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True CSI volume 4
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Français
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How forensic evidence was used to investigate the murder of two young boys in their Texas home. Detectives first thought the crime had been a violent burglary, but on testing the crime scene arrested the children's mother, who was found guilty and sentenced to death. She has subsequently appealed, her lawyer insisting the boys' father was to blame.
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True CSI volume 3
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Français
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The forensic work used to convict military instructor Pierre Chanal, who was accused of several murders in northern France during the 1980s. He was arrested when police caught him kidnapping a Hungarian man, but detectives were convinced he had previously killed at least eight times, prompting an intensive investigation to find evidence linking him to the crimes.
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True CSI volume 6
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Français
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The 1998 investigation into casino mogul Ted Binion's death, which was initially attributed to an accidental overdose. His family were unconvinced, and hired a private detective, who uncovered evidence casting suspicion on the millionaire's younger wife Sandy Murphy, and his business partner, with whom she was having an affair. Last in series.
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True CSI volume 1
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Français
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Respected neurosurgeon Sam Sheppard is found guilty of brutally killing his wife, despite his pleas of innocence. His story captures a nation and becomes the basis for the hugely popular television series and film, The Fugitive. For the forty years that the case lived in the public eye, it presented a virtual road map to the development and the role of forensic science in criminal investigations.
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True CSI volume 2
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Français
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How the use of forensics and technology has helped to solve baffling real-life murders. When fishermen found the body of a man off the coast of Devon, police were able to use his watch and study wave patterns to estimate a time and place of death - but it took an unlikely stroke of luck for them to solve the case and uncover multiple cases of identity theft.
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True CSI volume 5
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Français
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How forensic work helped catch the killer of Shirley Andronowich, who was raped and beaten to death in a park after leaving a bar where she had spent the night. While under questioning, her husband confessed he may have been responsible for his wife's death, but was unable to remember because he was so drunk. However, none of the evidence found tallied with his story.
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