S3E10: A Grave Error and Souvenir of a Killer | Expert Witness

Duration: 28'55''

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When a teenager's body is located in a shallow grave, a soil specialist is called on to unearth evidence to convict the killer. And as a murder investigation on Merseyside stalls, a fibre expert is enlisted to revive the case.

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