Reckless Abandon | TRIPLE EPISODE | The FBI Files

Without Mercy: At 9:30 am on the morning of January 30, 1997, Richmond, VA police respond to a report of shots fired at a local bank. Two masked men brandishing automatic weapons confront, and open fire on officers responding to the call. The gunmen exit the bank, and retreat on foot, eventually eluding the officers. The FBI soon responds, only to find one bank teller dead, another wounded, and the bank’s security guard shot four times, yet still alive. Forensics teams and investigators collect evidence in and around the bank, as well as attempt to piece together the crime from surveillance videos, as customers inside the bank were unable to provide information. Once the gunmen had been identified, authorities, aided by SWAT, must apprehend the criminals before they struck again. Dead Run: A man is found suffocated in his Pennsylvania home, his checkbook, credit cards and vehicle appear to have been stolen. Fingerprints from the victim identify a recent escapee from a minimum-security prison, as well as his girlfriend. Investigators flag the dead man’s credit cards, and are alerted when one is used in North Dakota. The FBI is called in and joins another task force already assembled because of a suspected kidnapping. Authorities track the stolen card users to several locations in western states, and eventually dangerously close to the Mexican border. A chase to stop the felons from getting across the border ensues, ending with the two killers in custody. Brutal Abduction: In Wisconsin, a varsity athlete is blindfolded, gagged, and shoved into a van by four gunmen. The kidnappers contact the victim’s family and demand $30,000, but offer no instructions on how to transfer the money. The victim’s family contacts the police. The boy’s captors tell his family they have shot him, and will kill him if they do not receive their money. At an agreed upon drop site, FBI agents approach the captor’s vehicle, only to watch them flee and quickly be followed by authorities. The gang dumps the boy’s body in a used car lot just before they are arrested. Unfortunately for the victim who did not survive the ordeal, he had been targeted by mistake by a group who owed drug debts, and thought the athlete was involved in the same illegal activities. The FBI Files is an American docudrama that takes a look behind the scenes of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's crime laboratory. Real FBI cases are recounted through reenactments and interviews, due to the sensitive nature of the show, viewer discretion is advised. #TheFBIFiles #TrueCrime #the90s