Bloodline Detectives
Overview
Bloodline Detectives showcases the gripping stories behind remarkable cold cases that were cracked thanks to groundbreaking familial DNA testing. Each episode features detectives and forensic specialists sharing their insights and experiences, revealing how this innovative technique has transformed the landscape of criminal investigations. Viewers are taken on a journey through the complexities of solving these long-standing mysteries, highlighting the power of science and the relentless pursuit of justice in uncovering hidden truths. The series offers a compelling mix of suspense and intrigue, making it a must-watch for true crime enthusiasts.
Episodes
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1
Motorway Killer
In March 2003, authorities discovered a lorry driver deceased at the wheel in Camberley, England. In an innovative move, the police decided to utilize...
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Unrighteous Act
In 1976, a woman was brutally attacked and left for dead in her California home. Even with an extensive manhunt, the perpetrator managed to evade capt...
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3
Deadly Desire
On Valentine's Day in 2007, law enforcement in Southern California responded to a gruesome murder scene. Thanks to breakthroughs in forensic genealogy...
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4
Scottsdale Spree Shooting
In 2018, two paralegals were murdered while on the job in Scottsdale, Arizona. As the investigation unfolded, four additional victims were connected t...
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5
Blood Bath
In 1984, the body of a young woman was found in a lane near her residence in Bath, England. What methods did law enforcement use to ultimately identif...
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6
Road Trip to Hell
Following the report of a young couple's disappearance, their bodies were found over 60 miles apart. Committed detectives launched an investigation to...
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7
March Massacre
In 1979, two boys returned home from school only to discover their mother’s lifeless body in the living room. As the investigation began, detectives...
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8
Murder in the Snow
In 1984, a young woman was discovered murdered in Wisconsin, and for years, her killer managed to escape capture. It wasn't until a groundbreaking DNA...
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9
Ice Cold Murder
A beloved teacher was viciously murdered in her Pennsylvania residence, leaving the community in shock. It took nearly three decades for relentless de...
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10
Llandarcy Serial Killer
In 1973, the small Welsh village of Llandarcy was rocked by the chilling murders of two schoolgirls. The case baffled investigators for decades, leavi...
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11
Sheeps Flat Murder Mystery
In 1982, a woman was discovered dead from gunshot wounds close to Lake Tahoe. Fast forward 37 years, and innovative technology finally uncovers the id...
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12
Carnage in Cardiff
In 1988, the remains of Lynette White are found, horrifically mutilated. Fast forward 25 years, and a revolutionary DNA method emerges, ultimately gui...
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13
The Rockville Horror
In 1994, the body of 42-year-old Le Bich-Thuy was discovered near her residence. Fast forward several decades, advancements in DNA and genealogy techn...
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14
A Life Stolen
In 2011, the lifeless body of 69-year-old Evelynne Derricott is discovered, the scene marked by a brutal murder. As time passes and the investigation ...
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15
Walking Nightmare
In 1986, a young girl in Kent is heading to the store when she becomes the victim of a brutal attack and sexual assault. Years later, advancements in ...
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18
The Williamsburg Rapist
In 2001, a student is assaulted in Williamsburg, Virginia, and several months later, the assailant targets another victim. Ultimately, advancements in...
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19
The Murder of Helene Pruszynski
In 1980, a young woman goes missing, and her body is found not long after. Nearly four decades later, advancements in DNA technology finally identify ...
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20
The Clearfield Rapist
A string of horrifying sexual assaults takes place throughout northern Utah and Wyoming. Fast forward 17 years, advancements in DNA technology finally...
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Body in the Stairwell
In 1999, Jennifer Watkins, a dedicated hospital employee, fell victim to a brutal sexual assault and murder. Fast forward twenty years, and advancemen...
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Sacrilege in Sacramento
In 1992, a woman in Sacramento, California becomes the victim of a sexual assault at the hands of a man cloaked in a ski mask. This relentless offende...
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The Montana Murders
After the discovery of two teenagers' bodies in Montana, investigators point to a notorious gangster as a potential suspect. However, it takes a stagg...
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Sinful Act In St George
In a quiet Utah town, residents are left reeling after a senior woman is viciously assaulted inside her home. As the investigation unfolds, detectives...
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Left for Dead in Logan County
After years of investigation, detectives in Ohio employ innovative technology to track down the individual responsible for abducting and sexually assa...
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The Alameda Attacker
In 1997, two women experience brutal sexual assaults in different incidents. Although forensic clues indicate a connection between the two cases, it t...
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The Murder of Siobhain
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Episode 8
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The Montana Creek Murders
On December 24, 1984, a body is found buried in a shallow grave. As another corpse surfaces, authorities grow concerned that a serial killer may be on...
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Mother Mojave
A woman decides to take a genealogy test in hopes of uncovering the truth about her estranged mother. To her surprise, she discovers that her DNA has ...
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The Mystery Murder of Mary London
In 1981, the lifeless body of a high school girl is discovered along a roadside. Law enforcement dedicates themselves to solving the mystery, pouring ...
