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20 episodes

Bloodline Detectives - Season 2

First aired Oct 28, 2021Season 2

Bloodline Detectives focuses on familial DNA investigation, a search technique which uses genetic material from relatives to track down a suspect to solve violent crimes. Each episode shows detectives from all over the world solving cold cases by using the DNA of family members and how that additional DNA information is revolutionising genetic profiling to solve criminal cases.

Episodes

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Episode 1

Body in the Stairwell

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Oct 28, 2021

In 1999, hospital worker Jennifer Watkins was sexually assaulted and murdered. Two decades later, revolutionary DNA testing helps to solve this cold case.

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Episode 2

Sacrilege in Sacramento

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Oct 28, 202160 min

In 1992, a woman is sexually assaulted in Sacramento, California by a man wearing a ski mask. This sexual predator continues to commit heinous crimes until new evidence exposes his identity.

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Episode 3

The Montana Murders

NR
Nov 4, 202160 min

When two teens are found dead in Montana, detectives suspect an infamous gangster might be responsible. But it will take 65 years to find the true culprit.

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Episode 4

Sinful Act In St George

NR
Nov 11, 2021

A small community in Utah is shocked when an elderly woman is brutally attacked in her own home. Detectives use innovative techniques to solve the case.

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Episode 5

Left for Dead in Logan County

NR
Nov 18, 2021

After decades of searching, Ohio detectives use ground-breaking technology to hunt down the man who abducted and sexually assaulted a 19-year-old woman.

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Episode 6

The Alameda Attacker

NR
Nov 25, 2021

In 1997, two women are sexually assaulted in separate attacks. Forensic evidence suggests the crimes are linked, but it takes over two decades to find the perpetrator.

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Episode 7

The Murder of Siobhain

NR
Dec 9, 2021

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Episode 8

Episode 8

NR
Dec 16, 2021

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Episode 9

The Montana Creek Murders

NR
Dec 16, 202145 min

On 24th December 1984, a body is discovered in a shallow grave. When another dead body is discovered police fear a serial killer is at work. The victims remained unidentified for decades before a new DNA technology gave them justice.

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Episode 10

Mother Mojave

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Dec 31, 202145 min

When a woman takes a genealogy test to learn what happened to her estranged mother, she is shocked to learn that her DNA has helped law enforcement identify a Jane Doe and identify the murderer of 4 other victims.

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Episode 11

The Mystery Murder of Mary London

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Jul 21, 202245 min

In 1981, a female high school student is found dead on the side of a road. Police work tirelessly on the case until new DNA technology exposes the killer.

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Episode 12

The Knifepoint Rapist

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Jul 28, 202245 min

In 1995, a masked man commits a series of sexual assaults at knifepoint. It takes more than 20 years for this serial rapist to be identified and then brought to justice.

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Episode 13

Gunpoint Horror

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Aug 4, 202245 min

In Alexandria, Virginia in 2016 a young female lifeguard is raped while working at a local pool. Police learn of a similar incident in Fairfax, Virginia 2 years earlier. It takes ground-breaking genealogy tools to find the perpetrator.

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Episode 14

The Hunt for Precious Jane Doe

NR
Aug 4, 202243 min

In 1977, the body of a young woman is discovered by blackberry pickers in Everett, Washington. The body is covered in flies and maggots. Police officers fail to identify the victim until revolutionary technology breaks open the case.

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Episode 15

The Rapid City Rapist

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Aug 11, 202242 min

In 1968, 60-year-old Gwen Miller is brutally raped and murdered inside her own home. A devastating flood then halts the police investigation until ground-breaking science offers some new hope.

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Episode 16

A Family Torn Apart

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Aug 18, 202245 min

In 1998, a woman and her daughter are found brutally murdered, both shot in the head several times. The case goes cold for over a decade until genetic genealogy uncovers the perpetrator.

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Episode 17

Justice for Leslie

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Aug 25, 202245 min

In 1976, a young woman is found dead at a military base in Orange County, California. Using forensic genealogy, experts break open the 40-year-old cold case.

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Episode 18

Cuyahoga Falls Mystery

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Sep 1, 202245 min

In December 1987, the nude body of a 17-year-old girl was dumped on the side of a rural road in Ohio. She had been raped and strangled to death. Genetic genealogy is called upon to help solve this violent murder.

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Episode 19

Chilling Notes From a Killer

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Sep 8, 202245 min

In 1988, Janet Tinsley reports her 8-year-old daughter April missing after she fails to return home. Three days later, a man out jogging makes a gruesome discovery in a nearby ditch.

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Episode 20

Remembering Stevie

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Aug 15, 202242 min

In 1963, the body of a toddler is discovered in the Keene Creek reservoir in Ashland County, Oregon, wrapped in a bundle of bedding. The child is determined to a white male, possibly having Down Syndrome. Despite the limitations of forensic science at the time, investigators are determined to find out who the so-called "Boy in the Bundle" is, and how he ended up in the water. After nearly six decades, developments in technology provide a major break in the case.