Chris Watts murdered his pregnant wife Shanann and their two daughters Bella and Celeste in August 2018. A complete investigation into the family annihilation that shocked Colorado.
Read the Investigation →How the cognitive interview technique developed by Fisher and Geiselman produces 25-45% more accurate details than standard police questioning, and why most departments still don't use it.
Dakota James, a 23-year-old Duquesne University MBA student, disappeared from Pittsburgh's South Side in January 2017. His body was found 40 days later in the Ohio River, remarkably preserved. Forensic pathologist Cyril Wecht identified ligature marks inconsistent with drowning.
Paul Kochu, a 22-year-old ICU nurse and Duquesne University graduate, disappeared from Pittsburgh's South Side in December 2014. His nude body was found four months later in the Ohio River near Wheeling, West Virginia, with fractured ribs and a scalp wound. His death remains officially undetermined.
How Otto Kernberg's structural interview technique reveals personality organization through confrontation, and why forensic psychologists, criminal profilers, and investigative journalists use it to detect deception and read character under pressure.
An in-depth look at the Strategic Use of Evidence (SUE) technique, developed by Granhag and Hartwig at the University of Gothenburg, and how investigators detect deception by controlling when and how they reveal what they already know.
Tommy Booth, 24, vanished from a bar in Woodland, PA in January 2008. Found 14 days later with zero decomposition and forensic evidence pointing to homicide, his death was ruled undetermined.
Dakota James, a 23-year-old Duquesne University MBA student, disappeared from Pittsburgh's South Side in January 2017. His body was found 40 days later in the Ohio River, remarkably preserved. Forensic pathologist Cyril Wecht identified ligature marks inconsistent with drowning.
Paul Kochu, a 22-year-old ICU nurse and Duquesne University graduate, disappeared from Pittsburgh's South Side in December 2014. His nude body was found four months later in the Ohio River near Wheeling, West Virginia, with fractured ribs and a scalp wound. His death remains officially undetermined.
Tommy Booth, 24, vanished from a bar in Woodland, PA in January 2008. Found 14 days later with zero decomposition and forensic evidence pointing to homicide, his death was ruled undetermined.
Andrew Gosden, a 14-year-old from Doncaster, vanished after buying a one-way ticket to London on September 14, 2007. His disappearance remains unsolved.
The unsolved disappearance of Linda Sherman in 1985 remains one of Missouri's most haunting cold cases. Her skull was found five years later.
Amanda Kay Jones, a pregnant Missouri mother, vanished in August 2005 from Hillsboro. Her disappearance remains unsolved.
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