Famous Forensic Cases

From Gruesome Human remains found in a London basement to beheaded walruses on an Alaskan beach, forensic experts have examined evidence in hundreds of thousands of crimes. In Famous Forensic Cases readers look inside some of these investigations. An introduction to forensic science is followed by a look at the career of a scientist who made headlines in some of the most notorious cases of the twentieth century. Famous Forensic Cases then opens the files on a series of investigations, including those of a baby-snatching wild dog, a serial killer turned celebrity, and a "black widow" murderess. Along the way, readers explore a variety of old and new forensic tools and techniques, and they learn that forensic science can prove innocence as well as guilt. Book jacket.