Forensic Files - Season 1 Episode 4 The Footpath Murders
The first case to use DNA evidence is detailed. In 1983 Leicester, England, police were stymied by a rape/murder of a 15-year-old girl; three years later, faced with a similar crime, they turned to Dr. Alec Jeffreys, a molecular biologist with a revolutionary approach to solving the case.
- Genre: Crime, Documentary
- Studio: TLC, truTV, Court TV
- Keyword: suspicion of murder, interview, medical examiner, whodunit, true crime, reenactment, coroner, criminal investigation, forensic science, law enforcement, evidence, forensic technology
- Cast: Peter Thomas