Episode
Forensic Files: Hair Line
Overview
Doctors don't know why a young scientist is gravely ill. When tests finally reveal the cause, it's too late to save him. Police hope that lab analysis of his hair, showing when attempts were made on his life and what was used, will lead to the killer.
Details
- Series
- Forensic Files
- Season
- Season 13
- Episode
- Episode 31
- Air date
- 2009-10-02
- Runtime
- 23 min
Episode context
Hair Line is Episode 31 in Season 13 of Forensic Files. It aired on 2009-10-02. The runtime is 23 min.
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