Forensic Files - Season 10, Episode 28 - Elemental Clue - Full Episode

When two women from the same town were murdered in the same way, police feared a serial killer was on the loose. At first they thought the victims had nothing in common until they found tiny clues linking them to the same man.
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[@carlosplascencia2373]

You know that when analysts turn to a process known as Energy-Dispersive X-Ray Spectrometry the show is over

[@STARSCREAM087]

Or GC-Mass Spec.

[@vimbaideliwemiga9398]

Spectrometry gets me all the time 😂😂😂

[@monicawest4000]

I'm sorry ... my mistake. I didn't see the last part of this video. She did legally marry him. This is horrible! Very sad! 😢

[@cranking90s-fj1px]

@@STARSCREAM087

[@stephaniebrannon2240]

Why kill your childhood friend after telling her a secret? If that's what happened, he could've kept that secret to himself and spared her life. That daughter is loony for marrying a murderer! Why would you do that?!

[@PeediSigel]

For all intents and purposes, the motive for the murder of Stephanie is unknown.

[@honorladone8682]

Thank you for this. This is why I pray for the whole world Amen. Philadelphia USA

[@alihamud322]

You

[@user-yi2sd6mh9w]

PRAYING DOES NOTHING. GOD IS AS POWERLESS AS THE TOOTH 🧚‍♂️ 🧚‍♀️ 🧚‍♂️ FAIRY

[@livingdread2343]

So exciting to find an episode that I haven't already seen!

[@cherutondiwa5482]

Me too!

[@lyndsieb701]

Same! I dont remember ever seeing this! A real treat!

[@ralphmajor1947]

That's a good thing you must be young and 😂😇😊😉😘

[@dancer49lives6]

Who else can say "an empty pack of cigarettes" like this narrator? So awesome!

[@FatimaSorianoOfficial]

That's right. Peter Thomas is a legend.

[@ardise768]

Agreed

[@stevennabe5356]

Rip Peter T

[@deonnanaylor2952]

Hahaha hilarious. Me and my teenaged kids are now having a voice off saying Empty pack of cigarettes " in our best forensic files narrator voices

[@dancer49lives6]

@@deonnanaylor2952 😂

[@zuzellogan5613]

How can a woman marry the man who killed her own mother??? It is beyond my comprehension. Really nauseating and disgusting.

[@luannsunsdahl2946]

Totally agree...And I've never understood why someone in prison is allowed to marry in the first place!

[@tonybluestar4954]

The enemy of my enemy is my friend!

[@Devastator123]

It is! I think once you’ve lived a few years in this world, nothing surprising anymore

[@adelasposito7642]

She definitely had issues whatever they are…

[@FundaWithFundi]

I'm asking myself a similar question every hour of my life. First week we met I heard that he beaten his father using a pick axe handle, the father had a broken neck. But I continued with him without considering the fact that "He can hit his own father what about me"? A month later he started beating me for no valid reasons and closed my left eye, in three months I was pregnant and left the relationship emotionally. Sometimes we can be stupid as humans I attest. 😢

[@kindoe66]

As a survivor of Domestic Violence, my heart breaks for those that have lost their lives and for the friends and families too. It's NOT as easy as some folks may think to leave a situation like that,there are a multitude of reasons why...fear is one of them.

[@dirtyface-capone7622]

She decided to marry the guy even though he was tucked away behind bars for murdering her mother.That's just sick.Mental illness.Has to be.

[@suezq809]

I'm so proud of you! I am also a survivor of domestic violence!

[@cynicannkeel8899]

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[@loretta_3843]

Unfortunately, domestic violence, over time, can mess with your sense of self and reality in awful ways. Having gone through it, I find it hard to recognise the person I became. The excuses I'd make, the blatant lies I'd swallow etc, etc. Marrying the man sentenced for killing your mother is another step beyond - all I can say is thank God he was caught and I really hope the whole family can heal.

