Specialist forensic teams and detectives collate evidence discovered at murder scenes to catch Britain's killers. Exploring the moment a body is discovered, the evidence gathered, and the decisions made in these early stages.
Officers from the Metropolitan Police uncover a shallow grave in the back garden of a missing woman, leading detectives on an international manhunt.
Seventeen-year-old Jodie Chesney was stabbed in the back while hanging out with friends in the local park. An obscure clip of CCTV helped to catch her killers.
A north Wales community is gripped by fear after the ritualistic murder of an elderly woman. Police are convinced the killer is a local. As forensic evidence mounts, the net closes in on an unlikel...
A loving mother is brutally attacked in the street during the evening rush hour. The police's prime suspect has a watertight alibi, so it's up to the forensics to uncover the truth.
After church organist Alan Greaves dies following a suspected hit and run, forensic experts find a clue on his body that unlocks the truth of the case.
After a gruesome discovery in a London canal, forensic experts uncover hidden clues within twisted artwork to expose a serial killer.
A family confront suspected moped thieves with fatal consequences. The close-knit east London community demand justice, helping forensic specialists uncover evidence to unmask the knifeman.
After a talented young skateboarder is shot dead in front of his family in Liverpool, forensic experts recover a deleted social media message exposing two killers bent on petty revenge.
Police receive a call that 21-year-old student Libby Squire is missing. Humberside Police launch one of their biggest-ever missing persons searches. Then a body is found in an estuary.
Police in Cornwall uncover a house of horrors: three bodies wrapped in bedsheets, hidden under a woodshed. The police uncover a web of lies, and zero in on their prime suspect...
After the shocking discovery of a man wrapped in a shower curtain and buried in a deep makeshift grave in the back garden of a Surrey home, forensic experts expose a dark secret.
A woman is found dead in a playground. When DNA links the murder to a series of sexual assaults in the area, forensic analysis of a water bottle identifies a dangerous predator.