Episode
Forensic Files: Murder, She Wrote
Overview
A woman who was known to have suffered from depression apparently took her own life. But her sister told police that, a year before her death, she said if anything were to happen to her, there was a note in the china cabinet. Investigators found the note and the killer.
Details
- Series
- Forensic Files
- Season
- Season 11
- Episode
- Episode 7
- Air date
- 2006-08-30
- Runtime
- 23 min
Episode context
Murder, She Wrote is Episode 7 in Season 11 of Forensic Files. It aired on 2006-08-30. The runtime is 23 min.
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