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FORENSICS: What to do if you find a body
Season 2 · Episode 32

FORENSICS: What to do if you find a body

Crime Insiders · LiSTNR

October 24, 202334m 5sExplicit

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Show Notes

It's a horror scenario, but more common that you think. If you find remains, what should you do? Situations like this lead to convictions all the time, but if the improper process is followed, evidence can be contaminated and a conviction potentially lost. 

Professor Samantha Rowbotham is a forensic anthropologist at VIFM. She sees bones and human remains on a daily basis, and has an intimate understanding of what they tell us and how they can help solve crimes. 

Understand it all with host Kathryn Fox, as Sam talks specific cases and the broad world of bones and the deceased. 

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