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The Knifepoint Rapist
In 1995, a faceless assailant carries out multiple sexual assaults at knifepoint. It takes over two decades for authorities to finally identify and ap...
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13
Gunpoint Horror
In 2016, a young woman serving as a lifeguard at a community pool in Alexandria, Virginia, becomes a victim of rape. As the investigation unfolds, aut...
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The Hunt for Precious Jane Doe
In 1977, blackberry pickers in Everett, Washington stumble upon the remains of a young woman. Her body is swarmed with flies and maggots, making the s...
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The Rapid City Rapist
In 1968, 60-year-old Gwen Miller is viciously raped and killed in her own residence. The ensuing investigation is stalled by a catastrophic flood, lea...
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A Family Torn Apart
In 1998, a mother and her daughter are discovered horrifically murdered, having been shot multiple times in the head. The investigation stagnates for ...
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Justice for Leslie
In 1976, the body of a young woman is discovered at a military base located in Orange County, California. With the help of forensic genealogy, investi...
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Chilling Notes From a Killer
In 1988, Janet Tinsley alerts authorities when her 8-year-old daughter, April, doesn’t come home. After three agonizing days, a jogger out for his m...
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Remembering Stevie
In 1963, a toddler's body is found in the Keene Creek reservoir in Ashland County, Oregon, swathed in bedding. The child, identified as a white male w...
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Date Night Murder in Michigan
In 1987, in Niles, Michigan, Terry Wood arrives home to a horrifying scene: his wife Roxanne is lifeless, sprawled in a pool of blood.
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The Greeley Rapist
In 2001, in Greeley, Colorado, a young girl, just 7 years old, is making her way to school alongside her 8-year-old brother. Suddenly, an unidentified...
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Carla's Last Valentines
In Fort Worth, Texas, in 1974, 17-year-old Carla Walker is sharing a moment with her boyfriend, Rodney, as they kiss in his car. Without warning, the ...
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Last Seen At Dairy Queen
Kim Bryant, a high school student, was last spotted near a Dairy Queen. Three weeks later, her body is found by three teenage boys exploring the trail...
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The Coat Hanger Killer
On the morning of September 4, 1981, Linda Slaten, a mother of two, was discovered dead in her bedroom at her apartment in Lakeland, Florida.
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The Mystery of the Headphones
On December 30, 1983, 22-year-old Diana Hanson goes missing after she doesn't come back from her jog in Las Vegas.
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Christmas Tree Lady
In 1996, authorities discover the remains of a woman in her sixties at a cemetery in Annandale, Virginia. Her body is surrounded by discarded alcohol ...
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Little Miss Nobody
In the Arizona desert, the remains of a young girl are discovered, leaving detectives struggling to determine her identity. In a show of compassion, t...
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The Slaying of Sylvia Quayle
In 1983, in Arapahoe County, Colorado, the lifeless body of Sylvia Quayle is found in her Cherry Hills residence by her devastated father.
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Valentine's Day Murder
In the Florida Keys during 1991, a young woman is seen for the final time while hitchhiking on Valentine’s Day. The following day, her lifeless body...
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The Mystery of the Parks
In 1986, in Tacoma, Washington, a shocking event unfolds when 12-year-old Michella Welch disappears while playing in Puget Park.
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Murder by the Base
In Sanford, Florida, during 1984, the lifeless and battered body of 25-year-old naval recruit Pamela Cahanes is discovered in a deserted area close to...
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The Murder of Mary Scott
In San Diego, 1969, 23-year-old Mary Scott doesn't make it to work, prompting a concerned friend to drop by and check on her.
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The Schoolbag in the Road
On June 1, 1989, in Las Vegas, Nevada, Stephanie Isaacson begins her morning stroll to school. Unfortunately, she never arrives at her destination.
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Her Last New Years Eve
On New Year’s Day 1985 in Pensacola, Florida, the lifeless body of Tonya McKinley is discovered on the edge of a city street.
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Dancing with Death
On St. Patrick's Day in 1987, two patrol officers in Colorado Springs, Colorado, stumble upon the lifeless, unclothed body of Darlene Krashoc at 5:20 ...
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The McLeary Rapist
A 17-year-old girl pulls into her driveway in McCleary, Washington, honking the horn of her car. When her father comes outside, he discovers her in di...
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Delta Dawn Doe
On December 5, 1982, deputies from the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department make a grim discovery as they find the body of a young girl near the Esca...
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The Mint Box Murder
On March 6, 1959, nine-year-old Candy Rogers sets out from her home in Spokane, Washington, to sell Girl Scout mints. Tragically, she never comes back...
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The Telephone Cord Killer
On October 9, 1980, in Santee, San Diego, residents living near 20-year-old college student Michelle Wyatt hear her cries for help echoing from her ap...
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The Norcal Rapist
Over a span of 15 years, a fugitive has left at least nine victims in his wake, evading capture despite police having his DNA. It wasn't until advance...
