Episode
Forensic Files: Church Dis-service
Overview
A young woman attends evening church services... then disappears. When her abandoned car is found, the tank is empty and a gas can she kept in her trunk for emergencies is missing. Eyewitnesses place her at a nearby gas station, getting into a van, but their descriptions of the vehicle don't match. Three days later when her body is discovered, the search for the driver of that van intensifies.
Details
- Series
- Forensic Files
- Season
- Season 13
- Episode
- Episode 18
- Air date
- 2009-04-03
- Runtime
- 23 min
Episode context
Church Dis-service is Episode 18 in Season 13 of Forensic Files. It aired on 2009-04-03. The runtime is 23 min.
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