Forensic Investigators
Forensic Investigators: Australia's True Crimes is an Australian television show hosted by Lisa McCune which aired on the Seven Network. It aired from 2004 to 2006. Focusing on actual Australian crimes, each episode unfolds the drama minute-by-minute showing viewers the tireless work of detectives, and the scientific procedures required to solve these mysteries. The series includes exclusive footage that has never been seen outside the courtroom, including police videos, crime scene stills and other forensic evidence. Recently the 1st and 2nd seasons have been released on DVD. The third season featured a new time slot – Wednesday at 8:30 pm. It is not known when, or if the fourth season will begin airing.
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Ep 1Paul Denyer
When a young girl's body is found in a park in the teeming rain, the police had the odds stacked against them. They would need to call on all their investigative and forensic skills to solve a series of murders that even today sends a chill down the spines of those who lived through it. This episode details the capture of serial killer Paul Denyer and features his cold and calculating confession.
Ep 2Stephen Dempsey
A taxi driver is murdered and, a month later, a human torso is washed up on a shore. Both murders are seemingly unrelated, yet DNA and an observant public would lead detective to the "bow and arrow" killer. Richard Leonard's chilling confession is included in this episode.
Ep 3Milosevic Family
Four bodies - two adults and two children - were found shot in a house in an outer suburb of Canberra. Inside the house was evidence that would not only lead investigators to the killer, but would uncover a secret buried for years. Could a car crash, which had taken the lives of two other members of the same family, been no accident at all?
Ep 4Neddy Smith
When a skull is found protruding from a sand embankment of a beach, police have their suspicions that the victim is a criminal who had been missing for some 12 years. This area had always been suspected as a dumping ground for underworld killings, yet detectives would rely on forensics to prove their hunch. How Task Force Snowy nabbed the infamous Arthur "Neddy" Smith.
Ep 5Matthew De Gruchy
A mother and her two children were found in their house brutally bashed to death. Was it a robbery gone wrong, or something far more sinister? A trail of evidence leads detectives to one shocking conclusion. The episode includes the police videotaped interview with the suspect.
Ep 6Mark Rust
A note left on a police car and an emergency phone call lead police to find the body of a young woman hidden in bushes out the front of an unused Adelaide police patrol station. Each was a vital clue, yet it would take the disappearance and murder of a Japanese student to capture the killer.
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