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Horror by the Roadside
In the summer of 1976, the lifeless body of 16-year-old Carol Sue Klaber is discovered in a ditch along a Kentucky road. Fast forward to 2022, where a...
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Murder on Elm Street
In July 1987, Donna Hyatt's daughter discovers her mother’s lifeless body, brutally murdered in their Carlsbad, New Mexico home. For many years, the...
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The Mammoth Lakes Murder
In 2003, the bones of a young woman are discovered.
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The Court Reporter Murder
In 1970, the remains of a young woman are found, leaving her family clinging to the hope that her murderer will eventually be caught. After more than ...
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Murder by I-59
In Georgia's Dade County, police are on a mission to identify a Jane Doe and track down the individual who committed her murder.
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The Huntington Beach Body
In 1968, the body of an unidentified woman is found, prompting detectives to embark on a decades-long investigation. For almost fifty years, they tire...
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The Murder of Little Marise
In 1964, the lifeless body of a young girl is found in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, leaving the community gripped by the fear that a child predator might b...
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The South Lake Tahoe Strangler
For decades, investigators have been baffled by two unresolved murders that took place in the late 1970s near Tahoe, California.
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Stabbing in Sacramento
Four decades after the tragic sexual assault and murder of 20-year-old Robin Brooks in Sacramento, California, dedicated cold case detectives team up ...
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The Phoenix Canal Killer
Advanced DNA technology has finally identified the Phoenix Canal Killer, a figure who instilled fear in the city during the early 1990s.
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Mommy Has Been Murdered
The 1988 murder of a mother, who was tragically killed in front of her young child, is brought to light through the use of investigative genetic genea...
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The Three Rivers Killer
Through the use of investigative genetic genealogy, authorities uncover the identity of the murderer responsible for the tragic death of a young mothe...
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Double Homicide in the OC
In 1987, a young woman is discovered in Garden Grove, California, brutally beaten, raped, and strangled. Two years later, another woman in a nearby ar...
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The Mississippi Rapist
In Mississippi, 1990, a woman is abducted at knifepoint, leaving law enforcement stumped as they struggle to identify her captor. It will require inno...
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Justice Delayed
In 1972, DNA evidence has identified a man who sexually assaulted a 20-year-old woman before fatally shooting her in Washington.
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Murder in Apartment 101
In the town of Willoughby, Ohio, Mark Madger returns home only to discover his wife Nadine brutally murdered, lying in a pool of blood from a stab wou...
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Carrie's Courage
In the 1980s, a woman endured a traumatic experience when she was sexually assaulted at gunpoint. Decades later, she reaches out to a genetic genealog...
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The Sadistic Killer
Through the use of investigative genetic genealogy, the identity of the sexual predator responsible for the rape and murder of Christina Castiglione i...
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20
Murder in Marietta
After five decades, advancements in forensic science lead to the resolution of the tragic 1972 case involving the rape and murder of 9-year-old Debbie...
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The Body in the Blanket
In 1996, two workers stumble upon a body wrapped in a blanket on the roadside close to Grand Rapids, Michigan. Investigators swiftly confirm that the ...
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Evil Angel
In 2015, a woman is brutally attacked while jogging in a park in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Despite the investigators' efforts, they struggle to identif...
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The Book Store Murder
In 2010, Sherry Black, a beloved great-grandmother, was discovered murdered inside her bookstore in South Salt Lake, Utah. It wasn't until 11 years la...
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The McClintock Park Murders
In Wisconsin during 1976, a tragic event unfolds as 25-year-old David Schuldes and 24-year-old Ellen Matheys are killed in a park. Their case remains ...
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Strangled in the Sand
In 1994, Clare Holman was murdered in Borrego Springs, California, and the case remained a mystery for years. However, persistent detectives finally m...
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Terror in Garden Grove
In 1976, 19-year-old Janet Stallcup disappears in Garden Grove, California, as she heads to a party. After eight days of searching, her body is discov...
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The Runaway Murder
In 1978, the remains of 16-year-old Krisann Baxter are discovered in Washington. Despite the efforts of investigators to uncover the truth behind her ...
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Justice for Krista
In 1989, 20-year-old Krista Martin’s life is abruptly ended when an intruder breaks into her home during dinner. This shocking event sets off an inv...
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The Imposter Rapist
In 1991, a woman in Chandler, Arizona, becomes the victim of a brutal sexual assault in her own residence. For many years, the case remains a mystery,...
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The Schoolteacher Murder
In 1995, in Beaumont, Texas, Catherine Edwards' parents discover her lifeless body in the bathroom. The murderer manages to escape punishment for year...
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Cathy Sposito
Will a cutting-edge forensic science technique uncover the identity of Cathy Sposito's murderer, who was killed on an Arizona hiking trail back in 198...
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Terror in Texas
In 1983, the murder of Susan Eads shocked Texas. Years later, advancements in forensic science offer a glimmer of hope in solving the case. Will moder...
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Episode 13
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Episode 14
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Episode 15
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Episode 16
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Episode 17
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Episode 18
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Episode 19
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