[@Pickledfeet165]

Gaslighting for sure

[@CoCoGemel]

Wow, that’s definitely some severe form of Stockholm syndrome. I know a woman whose abusive boyfriend went to jail for selling drugs (not even killing his gf’s mother like in this case) and the woman used that as an opportunity to run and disappear and leave the state. I couldn’t imagine marrying the man who killed my mother! Or a man who abused me and my children. Those poor children.

[@kaseyhadd4036]

Mr Peter Thomas & forensic files my nightly lullaby 😊

[@Mia_Mayaa]

Awesome voice Peter, miss you Peter Thomas 😢

[@whatweather]

The one and only time cigarettes produced something positive

[@johnnabuzby6103]

Discarded cigarette butts are useful for collecting DNA though...just putting that out there. 🤷‍♀️ I agree with your comment.

[@johnnywadd7960]

Peter Thomas RIP

[@LLthereistome2024]

Her daughter obviously was desperate to marry the monster that murdered her mom I hope he never gets out.

[@karengiorella2690]

I would think the daughter would take her kids and cut ties with a man who not only was a twice over convicted murderer, but that her mother was one of his victims. He was locked away. And yet she married him. Something more to that situation. She had to know more about it or was involved. That man is a monster. Hope he stays right where he is. Away from the good people.

[@Zachw2007]

She like the guy because he’s a Chad. A Chad can get a woman no matter what he does.

[@craigime]

she married him? what the hell is wrong with this woman?🤦‍♂

[@chateaupig826]

HEAPS of women loves them a serial killer -check the stats

[@sunilsameer1080]

I'd say more than necessary, but I won't say "heaps"

[@kehlamangic1086]

She's a heathen

[@monicamaria38mclean83]

Yeah she was in love with the wrong man that was all wrong for her

[@carlotta4th]

Ahe already had 2 kids with him before all this was revealed. I'm not making excuses for her (because wtf) but she's tied to him through the kids anyway.

[@jvs333]

I’m really amazed by the computerized equipment that has been invented and used in these crime shows

[@zuzellogan5613]

I don’t understand how Arlene’s daughter could marry the man who killed her own mother. It is truly nauseating and very disgusting. Either she was totally brainwashed by this perpetrator or this young woman’s mind was not right. When one person has total control over another, it is detrimental for the abused to gain independence and self respect. Most likely Arlene’s daughter had no self-esteem whatsoever to put up with this type of man. Sad story that ended in murder. May Arlene and Stephanie Rest In Peace always 🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@negresslossy4033]

You can clearly see that her self esteem is low

[@muffs55mercury61]

The old saying 'nutty as a fruitcake' likely applies to her.

[@personincognito3989]

Probably battered wife syndrome and or low I q

[@Dovietail]

A guy goes to prison for littering and forgetting to flush the toilet. Sweet!

[@_WF23]

Metal shavings were the key

[@dianebutler5096]

I was in an abusive relationship for nearly 10 years. I met gary in september 2004. We communicated by phone and i moved inwith him in february 2005. He was an alcoholic and a crack addict. I would leave him for a month or two when he wuld quit drinking and using crack. His family was toxic to him. He raped me repeatedly stold my car he had no license he stold my wallet and i had many exhausting nights without sleep . I also had to pay all the bills on disability income because he would owe his entire disability check to the drug dealer. I lived in darkness. God has healed my heart and given me peace. I left gary 9 years ago and i have forgiven him i think of the good times we had. Its sad that although all the evidence points to akley murderig her mother that his girlfriend still does not believe it. They got married. Great forensics against the killer. Rest in peace stephanie and arlene.

[@kobiecamp1134]

🧢

[@NoShepardWithoutHawke]

Marrying the man who murdered her mother. That girl is sick. Her poor kids.

[@chateaupig826]

In her mind , he can do no wrong

[@nurahfosu9731]

@@chateaupig826 right! She helped him plan it

[@ballistic350]

Shes sick too... pos I feel for their kids..what a way to be born to pos parents

[@hmphhmph31]

@@nurahfosu9731 exactly

[@grasonramsunker7433]

Its looks like she was in on the murder because her mother didn't want them to be together so they planned to take her out and thought they would get away with it and be a happy ever after, she even looks so terrible,she is cheap ugly and disparate 👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻

[@zuzellogan5613]

Love Forensic Files!

