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FORENSICS: Making an international cold case breakthrough
Season 2 · Episode 42

FORENSICS: Making an international cold case breakthrough

Crime Insiders · LiSTNR

November 28, 202334m 54s

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Show Notes

In 1994, the lifeless body of a likely murdered man known only as 'The Gentleman' was discovered by German Police floating in the North Sea. For 28 years, the case baffled authorities, until a small team of forensic scientists and students in Perth, Australia, made a bombshell discovery no one saw coming. 

Brendan Chapman is the Director of Murdoch University’s Cold Case Review group and a senior lecturer in forensic science. In this discussion with Kathryn Fox, Brendan takes us inside the international, multi-jurisdictional cold case investigation of The Gentleman, and shares some exciting research labeled the 'Sexome' project that could change the way sex offenders are identified. 

This episode discusses sexual assault. Information and support for anyone affected by rape or sexual abuse issues is available in Australia at 1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732).

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