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Beaten by a Hair

  • Episode aired Nov 26, 1998
  • TV-14
  • 22m
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Forensic Files (1996)
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Early one fall morning, Laura Houghteling left her Bethesda, Maryland home and walked to the train station on her way to work. She was never seen again. A peculiar strand of hair found in La... Read allEarly one fall morning, Laura Houghteling left her Bethesda, Maryland home and walked to the train station on her way to work. She was never seen again. A peculiar strand of hair found in Laura's hairbrush enabled investigators to unravel the mystery of her disappearance.Early one fall morning, Laura Houghteling left her Bethesda, Maryland home and walked to the train station on her way to work. She was never seen again. A peculiar strand of hair found in Laura's hairbrush enabled investigators to unravel the mystery of her disappearance.

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    • Peter Thomas
    • Ed Tarney
    • James Hennessy
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      • James Hennessy
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    Peter Thomas
    • Narrator
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    Ed Tarney
    • Self - Investigator
    • (as Det. Ed Tarney)
    James Hennessy
    • Self - Investigator
    • (as Lt. James Hennessy)
    Richard Fallin
    • Self - Investigator
    Joseph Niebauer
    • Self - Evidence Technician
    Susan Ballou
    • Self - Forensic Scientist
    Max Houck
    Max Houck
    • Self - FBI Examiner
    Cynthia Steele Vance
    Cynthia Steele Vance
    • Self - Fox 5 News Anchor
    • (archive footage)
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    Penny Houghteling
    • Self - Laura's Mother
    • (archive footage)
    Warren Houghteling
    • Self - Laura's Brother
    • (archive footage)
    Hadden Clark
    Hadden Clark
    • Self - Murderer
    • (archive footage)
    Andrew Sonner
    • Self - Former State's Attorney
    • (archive footage)
    • (as Andrew L. Sonner)
    Michele Lee Dorr
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Laura Houghteling
    • Self - Victim
    • (archive footage)
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