Forensic Files - Season 12, Episode 26 - About Face - Full Episode

A human skeleton was discovered in the North Carolina marshlands and, when investigators learned she'd been dead for 18 months, they knew it would be difficult to find out who she was, much less who killed her.
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[@evekult]

12 years of killing someone. Seem like a great short trip in jail. Failed sentence

[@evekult]

@@mastermirror1972 👍🏻👍🏻

[@lug.5329]

@@mastermirror1972 42 years is too short

[@Autumn-Mist]

I strongly agree. I thought it was just me & the perp only has 2 serve 2/3's of his sentence. This is a slap in the face 2 the victims' family & the law enforcement community that worked on the case. They need a new DA & probably some new politicians

[@January.]

*for killing someone *Seems like an extremely short stay in prison. Failure in sentencing.

[@January.]

@@Autumn-Mist *victim's

[@AndiSplatterpunk]

If your mom says she has a bad feeling..Listen and Trust!

[@pattibrown1809]

Not necessarily. Some moms have a "bad feeling" about everything.

[@frankpaya690]

@@pattibrown1809 Did you watch the episode? Why would you say such a stupid comment?

[@craigime]

@@frankpaya690 did you not read what she said? why would you say such a stupid comment?

[@bettyjeanzepeda4767]

Oh hell yes! Mamas got a super natural power!

[@kateturner1849]

It's true. Mother's know.

[@iseultbourke4692]

I don't believe Scarlett agreed to have sex with that guy. I don't believe his story at all. I think when she turned him down he attacked her and finished by brutally murdering her. What was the reason for the stabbing? Saying she made fun of him was just a ploy. And even if she did, which I think is most unusual, how did that excuse him hurting her? Should have got much longer in my opinion. RIP Scarlett.

[@antonioacevedo5200]

You don't believe Scarlett agreed to have sex with him? Are you kidding? Such an incredibly sexy and lean man?

[@heatherangel9700]

First thing I thought too. No way she agreed to have sex with that disgusting monster. He constantly changed his story, Dude's completely full of shit. He's probably never had consensual sex in his life that he didn't have to pay for.

[@autumnsummers6599]

They always lie and say the sex was consensual, their egos can't accept the rejection.

[@antonioacevedo5200]

@@autumnsummers6599 Not only that, but it helps them get away with murder.

[@tradingwizard562]

That's your belief.I believe that part of his story.Why?. Because U as a woman don't hang out in a motel room alone at 3 am in the morning after a drinks party, with a man who happens to be an acquaintance when everyone has gone and left already. Clearly there's something going on. In this case once she rejected him due to his poor performance, he went berserk.

[@adrielsebastian5216]

John Wayne Boyer died prison on August 7th 2023.

[@daviegriffin3539]

That's sad... that he lived too long. 🙃

[@feliciajenkins5041]

Watching the mother go through her daughter's pictures and crying was the saddest part 💔

[@ShannonEastman]

Def pulled on my heart ♥

[@shawshank178]

Almost episode has this bit, it’s always hard to watch.

[@Neurodivergent_Nat]

Yes! She passed away in 2009, her mother.

[@EnigmaRecluse]

I think the saddest part was when the girl was murdered

[@tsc7299]

No..... The saddest part is that this motherf_cker got only twelve years.

[@zuzellogan5613]

To give a murderer only 12 years for his crime, is a miscarriage of justice. This killer should have gotten a stronger sentence at least, 35 years if not life without parole. Anyone who take a life, deserves to be incarcerated for the rest of their natural life. This man, Boyer, will be out someday after he completes his sentence, and will be free walking the streets again; where Miss Wood is deceased and never, ever will comeback to this life again. Judges are ridiculous in their sentences to criminals, they are disgusting and outrageous. It makes very angry.

[@pamgypsyaries8049]

I can’t believe murderers only get a 12 year sentence

[@samanthagomez7074]

Ik but he prison again for 30 yrs

[@markheying2830]

@@samanthagomez7074I would recommend Life without Parole.

[@muffs55mercury61]

People have served more time for possession of marijuana.

[@Demureli]

Sadly in Finland if you get a life sentence, its approximately only 14 years, murder is less.