[@monicamaria38mclean83]

Too me

[@anitaallgood9265]

I love the way he pronounced the test

[@zuzellogan5613]

Why bother to marry the monster who killed her mother when he will be in prison without parole??? Makes no sense to me. But what I find most repulsive is the fact that this woman had the nerve to marry in prison the bastard that killed her own mother, that is beyond my comprehension. My my, the brainwashing this woman received from Gary Auckley did a number on her, not to say, this woman’s self esteem must have been extremely low to the point of non existent in her. Unbelievable case, just unbelievable. May Arlene and Stephanie rest in peace always 🙏🙏

[@naee007]

Whew man this was cold blooded Fr

[@samanthaeduardamoreira1630]

This guy is the biggest coward: violent only towards women and children. Prison is going to do him so good, he is going to deal with bigger and badder "boys". He will be in good hands. He will "enjoy" playing. Justice is served. 🎉

[@jackyblevins8724]

Married her mother's murderer She's as off as he is !! Both unintelligent

[@divinewon73]

To think… These two beings are having children together… The children must be monitored closely for behavior like those of serial killers… Most popular sign is torture and murder of helpless animals.

[@johnwilbanks3885]

That ain’t no lathe, it is called a “Bench Grinder”.

[@amandablansfield6333]

My husband said the same thing when watching this with me the other night

[@visassess8607]

I misread that as "bitch grinder" lol

[@char2304]

😄

[@DangerLurking]

But it is a lathe too.

[@KnowTrentTimoy]

Gary gives new meaning to "I don't like my mother-in-law".

[@thamnosma]

Ackley still alive and locked up. He’s 53. Hope it hadn’t been good to him.

[@johnczarnecki7465]

These programs are like 30 to 40 years old. But still interesting. 👍

[@cN-xv7ju]

Just imagine how much more they no now , the mind boogels

[@sirpiddlefartiii]

This is season 10, so it's from 2005

[@riggs20]

They’re not quite that old, but they are interesting.

[@chateaupig826]

These are better than the current ones which go on about family history too long and not enough about the crime

[@donnamariedavidson5065]

​@@chateaupig826 I agree 💯

[@angelachilds8179]

My dad worked w Gary, he was having an affair w his common law wife/gf, I remember having dinner w him when I was a kid. I hated even being around him but I never knew why. He and my dad worked for A&I electric... Fkn creep

[@kobiecamp1134]

Really

[@angelachilds8179]

@@kobiecamp1134 yes really

[@angelachilds8179]

@@kobiecamp1134 her name was julie

[@busisiwedlamini437]

Your dad had an affair with Gary gf 🫨

[@riggs20]

Note for budding serial killers: don’t start by murdering family and friends!

[@ojodibedaniel7810]

Am addicted to this channel, somebody please help me. The narrator's voice is soooo good.

[@d.diggler9936]

I have no plan to watch the full episode. I hope this puts me to sleep long before the end

[@kobiecamp1134]

Thanks for informing us about that.

[@warriormanmaxx8991]

Did you go to sleep?!? Readers await with bated breath to find out !!

[@d.diggler9936]

@@warriormanmaxx8991 it put me out so hard I awoke seven months later.

[@Rassie88888]

Emotional abuse can make you think like that

[@donnamariedavidson5065]

Only if you let it....

[@Zachw2007]

Do you like Gary?

[@pillettadoinswartsh4974]

He isn't the only serial killer to kill a close friend first. It's easy to kill your friend. They aren't expecting it. And nobody would expect you for doing it.

[@kobiecamp1134]

If it's a true friend it's not easy to kill them because you care about them. But yet it is easy to get access of them.

[@kobiecamp1134]

Also the police would suspect you of killing them because they always suspect family & friends when they have no other suspects.

