Episode
Forensic Files: Memories
Overview
Dianna Green was just 20 years-old and pregnant when she was brutally raped and beaten in her apartment. The assault caused the death of her unborn baby. When Dianna came out of a coma 3 weeks later, she told police she knew the identity of her attacker. But was her memory accurate?
Details
- Series
- Forensic Files
- Season
- Season 5
- Episode
- Episode 6
- Air date
- 2000-10-17
- Runtime
- 23 min
Episode context
Memories is Episode 6 in Season 5 of Forensic Files. It aired on 2000-10-17. The runtime is 23 min.
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Episode 5: Burning Ambition
In this classic episode of Forensic Files, the longest running true crime series in television history, a Seattle policeman’s home is destroyed by an arsonist. One month later, the officer arrests a low-level drug dealer, who confesses to the arson. But when the suspect vanishes, investigators begin to question the authenticity of his confession.
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