The brutal 1993 murder of Jeanie Childs haunted investigators for nearly 30 years. #shorts | Forensic Files

[Music] This was a violent, bloody crime scene. This is one of the bloodiest that I've
been to. Blood stains and blood spatter tell a story. And in this case, we could
establish that Genie Childs was hit in front of the bathroom door. She had been stabbed at least 65 times,
including after she had died. [Music] That drew my attention right away. And right next to it, I see the socked foot
of Jim Child. When you first saw these, you said because she's wearing socks, this these belong to the
That would be my feeling that most likely the perpetrators had if there's a fiction ridge on the feet, like the
fiction edge on their fingers, there's potential to identify the person's foot that may have been. That was very, very
significant. I knew that God was going to make sure that I was going to know what happened.
Did any of the blood belong to the victim child? Do you think it's possible that the person who stabbed them was
also Well, it could be. That's why we took the sample. Bless. [Music] I was out. I just found
I tested and got a profile from the nap and compared it to the unidentified profile on the comforter and tumble.
So they were consistent with each other. [Music]

Brief Summary

Forensic experts analyze the brutal murder of Genie Childs and evidence linking the crime scene to the perpetrator.

Key points

The Bloody Crime Scene. A gruesome crime scene reveals a shocking level of violence.
Significant Evidence Found. A socked foot raises questions about the perpetrators' identity.

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This was a violent, bloody crime scene.

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