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Casefiles

The aim of the FSS is "to provide forensic science information and expertise to support the investigation and detection of crimes and the prosecution of offenders…"

These casefiles illustrate many aspects of the FSS's work and the services it can offer as an integral part of the criminal justice system.

Craig Harman
World's first prosecution using familial searching technique

Antoni Imiela
Hunt for M25 rapist in biggest linked police inquiry for 20 years

Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman
School caretaker convicted after 14 months of forensic work

Jenna Baldwin
Grave gives clues in stepdaughter murder

Hyo Jung Jin and In Hea Song
The body in a suitcase mystery solved

Operation Phoenix
Catching up with sex offenders

Kevin Jackson
Combined expertise helps jail carjacking gang

Geraldine Palk
Murderer jailed by last drop of evidence

Jeremy Bamber
Family killer loses appeal on DNA grounds

Michael Reaney
Forensic work links a murder with aggravated burglaries

Mabel Leyshon
The hunt for a vampire

Leanne Tiernan
Compelling forensic evidence to hunt a killer

Marion Crofts
‘Time capsule’ of forensic evidence helps to trap a killer

Giuseppina Martorana
The robbers willing to kill for Rolex watches

Linda Anders
The ‘tidy’ burglar

Sarah Payne
Fibres evidence convicts a child killer

Roy Tutill
A drink-driving offence that led to a murder

Philip Smith
Scientists help catch triple murderer in ‘web’ of evidence

Mary Gregson
Forensics catch up with killer 20 years on

The Romanovs
The mystery of the Russian family solved

Kaspar Hauser
The lost prince?

Colin Pitchfork
First murder conviction on DNA evidence also clears the prime suspect