Dr Jamie Pringle j.k.pringle@keele.ac.uk
Dr Jamie Pringle j.k.pringle@keele.ac.uk
Alastair Ruffell
Kristopher D Wisniewski
Ben Davenward
Vivienne Heaton v.g.heaton@keele.ac.uk
Luke Hobson l.hobson@keele.ac.uk
The cold case search for clandestine graves can be challenging due to the length of time elapsed since the crime and the search environment changing itself. This paper reports on a cold case search for “Christine”, a young girl who was reported missing in the mid-1970s in the East Midlands, UK. Once a search sub-area was determined by case reports and new intelligence in rural woodland, a police ground search proved unsuccessful. A multi-phased geoforensic search investigation, using remote sensing and UAV drones, metal detector, EM and dGPS surveys, was subsequently undertaken, with collected data processed and analysed. Results showed 36 discrete dGPS-surveyed metal detector and 3 EM priority targets to be identified which were all intrusively investigated but nothing case-relevant was found. Study implications suggest careful multi-phase remote and geoforensic investigations can give confidence in cold case no-body searches, saving police operational time and costs in such cold case investigations.
Pringle, J. K., Ruffell, A., Wisniewski, K. D., Davenward, B., Heaton, V., & Hobson, L. (in press). Historic child homicide burial search in rural woodland. Forensic Science International, 100324. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsir.2023.100324
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Jun 13, 2023 |
Online Publication Date | Jun 17, 2023 |
Deposit Date | Jul 4, 2023 |
Journal | Forensic Science International: Reports |
Print ISSN | 0379-0738 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Pages | 100324 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsir.2023.100324 |
Public URL | https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/504806 |
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