[@gagejernigan5277]

Lack of evidence

[@Richardlaisi]

This program has tought me things that would have taken me years to acquire in school

[@andromedatonks60]

7:15 that “computer guru” dude skateboarding in with his briefcase is iconic. (also love how they call him an expert and then his brilliant plan is just changing layer opacity on GIMP. You’d think homicide investigators could at least spring for photoshop…)

[@neconeconeco]

it's my favourite segment from the entire series

[@dukedematteo1995]

Hilarious.

[@CherryPi314]

He’s classic!

[@ruchi6407]

🤣

[@Speedbaggins]

None can deny the return of the king

[@justinbell700]

Cheers to the detectives and the people in the forensic department who work really really hard in solving these cases.

[@ShannonEastman]

Absolutely without them many more horrible people would be getting away with whatever they want

[@stevenhayward5575]

Uiuuuuuu

[@samanthagomez7074]

IK right there good what they do and they don't stop until they find the killer

[@rocioaguilera3555]

Bravo for the investigators who identified the victim and put the scumbag murderer in jail

[@ShannonEastman]

Absolutely boys good job

[@samanthagomez7074]

Yes they did

[@bertharuiz1225]

12 years in prison is too short a sentence. Since he is suspected in a second murder. He’s a beast of the worst type. Vicious.

[@cassieblack1776]

Absolutely! I’m assuming it’s for lack of evidence and that’s all they could ask for.

[@atomicskies_]

Does it really matter?

[@jimhenderson387]

12 years!!?? That's utterly ridiculous!

[@stanleydavidofficial]

12 years for killing a human being it’s totally as terrible as the crime itself

[@gussetma1945]

I was a plea deal and it tells you what the prosecutors thought of their case.

[@777MAG]

I was born not far from Wilmington, I moved when I was a kid . Me and this woman r 4 years difference in age. I was 26 in 2004. Living in NY.NC is nothing but woods. I use to play for hours alone in the woods as a kid. Nothing ever happened to me., makes me want to thank god for mercy 🙏🏽could have been me..

[@paxiong6541]

What a disgusting guy! GOT HIS FEELING HURT so he killed the girl.

[@nr6916]

You just summed up why I’m afraid of dating in a nutshell

[@andylatino]

Yeah, if that was what actually happened, which I don't really buy, that seems too weird of a motive. He most likely tried to force himself on her, but he's not going to admit to that

[@kyleboulanger170]

Just like what happened to Rudy Ghouliani when an employee in a Safeway on Staten Island patted him on the back & called him a scumbag back in June.

[@christabellelysander4392]

Which is why most male killers kill

[@kyleboulanger170]

Does anyone find it creepy that the perpetrator in this case John Wayne Boyer has the same first & middle names as one of the most notorious serial killers in US history (John Wayne Gacy)?

[@erinmaree1987]

There was a murderer in Sydney known as the Granny Killer who was also named John Wayne Glover. It's the hillbilly factor

[@longcastle4863]

Every Red State in America has thousands of John Waynes. Creative _!_ 😅

[@deltahomicide9300]

@@longcastle4863​​⁠Exactly and he was loved all over. John Wayne and the whole cowboy image was very popular you can still find outdated honky tonk bars in some foreign countries

[@janeyrevanescence12]

Gacy was named for his mother’s favorite movie star (John Wayne).

[@nathalie_desrosiers]

Moral of the story: don't name your son John Wayne.

[@59thanks61]

Wow! How sad to lose a daughter that way. I feel for the Mama. Peace to all. 💝💝💝

[@ShannonEastman]

Amen my god rest her soul

[@frankpaya690]

You wind- up getting raped by lazy, incompetent, corrupt so-called "prosecutors" who refuse to do they're jobs.

[@samanthagomez7074]

Amen RIP Beautiful Angel 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@ghostinthenetworks662]

Skating up to the office on your long board knowing you’re on Forensic Files

[@natashaflanders4375]

Twelve years.. Disgusting.. That is a sentence one can expect in South Africa, not in America..

[@natashaflanders4375]

@@mastermirror1972 👌

[@johnnabuzby6103]

It all comes down to what they're able to prove to the jury in court. Scarlett's body was exposed to the elements for so long that when her remains were discovered nearly every bit of evidence had been lost to time and the elements. They only get one chance at conviction so have to go with what they can prove. I hate the 12 year sentence also, but it's better than the guy still walking the streets completely unpunished for Scarlett's murder.

[@gussetma1945]

it was a plea deal and it tells you what the prosecutors thought of their case.

[@hermajesty52]

TWELVE YEARS FOR MURDERING HER? Seriously???? Twelve? WTF has happened to our Justice System?

