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Accuracy of Psychic Visions: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAlsKNd7xBE&feature=player_embedded#t=474s
None of the cases investigated by the show were solved because of the show. Two cases were later closed by police work:
- Episode 107, "Mystery in the Desert", Season 1: the perpetrator of the crime, Gabriel Avila, was linked to Katie Sepich via DNA evidence, in December 2006.
- Episode 205, "Dupont Circle Mystery", Season 2: Chandra Levy's killer, Ingmar Guandique, was found guilty of the crime in 2010.
Managing editor of Skeptical Inquirer Magazine, Ben Radford writes that shows like Haunting Evidence prey on vulnerable and desperate families hoping to find evidence. Reality shows like this are not entertainment, yet are presented as such. "The only 'success' was in producing another television show lending credibility to psychics who have once again clearly and demonstrably failed to give useful information".
In a 2008 follow-up of his previous article, Radford states that he had hoped he would be able to report back that the Haunting Evidence team had successfully solved many crimes, but that was not the case. Of the nine cases featured, zero were solved by the team. The one case solved, Katie Sepich was solved "by science, not psychics". DNA was matched to the killer who later confessed, the police give no credit to Haunting Evidence. The Tara Baker family profiled on the first season shared with Radford that "feed on the emotions of people in real tragedies", and called Baron 'a real fruit loop'". Oliver claimed the police have the DNA evidence already. The team also presented a sketch of the murderer and stated that she knew her killer. Tara Baker's murder as of 2011 remains unsolved.
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