Release Date: October 24, 1996
Medical Detectives
SD
1996
Published on, 1 year ago
Medical Detectives
Planted Evidence 1 Season 5 Episode
23 min
1996
Published on, 1 year ago
Single mother Denise Johnson is found dead in a deserted area outside of Phoenix, Arizona. Local investigators ask a molecular geneticist to pick out a tree in a 'lineup' when unidentified seed pods are found in suspect Mark Bogan's truck. The judge rules into evidence DNA profiles linking the pods to a tree near where the body was found. This is the first U.S. case where plant DNA was used to convict a criminal.
suspicion of murder
interview
medical examiner
whodunit
true crime
reenactment
coroner
criminal investigation
forensic science
law enforcement
evidence
forensic technology
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