[@gussetma1945]

It was a plea deal and it tells you what the prosecutors thought of their case.

[@muffs55mercury61]

Another commenter said Boyer died in 2023. Karma got him since an inmate didn't.

[@self-righteousideologue9398]

That dude with the skull software looks just like the main character character in Airplane. "Shirley you can't be serious?" "I am serious. And don't call me Shirley."

[@RoughJustice2k18]

He does bear a resemblance to Robert Hays (who played Ted Striker in that movie).

[@banecrew4963]

😂🤣

[@malitucker13]

😂😂

[@esthernichols4451]

That is so funny. I was thinking the same thing. I love that movie. Lol

[@cassieblack1776]

Omg 😂 he does!!

[@luismoreno6336]

Another night watching FF I don't miss a night

[@sabre517]

He probably only got 12 years because the victim's family didn't want to go to full court proceedings, and advised the DA to accept a deal. If they had stood their ground, this animal would likely be behind bars for the rest of his natural life. Seeing that her mother is battling cancer, I can somehow understand if she was reluctant to pursue a lengthy and emotionally punishing trial. At any rate, that is the reason for the abysmal sentence.

[@userunknownx]

I honestly think we should run cadaver dogs on a regular basis through State and National Forests. I think my cousin would be found if this were done, along with many other missing persons.

[@nathalie_desrosiers]

You know the extent the size of state and national forest, right? It's huge. But if you want to find your cousin, nothing block you to do it yourself.

[@gawayategulle6272]

Only 12 years for such a gruesome crime!!! American courts sometimes make a mockery of justice. 🤔🤔🤔

[@johnnabuzby6103]

By the time the skeletal remains were found in the swamp, pretty much all the evidence that could've helped build a stronger case in court had been lost to time and the elements.

[@samanthagomez7074]

Ik but he in prison again cause he killed again in Tennessee now they put him 30 yrs

[@gussetma1945]

It was a plea deal and it tells you what the prosecutors though of their case.

[@bigtuna4005]

If he would have said nothing it would have been hard for them to get him

[@georgetaylor3152]

I love watching Forensic Files

[@samanthagomez7074]

IK right me 2

[@heavenlymilano]

The bottom line is: do not associate with nasty people. Why would you spend time with that scumbag... 19:35

[@lilithowl]

No. The bottom line is: do not murder people. Enough of the victim blaming.

[@heavenlymilano]

@@lilithowl Who cares who to blame? She is dead. She lost her only chance to live. You have to protect yourself. When you die it really doesn't matter who to blame. YOU are the one losing your life. She could have avoided this situation, had she known better whom to hang out with.

[@jimmyohara2601]

a hell of a lot of females do not ever see nor perceive when they are in real danger. if you/they are alert observant perceptive you can detect any such danger/s 😐

[@heavenlymilano]

@@jimmyohara2601 I have to agree. Women have to be alert so as not to be victims.

[@jimmyohara2601]

@@heavenlymilano yes indeed, they just don't ever seem to be. I seen it a few times over the years. 0ne time (yrs ago) I was walking from a train stn to rendezvous with my ghal & her friends. as I was walking towards the meeting point, I immediately noticed a car slightly ahead of me moving slowly. I noticed/realised driver was a huge polynesian fellow stalking them. as I neared them, said fellow pulled up & exited car. I asked them, do you realise you're being stalked ?? they appeared a tad stunned as I pointed out the danger. Idiot stalker sighted me & slowly entered his car & slowly drove away 🤪😐

[@corwilliams3098]

you couldn't find it even if he could get it up

[@mikezylstra7514]

yeah. all those rolls of blubber. can you imagine?

[@patrickmurray9409]

My mom was 100 percent right with the gut feeling. Intuition whatever you call it. She was , but most people don't listen an we have this.

[@kashmere3034]

Wtf!? Only 12 years 🤦🏿‍♂️

[@samanthagomez7074]

Ik but he in prison again

[@gussetma1945]

It was a plea deal and it tells you what the prosecutors thought of their case.

[@richshawley5438]

Is it me or is Pennsylvania in half or more of episodes of forensic files?

[@kamarvika]

Computer Guru is damn handsome ....😩😩

[@crow-vz5lx]

That forensic anthropologist can examine these bones any time

[@Lannie-r5d]

The fact that Boyer was given 12 years for this crimes proves how broken our justice system is.

[@jeannethompson8388]

Only 12 years??

