Forensic Files

4x12 With Every Breath

Air Date: 1999-12-22

Runtime: 23 minutes

Overview: Young Navajos on a reservation in the Southwest were dying at an alarming rate. CDC officials had never seen anything like it; the mysterious illness had claimed the lives of more than 20 people. The tribe's medicine men provided investigators with a critical clue which would lead halfway around the world to a most unlikely killer.