The Federal Bureau of Investigation is the highest law enforcement agency in America, and arguably the most sophisticated in the world. Originally aimed at interstate crime, the FBI's mission now includes one of the most baffling and cruel crimes, kidnappings.
In this special 2 disc collection, THE FBI FILES - Famous Kidnappings, TMG and New Dominion Pictures reveal for the first time the modern crime busting techniques and forensic science used by the FBI to solve these heinous crimes. Their first objective is the release of the victim, but all too often agents end up hunting a killer!
Retired Special Agent and former Director in Charge of the FBI's New York Office James Kallstrom is your host in these true life crime dramas, taking you behind the scenes with re-enactments and interviews with the actual participants and victims. THE FBI FILES brings you into the world of the FBI as it unravels some of the most puzzling and bizarre kidnapping cases in recent American history. Using crime scene analysis, the most-up-to date laboratories, and dogged persistence, FBI agents relentlessly comb through mountains of evidence to narrow their search for the kidnappers, and bring them to justice!
Disc 1
Polly Klaas Kidnapped
On October 1, 1993, 12-year-old Polly Klaas was abducted during a slumber party in her home. The FBI was immediately called in, setting off a massive, futile hunt for the missing girl. Agents using a laser light source discovered a palm print on Polly's bed, invisible to the naked eye, but few other clues. It took a stroke of good luck and determined investigative work to finally bring the murderer of Polly Klaas to justice.
Family Secrets
A young mother and her infant son are reported missing, and suspicion falls on her distraught husband. But without evidence of a crime having been committed, he is cleared and the mystery persists. Six months later, when a farmer discovers the murdered remains of the missing woman and her child, the pace of the investigation quickens. Can the FBI identify the killer from the minute evidence in the dead woman's car?
|
Disc 2
Melissa Brannen: Missing
When five-year-old Melissa Brannen disappeared from a Christmas party in December 1989, the local police and FBI had a promising suspect: 24-year-old Caleb Hughes. There were no eyewitnesses to the abduction, but Hughes reportedly left the party around the time Melissa vanished, never to be found. in a classic case of fiber analysis, the FBI gathers evidence to tie Hughes to the crime.
Cat and Mouse
In rural South Carolina, a cunning, sadistic predator was abducting and killing young women from their own yards in broad daylight, then taunting the victim's families by boosting and then dashing their hopes. Baffled local authorities called in the FBI, and in a deadly game of cat and mouse, putting FBI profilers and forensic examiners against the clever serial killer, the outcome was uncertain.
|
|