[@rahimzidane6998]

Because he was fat and he couldn't perform

[@samanthagomez7074]

Ik but he in prison again

[@gussetma1945]

It was a plea deal and it tells you what the prosecutors thought of their case.

[@Offu-cz9wl]

Man this was such a wild time to be alive with all the new technologies beginning to pop up and how innovative these law enforcement/anthropologists and skate boarding computer wiz were, he was flat out awesome 👏🏻🙂 I really hope the family found some tiny bit of peace when thy arrested this excuse of a human 😔

[@alihamud322]

It is funny how this growing man is using skateboard to come to the lab like teen. 7:20

[@iedereesadonis2466]

12 yrs is a disgrace.

[@tikibar1169]

The computer guy Shane Baptista is Jim Morrison reincarnated

[@Lisa-yc1mn]

Watch Robert breaker

[@Sir_Robin_of_Camelot]

I was thinking Ted Striker from "Airplane!"

[@BobbieJeanM]

He died 6/29/23 while incarcerated in Tennessee for another crime.

[@Highheels4ever]

12 years is not enough for murder, this man should have been given a life sentence for taking the life of another human being. When judges are going to give tough sentences to murderers to bring justice for the victims and their families? When? It sucks, it truly does.

[@JudeNance]

Monster in human form.

[@sergsmar1487]

Human form? Did you take a good look at him?

[@Eisenbison]

Can we talk about the forensic lab that took a year and a half to tell investigators that they "couldn't" get any DNA? Someone definitely screwed up

[@Trickster310YT]

I have my suspicions

[@treetz4739]

I'm Soo sorry for her Mama...

[@AnxietyByAmelia]

Nobody in that ENTIRE motel was awake at 3 on a Saturday morning? Yeah right!

[@craigime]

what does that have to do with anything?

[@ShannonEastman]

Because youd think there would be at least one eye wittness

[@ThanaBrunges-mx7ji]

Bless the dedicated forensic investigators 😅❤❤❤

[@fernandocarrillo2022]

When you watch enough of these videos when you go outside you stay as Frosty as a cat

[@timdoerksen9893]

Dr. Albert is sooo good looking.

[@daqt6079]

A lousy 12 years? That’s all? Not nearly enough.

[@samanthagomez7074]

Ik but he prison again for 30 yrs

[@onomanapua]

Why did they wait until her skeleton was found, 18 most later to question her friends and investigate?? 🤔They should have done all that when she was reported missing by her family. That's so wrong of them 🚓

[@Autumn-Mist]

It's NC apparently they are not too bright. You saw they gave a murderer 12yrs. Unbelievable! They nee a clean-up like they did in La.

[@Tata-bd9nx]

L.Sindoni..If you watch well you'll hear they investigated even before her skeleton was found.Once her mother said she was missing they asked the guy and friends who were at the party with her ,they all said the suspect was the last to see her, and he said she had grown impatient of waiting for him to drop her home and went out alone. I guess without the body she was deemed missing or a ran away

[@itauser-jz5dk9ct9n]

@@Tata-bd9nx לא

[@kimmyfreak200]

beaten severely and then stabbed severely... kind of unusual if u ask me unless theres 2 killers... i would have come to the same conclusion ...someone she knew

[@sliving7386]

Why wasnt forensics doing their job the day she didnt came home? Why then, they didnt check his car for DNA, why then they didnt check hotel room??? Why police believed him when he said that she walked home???

[@johannas.l.brushane2518]

Probably not sufficient to get authorization for such searches.

[@ThanaBrunges-mx7ji]

These people are not working with a full deck. 😮

[@OfentseTjipahura]

I love watching forensic files

[@KRyan-gn5uw]

12 years for a brutal murder. How sad!!

[@marquezmarvie1320]

What 12 yrs only sentence for a murder.

[@Prescilla_Halliwell]

I was expecting a facial reconstruction from a sculptor or a forensic artist was going to be called to create the face. They have been featured numerous times on this show before.

[@blongvang8918]

12 yrs? Wow, smh....

[@hevp1911]

12 years? Wow.

[@dianebutler5096]

Charlotte was murdered in such a brutal manner. Justice was served. This man was a monster. Great forensics. Condolences to Charlotte's mother Rest in peace charlotte.

[@leetraviusmckay314]

Her mother was battling cancer

[@johnnythewalrus]

They searched the hotel room and found no bodily fluids? Well that's a load of horse hockey.