[@8luvbug]

Not true

[@boardammo1593]

I knew it would be Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy!!! Whatever that is 😁

[@chateaupig826]

Thanks be for it 👍

[@karmayt8956]

So many men have women in their lives that deny reality. These women help create monsters with never holding them accountable.

[@badkitty4922]

I can't believe I actually came across an episode of Forensic Files that I've never seen! This one was as usual, interesting, heartbreaking, and infuriating.

[@ayseyilmaz217]

The mother died for nothing for having a daughter like that. 🤡

[@VincentWilliams007]

There's no doubt, Arlene would have been better off not dealing with her daughter's situation. That said, a mother would die for their child(s).

[@MrsHicks-it5xj]

What brand of cigarettes does the daughter smoke?

[@donnamariedavidson5065]

Not too Basic, perhaps...😅

[@dianebaker7714]

It's actually a good thing the daughter married her mothers murderer as it should prevent her from bringing another man in the home to abuse the children.

[@craigime]

it's not good that she married her mother's murderer because that shows how screwed up she is... her children deserve better

[@alexburke1899]

Stockholm Syndrome I guess

[@donnamariedavidson5065]

I can understand that.....

[@Mandy-nt2cs]

Basics are certainly not one of the cheapest brands of smokes these days.

[@joeylamuel5828]

Believe it or not, Chesterfield Kings and Benson and Hedges are actually cheaper. When I was growing up, those brands cost relatively an arm or leg. Basics were about $0.79 a pack 40 years ago.

[@alexburke1899]

They aren’t but they are the most common cheap cigarettes imo. I used to smoke pall mall’s which are super cheap but a lot of places didn’t stock them and would offer me basics as their alternative cheap cigarettes. They’re not bad, I could never tell them apart from Marlboro’s, I don’t know if they are maybe the Marlboro generic brand but it seemed like the same tobacco flavor. They’re way better than that GPC brand those were terrible lol.

[@gcbranger1189]

@@joeylamuel5828 when i started smoking, name brands of smokes were 48 cents and 2 cents tax, total of 50 cents, in 1978.

[@divinewon73]

I was never a cigarette smoker although both my parents were and smoked 2-3 cartons weekly of Philip Morris. The cost was $4-$5 per carton in the early 1960s. The individual packs were selling for $.35 per pack… The cost of these cancer sticks has risen more than almost anything else sold in the world and still killing everybody possible!

[@shineandre]

It is most disturbing to watch how many episodes showcase family members committing the most brutal crimes one can imagine from spouses to children to parents. The hearts of men so unpredictably evil. There is none righteous. All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. Flee the wrath of God coming. Whoever puts their trust in the Lord shall be saved but whoever believes not remain under condemnation.

[@jimr9499]

"The offensive thing about stereotypes if that they're oftentimes true" ...uhhh I don't think that's what's offensive about stereotypes there guy...lol

[@honodle7219]

Yes, this man wasn't very smart. Had he hid the bodies better he may have gotten away with it.

[@jvcpaints]

Energy dispersive X-Ray spectrometry - Say that 10 times fast.

[@Rara-pr9wg]

I can't even kill a cockroach😩sickos

[@muffs55mercury61]

I won't either. I have an 18 inch plastic jar for catching the occasional wasp that gets inside. Then I take it outside and turn it loose. They don't hurt or sting me so why should I harm them?

[@lilacDaisy111]

Wow, if he'd showered after work, they may never have put it together.

[@nathalie_desrosiers]

I think they would have, but it may have been longer. He, after all, threated to kill her.

[@kobiecamp1134]

He would have also had to wash his clothes, and maybe hair. But to be safe wear new clothes.

[@markthomas3730]

investigators found metal shavings on his clothes, in his car, and in his workplace ! great detective work, ...the guy was a machinist !!

[@kobiecamp1134]

But also they found metal shavings on the bodies of both women, and inside the home of one of the 2 women. So yes, good detective work.

