Name: Sphere of Influence
Genre: Comedy
Duration: 25 min

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A 16-year-old girl is killed in her own home by her mother and father. Her parents said they acted in self-defense, but the forensic evidence indicates otherwise.

Forensic Files

Honor Thy Father

A high school gym teacher gives his friend a ride home but never returns; his wife and friend receive letters saying he started a new life, but they suspect foul play despite no body being discovered.

Traces of Truth

When a teenage girl is found dead, her boyfriend confesses to her murder. However, in a strange twist, so does another man; police must determine which is the killer.

Dueling Confessions

A man is murdered in a drive-by shooting. When a mobile phone trace incriminates a killer, it's up to a forensic geologist to find evidence that he was at the scene.

Grounds for Indictment

A man is found dead in his Michigan auto-salvage shop.

Web of Seduction

A quiet residential community, shattered by the murder of a neighbor. See how modern techniques helped investigators catch the culprit in less than 12 hours.

Death by a Salesman

When a pipe bomb rips through a rural home, killing a young man and seriously injuring his mother, detectives hope that the remnants of a mailing label will lead them to a killer.

Over and Out

After a Connecticut man's body is found in a burning rental car on a Mexican highway, an insurance company suspects a scam.

Past Lives

Two different men report the murder of a single mother and when the case's other anomalies stall the police, a candy wrapper and seeds help expose the killer.

Flower Power

Investigators weigh several theories while probing the death of a retired police officer, including a botched robbery and suicide.

Bed of Deceit

The bodies of two young women are found in the ashes of an apartment fire.

Smoke in Your Eyes

A child's memory, a diary and a forensic psychologist help investigators solve a young woman's murder.

True Lies

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