Season 5
20 episodes · Sep 4, 2024
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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- S5E1
The Body in the Blanket
Sep 4, 202445mIn 1996, two workers report that they found a body rolled up in a blanket on the side of the road near Grand Rapids, Michigan. Detectives quickly identify the victim as Sharon Kay Hammack, but her killer identity remains unknown for years
- S5E2
Evil Angel
Sep 11, 202445mIn 2015, a woman is viciously assaulted while running in an Albuquerque, New Mexico park. Investigators unable the find the perpetrator, until they learn about a new forensic technic that could break this case.
- S5E3
The Book Store Murder
Sep 18, 202445mIn 2010, a great-grandma Sherry Black is found murdered in her own bookstore in South Salt Lake, Utah. It took 11 years for police to find evidence to charge and convict her killer.
- S5E4
The McClintock Park Murders
Sep 25, 202445mWisconsin 1976. 25-year-old David Schuldes and 24-year-old Ellen Matheys are murdered in a park. The case goes cold until 2015 when new DNA science is found.
- S5E5
Strangled in the Sand
Oct 2, 202445mThe 1994 murder of Clare Holman in Borrego Springs, California went unsolved for decades. Determined investigators got their breakthrough when new advancements in DNA technology have arrived.
- S5E6
Terror in Garden Grove
Oct 9, 202445mIn 1976, 19-year-old Janet Stallcup goes missing in Garden Grove, California while on her way to a party. Eight days later, her body is found in her car. The case runs cold until 2020 when genetic genealogy solves her murder.
- S5E7
The Runaway Murder
Oct 16, 202445mIn 1978, the body of 16-year-old Krisann Baxter is found in Washington. Investigators try to find Krisann's killer, but don't find any answers.
- S5E8
Justice for Krista
Oct 23, 202445mIn 1989, 20-year-old Krista Martin’s life is tragically cut short when an intruder interrupts her dinner, leading to an investigation spanning four decades.
- S5E9
The Imposter Rapist
Oct 30, 202445mIn Chandler, Arizona in 1991, an intruder viciously sexually assaults a woman in her own home. The case goes unsolved for decades until revolutionary science connects the dots.
- S5E10
The Schoolteacher Murder
Nov 6, 202445mIn 1995 in Beaumont, Texas, the parents of Catherine Edwards find her body in her bathroom. The killer evades justice, that is, until forensic science catches up with him.
- S5E11
Cathy Sposito
Jan 30, 202545mWill a new forensic science tool find the killer of Cathy Sposito, murdered on an Arizona hiking trail in 1987?
- S5E12
Terror in Texas
Feb 6, 202545mSusan Eads is found murdered in Texas in 1983. Decades later, can modern forensics finally find the perpetrator?