Tập
Forensic Files: Episode 8
Tóm tắt
On the night of May 22, 1992, Betty Wilson returned home after a meeting. She walked up the stairs to the bedroom and discovered her husband, Eye doctor Jack Wilson, beaten and stabbed to death, lying in a pool of blood with a baseball bat nearby. Jack Wilson had obviously been murdered... but how? And by whom? Even the experts couldn’t agree.
Chi tiết
- Phim bộ
- Forensic Files
- Mùa
- Mùa 1
- Tập
- Tập 8
- Ngày phát sóng
- 1996-11-14
- Thời lượng
- 23 min
Thông tin tập
Episode 8 là tập 8 trong Season 1 của Forensic Files. Tập này phát sóng ngày 1996-11-14. Thời lượng là 23 min.
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