Beaten by a Hair

December 3, 1998

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Forensic Files - S3 - E9

Early one fall morning, Laura Houghteling left her Bethesda home and walked to the station to take a train to work. She was never seen again. A peculiar strand of hair found in Laura’s hairbrush enabled investigators to unravel the mystery of her disappearance.

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Forensic Files: Season 3 - 13 Episode s

3x1 - Without a Trace
October 1, 1998
In Omaha, the deaths of a child and a truck driver in the same hospital on the same day are investigated to see if there is a link between them.
3x2 - Knot for Everyone
October 8, 1998
In the mid-1980s, bodies of nude woman were found in remote hill of California. The killer gags and molests prostitutes, cuts their clothes in random patterns and cuts off their hair; microscopic evidence helps solve the case.
3x3 - The Talking Skull
October 15, 1998
In 1987, a human skull and some bones were discovered at a Boy Scout Camp near Farmington, Missouri. A facial reconstruction aided the investigators in this case. Once the victim was identified as Bun Chee Nyhuis, her husband Richard H. Nyhuis, was no longer just a person of interest.
3x4 - Foreign Body
October 22, 1998
Between 1986 and 1989, a disease swept through British cattle herds, which came to be known as Mad Cow disease. Scientists began to suspect that this was somehow related to some human illness. A California neurologist said both humans and animals were suffering from a mutated prion. When defective prions are transmitted from an infected host to a new host, they convert any normal prions they come across into copies of themselves so it is possible for a mutated prion to be transmitted from a cow to a person by eating beef. Dr. Stanley B. Prusiner received a Nobel prize for his work with prion.
3x5 - Deadly Delivery
October 29, 1998
A serial bomber was waging a vendetta against the legal profession: a judge, two attorneys, and even a courthouse had been targeted. Employing a range of forensic techniques, investigators used evidence from the bombs to lead them to the perpetrator.
3x6 - 'Sim'ilar Circumstances
November 5, 1998
Robert Sims returned home after working the night shift, and found his wife, Paula, unconscious on the kitchen floor. Their two-year-old son, Randy, was asleep in an upstairs bedroom, but their six-week-old daughter, Heather, was missing. Paula Sims was the only witness to a crime that baffles investigators to this very day.
3x7 - Grave Evidence
November 12, 1998
The shooting of a man during a hunting trip is reopened years after the incident, and the victim's hunting partner becomes a suspect.
3x8 - Deadly Formula
November 19, 1998
A possible case of Munchhausen syndrome is investigated after an infant dies of what appears to be toxic levels of antifreeze in his system.
3x9 - Beaten by a Hair
December 3, 1998
Early one fall morning, Laura Houghteling left her Bethesda home and walked to the station to take a train to work. She was never seen again. A peculiar strand of hair found in Laura’s hairbrush enabled investigators to unravel the mystery of her disappearance.
3x10 - Crime Seen
December 3, 1998
Edward Honaker was convicted of rape, sodomy and aggravated sexual battery; he was sentenced to three life terms in prison. Honaker steadfastly maintained his innocence. After years in prison and writing countless letters, he finally found someone who believed him, and was willing to pay for DNA testing which could prove he was telling the truth.
3x11 - Speck of Evidence
January 7, 1999
On September 17, 1984, in a suburb of Tucson, Arizona, eight-year-old Vicki Hoskins left home on her pink bicycle to mail a letter for her mother. She never returned, but her slightly damaged bicycle was found nearby. Investigators turned to forensic science, in the hope it would tell them not only what happened to Vicki, but also who was responsible.
3x12 - Broken Bond
January 14, 1999
When a two-year-old boy was rushed to the hospital suffering from brain seizures and breathing difficulties, doctors could not find the cause of his illness. Then the boy’s sister provided an important clue, and raised the possibility of a syndrome of which few had ever heard.
3x13 - Out of the Ashes
January 21, 1999
On a cold December night in 1993, Rose Larner stopped in a convenience store on her way to her boyfriend’s house. She was never seen or heard from again. Rose’s disappearance remained a mystery, until a tiny clue found years later revealed a tragic tale of drugs, romance and revenge.

Beaten by a Hair

Forensic Files - S3 - E9

Forensic Files: Season 3 - 13 Episode s

3x1 - Without a Trace

3x2 - Knot for Everyone

3x3 - The Talking Skull

3x4 - Foreign Body

3x5 - Deadly Delivery

3x6 - 'Sim'ilar Circumstances

3x7 - Grave Evidence

3x8 - Deadly Formula

3x9 - Beaten by a Hair

3x10 - Crime Seen

3x11 - Speck of Evidence

3x12 - Broken Bond

3x13 - Out of the Ashes

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