Forensic Investigators : Series 1-2 (DVD, 2006) Region 4

Disc 5

AMANDA CARTER

When Amanda Carter went out to celebrate her 22nd birthday in July 1980 at a pub in Hobart, she failed to come home. A determined group of detectives and forensic scientists believed they knew who had most probably killed Amanda that night, but they needed to find her body.

That happened six weeks later, but it would take another 13 years and a revolution in forensic science to prove their gut instinct right. Includes the videotaped interview of the police suspect when they finally catch up with him.

RUSSELL STREET

The killing of policewoman Angela Taylor was a tragic loss of one of Victoria's most promising officers. The young woman died when a car exploded outside the Russell Street Police Complex. Forensic experts spent days and nights collecting all of the debris to piece together what had been used to make the bomb. It was hoped something in the bomb or the car would point them towards the killer or killers... and it did.

SAMANTHA BODSWORTH

Samantha Bodsworth's body was found in a Noosa car park, an hours drive from her home town of Gympie.

The killer thought he'd committed the perfect murder but a little known area of forensic science would be his undoing. This episode includes the police videotaped interview with the suspect.

NAISMITH

Two Newcastle men disappear without a trace; leaving their families distraught and desperate for information When their abandoned cars are discovered in the same car park, the two cases are immediately connected.

In their hunt for clues police uncover a tangled web of lies in a case involving drugs, revenge and cold blooded murder. Included in this episode are the actual police taped interviews with witnesses and suspects.

Disc 6

JANET PHILLIPS

Fifteen-year-eld schoolgirl Janet Prillips went to a party in her small town of Wi %, an Brisbane's south side in July 1987 and never came ha me. As her parents reported her missing. the body of a girl was found a couple of ometres away it wes Janet. Police had a strong suspect but they were unable to prove he'd killed the teenager.

Ste Deart

10 years, two further knife attacks an

young women, and a tenacious detective with a long unforgiving memery, to prove liogd Clark Fletch

was the fin

VIOLET TOWN

An Easter family taliday ends in tragedy water a truck

collides with a car towing a caravan. hil ing a 12-year-old boy. The truck driver fails to stop, With to lisense plate nunter and little to go on, trie callision team painstakingh examined all the debris and damage to help them track down the driver of the hit and run truck. Forensics and a miracle from above took them from 160.000 tricks to just one. The episode includes the interview with the suspect

PETER ASTILL

A handless decapitated body discovered inside a wheelie bin, leads investigators to a town kilometres away from where it had wasted up on shore. Peter Astill, who had disappeared three months before, was a well liked bloke. so who would want to murder him and wh? la a true forensic igsaw purile, the missing clue fitted perfectly.

The episode includes an astounding interview with the

police suspect.

BLACK WIDOW

After a cararan park manager goes missing, rumours persist that Angelo Agostinell had run off with another woman. But as the investigation proceeds, police uncover an incredible tale of infidelity chugs and corspracy to murte.

Includes the police audio with witnesses and suspects.

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