Synopsis
A 50-year-old cold case murder is solved by DNA and the tenacity of an expert witness, and a murder investigation is solved by tracking unusual blue fibres around the world.
- Programme: Expert Witness
- Series: 1
- Episode: 15: 60s DNA and Fibres around the World
- Channel: BBC One
- Broadcast year: 2021
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