[@jaxxton7155]

Im so happy we all see the flaw in the judicial system. People get 10 years for smuggling drugs into the us and a murderer can get less than that or slightly more. In this case ONLY two years more

[@Rara-pr9wg]

The mother his so precious😕

[@frankpaya690]

"12 years" for a murderlike that?

[@Revikra]

Ok, let's assume she hit her head on the nightstand accidentally. Did he explain away the broken ribs and stab wounds as accidental too?

[@bloopnation]

omg her mother....she's a saint and scarlette should have listened..

[@johnhaaland74]

How is your day?

[@kaseyhadd4036]

it was okay! how was your day?

[@Anniiee1999]

☮

[@lilianatimofte64]

Better than Susan's, anyway!. Thanks God!

[@ShannonEastman]

OK still healing from my surgery

[@warriormanmaxx8991]

@John Haaland - re: "How is your day?" What does your wimpy question have to do with anything?!?

[@dianebutler5096]

Such a sad case. Rest in peace scarlet.

[@ZtudabBadutz]

I hope you have a new show... I've seen all of this... I'm always looking forward to something new

[@nafeesahabdul4384]

The computer guy looks like Joe from You on Netflix 😳

[@jamielehman4934]

North Carolina weather gets down to 17 degrees??? I heard that state canceled school over a centimeter of snow. How could they handle 17 degrees?

[@smnvo1129]

Only 12 years in prison for killing a person?

[@troyano6548]

It seems to me, that they gave the dam paunchy a very mild sentence.

[@sarahburggraf907]

12 years is NOT ENOUGH

[@MichaelBrookham]

Geez! He mutilated her and only got 12 years in prison? That is justice not being done.

[@rex-up9ln]

Lmao..as a linux nerd and gimp enthusiast, this is the most unusual mention of gimp I've ever heard.

[@cogitoergospud1]

I doubt this was his first time.

[@rubarhs]

The mom broke my heart 😢

[@theresahenderson3534]

What I found strange is sitting around drinking is called partying.

[@gaylewatkins6781]

$35,000 is pretty cheap for a piece of equipment.

[@dm6187]

It really is.

[@cathybassett6432]

12 years!! What a travesty.

[@muffs55mercury61]

16 years have since passed so I'm sure he's out now. Mrs Wood looks good so I'm hoping she may have received a liver transplant since. It won't take the place of the loss of her daughter.

[@curassavica]

Gloria Wood is actually deceased. Died in 2009, a year after this episode aired. John Wayne Boyer died in 2023.

[@muffs55mercury61]

@@curassavica Thanks for the update although a sad one on Gloria.

[@artyom9137]

how is it 2nd degree after all those brutal stabs he should be locked up forever

[@louieAssie9449]

My god !10 years only fir her life . Unfair

[@sketchinginreverse6504]

I’m sad I woke up Heard- the music intro and thought “did I wake up to forensic files.” 😭😭😭

[@JavierArellano]

Today someone posted on Reddit that he died. Indeed he died in June 2023.

[@pammieomana3373]

Serves him right. Thank you for the update

[@HashimMehmoodAhmed]

7:40 did we just stumble upon real-life Fox Mulder? 😮

[@Psycandy]

adobe was too expensive so they used GIMP - that's justice right there

[@michaelwashington1585]

I wonder if that slap on the hand they gave him hurt

[@stevengirton3745]

12 years for the murder of a young woman. Wtf 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@mangafq8]

Please Ladies - another poor victim out partying late at night. If only she had gone home with her friends, rather than stay later with the killer. Boyer was a big fat loser. Booze and late nights have a propensity to not end well. And her Mother had a premonition. God bless them. May she RIP.

[@ericfreeman1303]

He only got 12 years, That's a shame the women are dead and gets 12 measly years. Sad

[@usmanrasheed196]

How come her body was not discovered by anyone for 18 months? And that 12 year sentence is nothing for the amount of work put into this case and considering he was roaming free killing other people in the meantime

[@Tristinfate]

The guy that did the photo comparison to the skull is really good looking but what is up with that helmet hair?

[@ykb946]

That porker got 12 years... that's some serious bulshit!

[@samanthagomez7074]

Ik but he in prison again for 30 yrs

[@barbstrong1782]

SO HE WILL BE OUT IN 6 YEARS...

[@flvxckohernandez2744]

Dude with the skateboard is a true playa🤣