Who would want to kill a popular multi-millionaire playboy? Is there a link between the drive-by shooting deaths of several downtown drifters and a dozen farm animals? Who is stalking and killing elderly women? From traditional fingerprint dusting to microscopic DNA collection, criminal cases are solved – and justice won – by the superstars of crime scene investigation. Discover how the world’s best sleuths use the latest tools to hunt and catch the most elusive criminals when Season 6 of FORENSIC FACTOR returns to Discovery Channel on Friday, July 9 at 10 p.m. ET/11 p.m. PT. Featuring gripping re-enactments and expert interviews, each episode revolves around a single, baffling criminal case and examines the forensics and revolutionary science involved in solving these perplexing mysteries. Six new episodes take viewers into the field and into the lab, showcasing how cutting-edge forensic technology and human ingenuity join forces to solve crimes.
Highlights from the first episodes of FORENSIC FACTOR 6 include:
FORENSIC FACTOR – “Million Dollar Murder”
Fri., July 9 at 10 p.m. ET/11 p.m. PT
When police discover a multi-millionaire playboy brutally slain in his posh Texas mansion, they are immediately puzzled as to why anyone would sadistically murder the popular local resident. To solve their mystery – and find the killer – investigators begin to navigate through a wide circle of friends, one that includes rich CEOs, celebrity athletes, movie stars and a bevy of strippers. In their search for forensic clues, investigators dig deep into the heart of Millionaire’s Row, uncovering X-rated photos, shocking videos and a mysterious object hidden in the victim’s body.
FORENSIC FACTOR – “Shopping Spree Murders”
Fri., July 16 at 10 p.m. ET/11 p.m. PT
Fear takes hold of a sprawling upscale gated community in California with the murders of several elderly women. Cases linked by little other than no visible signs of forced entry, use of telephone cords, extremely violent deaths and ransacked purses; the investigators are stumped as they try to determine a motive. After questioning – and releasing – transients, gardeners, security guards and handymen, the detectives finally get a break in the case when stolen credit card receipts point to an unlikely – and shocking – suspect.
FORENSIC FACTOR – “Thrill Kill”
Fri., July 23 at 10 p.m. ET/11 p.m. PT
In the winter of 2005, under the cover of darkness, a killer cruises the city streets of downtown Phoenix, AZ, hunting for prey. In a single night, three homeless men and four animals were shot to death – and a woman was critically injured – all by a .22-calibre long rifle. Upon deeper investigation, Det. Clark Schwartzkopf discovers a shocking number of unsolved, similar ambush-style shootings in recent months – and makes a stunning realization: based on ballistics and scatter pattern reconstruction, Schwartzkopf concludes that they are looking for not one killer, but two – a driver and a shooter. The pair of killers, known to profilers as “Team Thrill Killers,” is motivated to kill together by the adrenaline rush of hunting victims and spreading terror. Can he make a connection and stop the killer duo before panic takes hold of Phoenix?
FORENSIC FACTOR is produced by Exploration Production Inc. (EPI) in association with Discovery Channel Canada.