[@jeanhelms2621]

The daughter might have married her mother’s killer because she knew of more crimes he’d committed & a wife can’t be forced to testify against her husband. He may have demanded she marry him or he’d arrange her murder from inside the prison. OR she didn’t want her kids to be bastards. OR (most likely) she had little ability to think & lost the little she did have to his continual abuse.

[@Dulcimertunes]

Narcissism at its worse

[@Zachw2007]

You probably have the hots for Gary, right?

[@victoriarose7111]

And what makes her think she won't be next murdered.

[@Glum1964]

I know, hindsight is 20/20, but jeez, they couldn’t catch him after the first one?

[@anthonymontana6758]

Forensic files

[@kobiecamp1134]

Yeah, that's the name of the show.

[@nurahfosu9731]

You don’t need to understand. They both plannned it, duh! That woman wanted her mom dead just as much as her bf. smh

[@kobiecamp1134]

You don't know that at all. You're assuming.

[@michaelwheatley3873]

I worked in tool and die back between 78 and 81; a grinder wheel (what they showed) is not a lathe, but I understand people not in the business don’t know or care about the difference. That’s nitpicking on my part, overall I love these shows-forensic science is amazing!

[@tomhoedt6467]

You know you watch a lot of Forensic Files when you become familiar with the scientists and prosecutors

[@paillette2010]

I’d love to hear from that woman’s kids. The crap they witnessed.

[@danepilipina8780]

How a person could kill anyone I cannot even run over a wild animal in the street I would feel terrible my whole life. I am glad we have an advance technology now to put the killer in jail like OJ Simpson.

[@kobiecamp1134]

But OJ is a free man who was never found guilty of Nicole Simpson's murder.

[@nancybannerman1224]

Until you have lived through either a physical or a mental abuse or both, you can never truly understand why someone like this woman would marry her abuser/mother's killer. I feel so sorry for her because she lost the one person who tried to help her, her mother. Unless there is another family member or a close friend who could try and get her counseling, or she realizes what is happening to herself, she will be lost to that monster. I am as frustrated as everyone is about the situation, but please don't be too hard on her. She has been brainwashed and doesn't know she needs help. I hope some day she will find the help she needs. 🇨🇦

[@rhainaweissehexe3899]

If Ackley told Stephanie he killed his Mother-in-law at the BBQ,, why would she go camping with him? Thats frightening. What a POS!!!!!!

[@use-ThatIsWhatIamTalkingAbout]

Based on years of observation of criminals, etc., I have seen a pattern...they tend to smoke. There must be something in the cigarettes that makes people stupid.

[@ferdinandlorenzo3734]

Suddenly Turned out to be an easy case.

[@francisvincentcabalatungan3232]

Thats a fine illustration of mental health issues

[@cannibalchainsaw]

Why are these killers always so lazy? Dude could've took a shower and put on new clothes without metal fragments, They sell cheap tarps at the dollar store, and then to dump her in field a mile away? Like nobody's ever going to find her?

[@stevennabe5356]

They always dig a shallow grave

[@Pond2Pond]

The creepy howling of whatever animal that was is completely unnecessary and overused in the older episodes i mean it didn’t even make sense to be used every 30 seconds with this episode

[@maramarxx2431]

I knew he'd cut his hair to appear on court. Nowadays tendencias is to were some good boy"s glasses on too

[@brianmouland209]

Scary man

[@chrisreid5745]

Never read the comments first. There's always people ruining it.

[@TheReverseLoyacano]

11:39 dropping the Hard C, damn

[@rupakgbikas4477]

My condolences. hope the killer is not paroled. Killer may kill again if paroled.

[@negresslossy4033]

She has been brainwashed and reduced emotionally

[@donnamariedavidson5065]

Well she's not all there to begin with....

[@monicadonnelly4991]

Also known as hard up

[@RMokros]

You have to be pretty bad with money to be relegated to smoking Basic cigarettes. This guy was so obtuse that he didn’t even flush the toilet to get rid of his Basic Butts. He had a contraption designed to dispose of evidence and he still didn’t use it.

