简介：Sherlockhashismindpalace,Morsehismusic-everydetectivehasanedge.Formost,it'sforensicscience.Thisthree-partseriesprovidesarareandfascinatinginsightintothesecrethistoryofcatchingmurderers,chartingtwocenturiesofthebreakthroughsthathavechangedthecourseofjustice.SurgeonandwriterGabrielWestonexploresthisrichhistorythroughsomeofthemostabsorbing,andoftengruesome,storiesintheforensiccasebook-andlooksaheadtohowforensicswillcontinuetosolvethemurdersofthefuture. Thefirstepisodelooksatthedifficultyofidentifyingthebodyinamurdercase.Thequestionofidentityisacrucialstarttotheinvestigation.Fromcharredbonestobodiescompletelydissolvedinacid,witheachhorrificnewcasesciencehashadtoadapttoidentifyboththevictimandthemurderer.Investigatingfourbreakthroughcases,Gabrielrevealsthescientificinnovationsthattippedthescalesofjusticeinfavourofthedetective-andcaughtthekillers. Firstly,Gabrielinvestigatestheuseofteethandbitemarkstoidentifyavictimormurderer,startingwithaproblematiccaseatHarvardMedicalSchoolin1849.Next,shetracestheuseofentomology(thestudyofinsects)topinpointthetimeofdeath-acrucialpieceofevidencethathelpedidentifyboththekillerandhisvictimswhenagruesomecollectionofunidentifiablebodypartswasdiscoveredinariverinMoffatin1935. GabrielmeetsProfessorSirAlecJeffreys,thegeneticistwhopioneeredthetechniqueofDNAprofiling.Initiallyusedtoestablishpaternityinanimmigrationdispute,theapplicationofthisrevolutionarydiscoverytothefieldofcriminalinvestigationwassoonestablished.In1986itledtoaworldfirst-apersoncaughtandconvictedsolelyonthebasisofDNAevidence. Takingusrighttothecuttingedgeofforensics,Gabrielthenexperimentswithanewtechniqueindevelopment-molecularfacefitting,whichusesonlyaperson'sDNAtocreateanimageoftheirface.…