Forensic Files - Season 12_ Episode 5 - Quite a Spectacle - Full Episode

On June 19, 1989, Debbie Timlock called 911 from her Collingwood, Ontario apartment after a brutal attack, but died before police arrived [citation:4]. With the victim's ex-husband having a solid alibi, investigators turned to an unusual suspect—her neighbor James Brown, who had a criminal record and had made unwanted advances towards her [citation:4]. The case hinged on bizarre forensic evidence: a pair of blood-spattered eyeglasses and a squashed tomato outside her window with a shoe print [citation:4][citation:11]. Canada's only forensic optometrist used measurements from Brown's mug shots to confirm the glasses belonged to him, and the shoe print on the tomato matched his prison-issued shoes [citation:4]. In January 1992, Brown was convicted of first-degree murder and received a life sentence.