. On three occasions, blood was taken from the doctor's arm for DNA testing, and each time, the results exonerated Schneeberger. Seven years later, a private investigator takes lip balm from Schneeberger's car, has it DNA-te