Forensic Firsts (2012)

S1E4 Insect Evidence

At first, two chilling murder cases from different eras seem unrelated: a California family brutally slain in 2003 and the discovery of dismembered bodies in Scotland in 1935. However, a deeper look reveals a common thread: insects. Explore these significant cases where forensic entomology played a crucial role in bringing a murderer to justice. In Edinburgh, detectives rely on maggots to pinpoint the victim's time of death, while in Bakersfield, the evidence against a suspect hinges on red-shanked grasshoppers found lodged in his car's radiator grill.