Blue Hole Alabama: Cigarette DNA Traps Henderson Williams | The New Detectives | S6 E12

A body in Alabama's Blue Hole, a nude victim in a Fort Worth flood, and a Wisconsin ditch crash: forensic science exposes three murders hidden by water. In Grand Bay, Alabama (May 21, 1994), teens spot an elderly woman in the Blue Hole pond. The victim, identified as 85-year-old Irma Williams, bears post-mortem hand removal and a tire jack chained to her waist. Investigators trace blood from her Moss Point kitchen to Henderson Williams' car, and a cigarette butt with a distinctive flattened filter yields DNA tying him to the pond. Tire tread casts and NCIC missing person checks help connect the dots. With the forensic trail complete, Henderson Williams is convicted and sentenced to life in prison. In Fort Worth, Texas (May 3, 1987), a flash flood story unravels. Janice Walters is found nude a mile and a half downstream, her necklace still clasped, with no frothy fluid in her airways and curvilinear abrasions on the neck. Chief medical examiner Dr. Nizam Pirwani concludes manual strangulation. Maps show boyfriend Domingo Turo was heading toward a dead-end dump site, and family recount threats before Janice left him. Turo is convicted of Janice Walters' murder and sentenced to 45 years. In Berlin, Wisconsin (August 22, 1990), a ditch crash looks accidental until details surface: a steering-induced skid with no braking, a seat belt buckled over the steering wheel, and fingernail-like scratches on Darlene Egan's face. Forensic pathologist Dr. Robert Huntington rules drowning by force. A hair embedded in the muddy bumper matches ex-husband Dan Egan, supporting a struggle as Darlene fought back during a custody dispute. Dan Egan is convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life. From DNA on a cigarette to autopsy findings and tire impressions, The New Detectives reveals how modern forensics brings truth to the surface when killers try to hide crimes in water. #TheNewDetectives #TrueCrime #ForensicScience #ForensicDNA #BlueHole #ManualStrangulation #StagedAccident