Murder under the microscope : a personalhistory of homicide / Jim Fraser.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fraser, James Curtis, 1967- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forensic sciences--Great Britain.

Forensic sciences.

Homicide investigation--Great Britain.

Homicide investigation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (221 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

London : Atlantic Books, [2020]

Summary:

In this compelling and chilling memoir, a top forensic investigator lifts the lid on the most notable and notorious murder investigations of his forty-year career. How is murder investigated and what role does forensic science play in solving cases? In this gripping book Jim Fraser gives a unique insight into forensic science and examines in detail some of the UK's most high-profile murder investigations in recent decades, including the deaths of Rachel Nickell, Damilola Taylor and Gareth Williams the GCHQ code breaker. Drawing on his personal experience as a forensic scientist and cold case reviewer, Fraser reveals how each of these cases unfolded as a human, investigative and scientific puzzle, and how some were solved and why others remain unsolved or controversial even today -- Source other than Library of Congress.

Contents:

Introduction

Robert Black, the killer of childhood

The many roads to justice

The Chillenden murders

The trials of Michael Stone

The murder of Wendy Sewell

The murder of Damilola Taylor

Silent testimony

'Every contact leaves a trace'

The mystery sweatshirt

On Wimbledon Common

the murder of Rachel Nickell

Operations Edzell and Ecclestone

Lies, damned lies, and statistics

The cryptic death of Gareth Williams

If in doubt, think murder

Conclusion: the killer of Little Shepherds.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781786495969

1786495961