Forensics: Catching the Killer

Dec 1, 2021

Police have only a skeleton to help them piece together what happened to a body found 10 years after a murder.

Dec 8, 2021

When his parents are found dead, a man does everything he can to avoid being caught - but Luminol reveals a vital clue.

Dec 15, 2021

Bite marks in a block of cheese hold the key to catching a killer when he helps himself to a snack after a home invasion.

Dec 22, 2021

A man insists his missing parents are on holiday, but a forensic investigation of their house shows signs of a vicious attack.

Dec 29, 2021

When the body of a 16-year-old girl is found in a field, it would take over two decades before a DNA profile of the killer can be developed.

Jan 5, 2022

Thirty years after three gruesome murders, familial DNA and the exhumation of a body finally closes the case.

Jan 12, 2022

Experts analyse sand found in a car when a man goes missing, which leads them to a body and a twisted murder case.

Jan 19, 2022

Experts analyse the bodies of two women found in a freezer. Their untimely deaths would be linked to one vicious predator.

Dec 8, 2022

When 13-year-old Lucy is reported missing by her mother, police and forensic investigators begin the painstaking search for the truth.

Dec 15, 2022

The case of Tia Sharp, a 12-year-old girl reported missing in London, leading to a major search which took the police close to home.

Dec 22, 2022

Years after the crime, see how forensics helped solve the murder of Becky Godden-Edwards, finding a killer who had sadly murdered again.

Dec 29, 2022

A woman dies in an apparently accidental house fire, but one police officer spots signs that something more sinister is at play.

Jan 5, 2023

The investigation of a murder of her mother in her home in 1994, as police used forensic clues to find an appalling killer.

Jan 12, 2023

See how investigators uncovered the perpetrator behind the 1994 murder of a grandmother at a bathroom of a bus station in Bury.

Jan 19, 2023

After a grandmother is strangled to death at an allotment shed, police use the scene's forensics clues to solve a chilling case.

Jan 26, 2023

The case of Suzanne Greenhill, a deaf woman murdered in her own home, whose murder took forensic investigators on a trail through Europe.

Feb 2, 2023

When body parts wash up on a beach in Arbroath, forensic investigators must unravel the disturbing truth behind a woman's death.

Feb 9, 2023

When a body is found in a flat, a trial of forensic evidence allows detectives to distinguish between friend and foe.

Feb 16, 2023

The tragic case of 22-year-old Helen McCourt, who got off a bus one night in her hometown but never arrived at her nearby home.

Feb 23, 2023

A women's killer remains at large for more than 30 years, until forensic investigators track him down with a tiny clue at the scene.

Dec 4, 2023

The 2002 murders of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman horrified and shook the nation. Explore how forensic science helped find their killer.

Dec 11, 2023

In 2022, 35-year-old Zara Aleena was beaten to death just ten minutes from her London home, but the only evidence left by her brutal killer was one bloody fingerprint at the crime scene.

Dec 18, 2023

In 1975, 11-year-old schoolgirl Lesley Molseed went to the shops and never returned to her family home in West Yorkshire. The ensuing police investigation led to a tragic miscarriage of justice before DNA evidence identified the true killer.

Jan 8, 2024

Larger-than-life David Morley survived a terrorist bombing in London, only to be beaten to death five years later during a night out in the city.

Jan 15, 2024

Mum Karen Doubleday was found murdered in the woods in 2002. The clue to finding her killer lay in pollen spores from the Ice Age.

Jan 22, 2024

Teenager Naomi Smith went to post a letter for her mother in 1995 and never came back home, but a bite mark left on her body gave police crucial evidence to help reveal her killer.

Jan 29, 2024

After mum Michelle Gunshon disappeared, police found CCTV footage showing her with a mystery man. They managed to track him down, but where was she?

Feb 5, 2024

When mum of three Eileen Jawczak was murdered, clues were minimal. Could police link her death to the Rochdale Ripper?

Feb 12, 2024

Two bodies are found just months apart in Leicestershire, but when the case goes cold, one woman's bravery could be key.

Oct 14, 2024

In 1989, two bodies were found in Pembrokeshire - and the answers to their demise lay in the forensics, as a shocking truth was revealed.

Oct 21, 2024

When the body of eight-year-old Sarah Payne was found in 2000, police utilised the help of forensic scientists to catch her killer.

Oct 28, 2024

Carol Park's body was pulled from a lake more than 20 years after she vanished - and the key to solving the case lay in unique forensics.

Nov 4, 2024

The murder of 15 year-old Paige Doherty sends shock waves through Clydebank - and the key to finding her killer lies in the local Deli.

Nov 11, 2024

Lynette White's murder led to one of Britain's most infamous miscarriages of justice and an exhaustive forensic investigation.

Nov 18, 2024

In 2000, the bodies of three women were found in Birmingham. Could police hunt down the dangerous killer?

Nov 25, 2024

In 1986, 16-year-old Elaine Doyle was murdered just metres from her home - but catching her killer was no easy task.

Dec 2, 2024

When Teresa De Simone's body was discovered, one man would soon be found guilty - but would forensic science prove his innocence?

Oct 8, 2025

In 1994, six-year-old Rikki Neave vanished walking to school. Found dead, his case remained cold until forensic advances revealed his killer decades later.

Nov 5, 2025

In September 2003, 17-year-old Shafilea vanishes. Months later, her body is found in Cumbria, turning a missing person case into a shocking murder inquiry.

Nov 12, 2025

Five-year-old April disappeared close to her home. She had been playing outside when she was seen getting into a vehicle and, within moments, was gone.

Nov 19, 2025

The 2019 murder of Raymond Cullen sparked an investigation, where forensic and digital evidence exposed a shocking, calculated plot behind his death.

Nov 26, 2025

When Carly Bateman is found dead in an alley, the police uncover the truth, bringing her killer to justice and peace to a grieving town.

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