Season 2
20 episodes · Oct 28, 2021
Bloodline Detectives focuses on familial DNA investigation, a search technique which uses genetic material from relatives to track down a suspect to solve violent crimes. Each episode shows detectives from all over the world solving cold cases by using the DNA of family members and how that additional DNA information is revolutionising genetic profiling to solve criminal cases.
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- S2E1
Body in the Stairwell
Oct 28, 2021In 1999, hospital worker Jennifer Watkins was sexually assaulted and murdered. Two decades later, revolutionary DNA testing helps to solve this cold case.
- S2E2
Sacrilege in Sacramento
Oct 28, 202160mIn 1992, a woman is sexually assaulted in Sacramento, California by a man wearing a ski mask. This sexual predator continues to commit heinous crimes until new evidence exposes his identity.
- S2E3
The Montana Murders
Nov 4, 202160mWhen two teens are found dead in Montana, detectives suspect an infamous gangster might be responsible. But it will take 65 years to find the true culprit.
- S2E4
Sinful Act In St George
Nov 11, 2021A small community in Utah is shocked when an elderly woman is brutally attacked in her own home. Detectives use innovative techniques to solve the case.
- S2E5
Left for Dead in Logan County
Nov 18, 2021After decades of searching, Ohio detectives use ground-breaking technology to hunt down the man who abducted and sexually assaulted a 19-year-old woman.
- S2E6
The Alameda Attacker
Nov 25, 2021In 1997, two women are sexually assaulted in separate attacks. Forensic evidence suggests the crimes are linked, but it takes over two decades to find the perpetrator.
- S2E9
The Montana Creek Murders
Dec 16, 202145mOn 24th December 1984, a body is discovered in a shallow grave. When another dead body is discovered police fear a serial killer is at work. The victims remained unidentified for decades before a new DNA technology gave them justice.
- S2E10
Mother Mojave
Dec 31, 202145mWhen a woman takes a genealogy test to learn what happened to her estranged mother, she is shocked to learn that her DNA has helped law enforcement identify a Jane Doe and identify the murderer of 4 other victims.
- S2E11
The Mystery Murder of Mary London
Jul 21, 202245mIn 1981, a female high school student is found dead on the side of a road. Police work tirelessly on the case until new DNA technology exposes the killer.
- S2E12
The Knifepoint Rapist
Jul 28, 202245mIn 1995, a masked man commits a series of sexual assaults at knifepoint. It takes more than 20 years for this serial rapist to be identified and then brought to justice.
- S2E13
Gunpoint Horror
Aug 4, 202245mIn Alexandria, Virginia in 2016 a young female lifeguard is raped while working at a local pool. Police learn of a similar incident in Fairfax, Virginia 2 years earlier. It takes ground-breaking genealogy tools to find the perpetrator.
- S2E14
The Hunt for Precious Jane Doe
Aug 4, 202243mIn 1977, the body of a young woman is discovered by blackberry pickers in Everett, Washington. The body is covered in flies and maggots. Police officers fail to identify the victim until revolutionary technology breaks open the case.
- S2E15
The Rapid City Rapist
Aug 11, 202242mIn 1968, 60-year-old Gwen Miller is brutally raped and murdered inside her own home. A devastating flood then halts the police investigation until ground-breaking science offers some new hope.
- S2E16
A Family Torn Apart
Aug 18, 202245mIn 1998, a woman and her daughter are found brutally murdered, both shot in the head several times. The case goes cold for over a decade until genetic genealogy uncovers the perpetrator.
- S2E17
Justice for Leslie
Aug 25, 202245mIn 1976, a young woman is found dead at a military base in Orange County, California. Using forensic genealogy, experts break open the 40-year-old cold case.
- S2E18
Cuyahoga Falls Mystery
Sep 1, 202245mIn December 1987, the nude body of a 17-year-old girl was dumped on the side of a rural road in Ohio. She had been raped and strangled to death. Genetic genealogy is called upon to help solve this violent murder.
- S2E19
Chilling Notes From a Killer
Sep 8, 202245mIn 1988, Janet Tinsley reports her 8-year-old daughter April missing after she fails to return home. Three days later, a man out jogging makes a gruesome discovery in a nearby ditch.
- S2E20
Remembering Stevie
Aug 15, 202242mIn 1963, the body of a toddler is discovered in the Keene Creek reservoir in Ashland County, Oregon, wrapped in a bundle of bedding. The child is determined to a white male, possibly having Down Syndrome. Despite the limitations of forensic science at the time, investigators are determined to find out who the so-called "Boy in the Bundle" is, and how he ended up in the water. After nearly six decades, developments in technology provide a major break in the case.