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Series 3: 1. Body in the Woods and Supermarket Killers
When a dismembered body is discovered, police turn to a facial reconstruction expert to help identify the victim. And when a man is murdered in Northern Ireland, a cell site expert uses his tracking skills to help catch the killers.
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Series 4: 15. Buried Secrets
A woman’s body is found in a remote location in South Lanarkshire in 2005 by a dog walker. She is identified as Emma Caldwell, a 27-year-old sex worker, who has been missi ...
21-11-2024
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Expert Witness
Series 4: 14. Blood On His Hands
When a disabled woman is found brutally murdered in her home, her neighbour is the prime suspect. Rhona Heywood was found dead next to her unconscious neighbour in 2008 after sp ...
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Expert Witness
Series 4: 13. Unearthing The Truth
In 1984 in Hull, the body of schoolboy Christopher Laverack is found floating in a canal after being reported missing. He was sexually assaulted, beaten to death and wrapped in ...
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Expert Witness
Series 4: 12. The Rachel Nickell Murder: Justice At Last
On 15 July 1992, while walking with her two-year-old son on Wimbledon Common, Rachel Nickell was brutally murdered, with the little boy left clinging to her body. The police lau ...
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Expert Witness
Series 4: 11. Blood On The Carpet
In 1976, Renee MacRae and her infant son Andrew are reported missing. The car they were travelling in is found on fire in a lay-by near Inverness. Neither will ever be seen agai ...
13-11-2024
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Expert Witness
Series 4: 10. The Shooting Of Olivia Pratt-korbel
We uncover how even when a professional hitman attempted to hide his identity from CCTV cameras, a forensic analyst used their expertise to help police build a case against a ch ...
12-11-2024
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Expert Witness
Series 4: 9. Lured To The Woods
We explore a case that encompassed the biggest fingertip search in British history and required the help of a digital forensics expert to apprehend the suspect. But it would tak ...
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BBC 1
Expert Witness
Series 4: 8. Beneath The Ashes
When fire crews attended a blaze at a hostel in West Sussex, they quickly discovered a burned body on a bedroom floor. It belonged to 37-year-old mother of five Melanie Grey and ...
07-11-2024
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Expert Witness
Series 4: 7. The Boy In The Woods - The Murder Of Rikki Neave
In 1994, six-year-old Rikki Neave was found dead in woodland near the Peterborough estate where he lived. He’d been strangled and left naked in the open. Police enlisted t ...
06-11-2024
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Expert Witness
Series 4: 6. Murderers, Messages And The Breakfast Killer
In this episode, we take a look at how phone data can unlock a case and provide a solid link between the suspects and a horrific murder. \n\nIn early 2023, emergency call handle ...
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Series 3: 2. A Watery Grave And The Dangerous Date
When the body of a farmer is found in a lake, a bioarchaeologist helps police reveal how he got there. Meanwhile, when a man is accused of intentionally spreading the HIV virus, ...
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Expert Witness
Series 2: 5. Body In The Woods And Murder At The Post Office
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Expert Witness
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Expert Witness
Series 2: 8. Late Night Murder And Exhuming Evidence
When a young nurse disappears, a soil analyst helps find her body and solve the crime. A digital imaging expert proves that what was thought to be an accidental death was murder.
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Expert Witness
Series 2: 11. Sole Of A Killer And Stolen Treasure
Police turn to a footprint analyst and a pollen expert to help solve a murder in Manchester, and a soil expert unearths the evidence needed to arrest a gang of treasure thieves.
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BBC 1