Episode
Forensic Files: Death by a Salesman
Overview
No one in a quiet residential community saw or heard anything unusual the day one of their elderly neighbors was brutally attacked and murdered. Fingerprints found at the crime scene and surveillance video from a security camera help investigators to apprehend the presumed killer within twelve hours, even though he'd already left the state on a bus, headed for New York City. [also marked as S8:E23]
Details
- Series
- Forensic Files
- Season
- Season 8
- Episode
- Episode 33
- Air date
- 2004-03-03
- Runtime
- 23 min
Episode context
Death by a Salesman is Episode 33 in Season 8 of Forensic Files. It aired on 2004-03-03. The runtime is 23 min.
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Episode 32: Over and Out
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