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Forensics: Catching the Killer

  • 2021 – 2025
  • Returning Series
  • Crime · Documentary
  • ~44m / ep
  • 5 seasons
  • 7.0/10

Explores horrific murder cases through the various twists and turns and unpacks in detail how the forensic work helped catch a killer. Telling these true crime stories are those closest to the case – from the forensic officers and experts, police officers, journalists, and family and friends.

Latest: Season 5 · 2025

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  1. E1. The Boy In The Woods

    Oct 8, 2025 · 44m

    In 1994, six-year-old Rikki Neave vanished walking to school. Found dead, his case remained cold until forensic advances revealed his killer decades later.

  2. E2. A Daughter Dishonoured

    Nov 5, 2025 · 44m

    In September 2003, 17-year-old Shafilea vanishes. Months later, her body is found in Cumbria, turning a missing person case into a shocking murder inquiry.

  3. E3. The Murder of April Jones

    Nov 12, 2025 · 44m

    Five-year-old April disappeared close to her home. She had been playing outside when she was seen getting into a vehicle and, within moments, was gone.

  4. E4. A Fatal Vendetta

    Nov 19, 2025 · 44m

    The 2019 murder of Raymond Cullen sparked an investigation, where forensic and digital evidence exposed a shocking, calculated plot behind his death.

  5. E5. The Body in the Alley

    Nov 26, 2025 · 44m

    When Carly Bateman is found dead in an alley, the police uncover the truth, bringing her killer to justice and peace to a grieving town.

  6. E6. Episode 6

    Dec 3, 2025

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