Forensic Files

Season 1 • Episode 6: Southside Strangler • Watch with subtitles

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Southside Strangler

Episode 6: Southside Strangler

October 31, 1996 • 23 min

The U.S. criminal justice system's first use of DNA profiling in a serial murder case frees an innocent man after he spent two years in prison, and convicts the real killer. FBI psychological profiling and DNA evidence identify the man who raped and strangled five young women in Virginia.

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