[@seanpadgett3053]

Like no one watching this hasn’t thought it would be good if the “mother in law” had an unfortunate accident at least once or twice……

[@paulfilla1008]

Energy dispersive X ray spectrometry saved the day. I ought to have gone into that field of employment.

[@raejaniar]

He had access to her mothers house key because of her … disgusting

[@victoriarose7111]

Some people don't have a consciousness

[@vuyisiledlamini9983]

Besides that the man killed her mother, why would you marry someone that is serving a life sentence?

[@timcarroll490]

Julie had to be out of her mind to marry Gary, that lunatic. And to kill Stephanie, when HE had to spill his guts to her. She did absolutely nothing to deserve to be murdered. Well, neither did Arlene for that matter. As far as Julie, Gary killed her mom, and it seems a certainty to me that she she surely must know this. So for her to marry him, I feel sorry that she also was probably led around by the nose, but if she loves Gary, they deserve each other. Sorry to say that but..wake up Julie. You know what Gary did

[@VincentWilliams007]

Alice and Arlene look just alike.

[@11kobiora]

say 'mountains' again!

[@tonnel5533]

😪

[@kingkendrickk]

Omg

[@rebeccagable9629]

This guy wasn't too smart!

[@eddo1983]

The daughter looks like someone who isn't all there in the head.

[@karenlindsey5988]

Why would Arlene have a jacket on if he supposedly killed her while she was in bed?

[@Zachw2007]

Stop acting like a Karen.

[@whatthefunction9140]

Old people wear winter gear to bed. Everyone knows that

[@patriciajrs46]

Why people put up with emotional abuse and domestic violence is beyond me. They need to learn to understand that they are valuable and important. These abusers are trash! Period.

[@donnamariedavidson5065]

Yes I agree. I've been there. And I left. No way would I ever choose to stay with a monster. I bailed right away. Time heals and now I am doing well. I don't buy anyone's excuses why they stay. It's ridiculous.

[@Zachw2007]

Lots of women like drama and toxic men. Have you ever watched women on TikTok discussing their relationships and dating?

[@patriciajrs46]

@@Zachw2007 No. I don't do tik toc.

[@waxworse]

Be sure your sin will find you out. - Numbers 32: 23

[@monicadonnelly4991]

Toilet photos gross me out way more then bodies at crime scenes 🤷🏿‍♀️

[@henryevans2935]

He never changed his dirty clothes because of the metal shavings very low standards and wants to be a killer

[@landang7906]

Arlene's daughter was not very intelligent either. Marrying someone who was convicted of killing your own mother?

[@mallorybrown1324]

Ha I know his son we were sort of a thing. Safe to say I’m glad that’s over

[@shandaabsar-so5gp]

She is. For marrying her mother's killer.

[@dfygoh3215]

how come all the serial killers come from Seattle

[@divinewon73]

The show also has plenty of murders, shootings, rapes and other violent behavior from Texas, Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and plenty of other locations… The lack of reasonable background checks on gun cells, allowing guns to be carried without license or restriction, allowing “semi automatic“ gun which are only made to kill people and large capacity magazines being allowed to be sold anywhere is facilitating the mass shooting scene in the US every day…🤮🤮🤮

[@aurorefrench7592]

lol That's exactly what I thought

[@donnamariedavidson5065]

They're from everywhere, not just Seattle.

[@chateaupig826]

He put a blue jacket on her before he put her in the car ? She went to bed with a blue jacket on ? ..

[@divinewon73]

The blue jacket was probably a cover-up situation in a couple of aspects… One, cover her face because the killer does not want to see her face. Two, provide her with a jacket so if police are not looking closely when they pulled him over with his mother-in-law in the backseat, the murderer can say she fell asleep in the backseat and is wearing her jacket. Perhaps…🤔

[@gameZA40]

you can clearly see from the picture this Julie woman has mental challenges

[@daviddowns7552]

could he have been cindy wanners killer. those metal shavings ?

[@unclequack5445]

You f**ked up Gary.