Forensic Files

Season 4, Episode 5

Episode Title: Innocence Lost

Air Date: 1999-07-15

Overview:

Sometime during a neighborhood Christmas party, five-year-old Melissa Brannen disappeared. No one saw where she went or noticed anything unusual. Investigators turned to forensic science to help them see what the witnesses missed. The young girl was never seen again but fiber analysis led police to a suspect nonetheless.