Forensic Files

S1 E61996

Southside Strangler

Episode Synopsis

The U.S. criminal justice system's first use of DNA profiling in a serial murder case frees an innocent man after he spent two years in prison, and convicts the real killer. FBI psychological profiling and DNA evidence identify the man who raped and strangled five young women in Virginia.

Next Episodes

All Seasons

The Disappearance of Helle Crafts

Episode 1

The Magic Bullet

Episode 2

Forensic Files

Southside Strangler

Episode Synopsis

Next Episodes

The Disappearance of Helle Crafts

The Magic Bullet

The House That Roared

The Footpath Murders

Planted Evidence

Southside Strangler

Legionnaires' Disease

The Wilson Murder

Deadly Neighborhoods

Insect Clues

Outbreak

The List Murders

Raw Terror

Comments

Suggested Shows

Nicholas Rossi: Predator on Trial

Juristen

My True Crime Story

Dateline

Unsolved Mysteries

Den Svenska Terroristen

Deadly Sins: No Forgiveness

Prosecuting Evil with Kelly Siegler

Indian Predator: The Diary of a Serial Killer

Der Rhein-Ruhr-Ripper Frank Gust

Swedish Sin

Nightline

Operation Playa

Children of the Snow

Constructing Australia

Flick Flack

Peking to Paris

Star Cops

Arbogafallet

The Lies That Bind