Episode
Forensic Files: Summer Obsession
Overview
In an affluent suburb of Philadelphia, police were called to the scene of what appeared to be an accidental drowning. The investigation gradually focused on one person, a suspect who had more than a million reasons to want the victim dead.
Details
- Series
- Forensic Files
- Season
- Season 10
- Episode
- Episode 27
- Air date
- 2005-12-21
- Runtime
- 23 min
Episode context
Summer Obsession is Episode 27 in Season 10 of Forensic Files. It aired on 2005-12-21. The runtime is 23 min.
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