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6 Episodes 2012 - 2012
Episode 1
30 mins
Partners in Crime talks to Taiwan forensic pathologist and toxicologist Shaw Kai-Ping about a number of cases involving poison and other toxins. It looks at a case of people poisoned after drinking an a Man Niu energy drink. It also looks at the case of a young pregnant woman who died in a suspicious fire and a the death of a university student.
Episode 2
30 mins
Partners in Crime looks at the work of a renowned fingerprint expert Lin Tieh-Bi in Taiwan who has worked on some of the country's most high profile crimes. It looks at how fingerprint analysis was used to identify the person responsible for a bombing at McDonald's. It also looks at how prints were used to identify the murderer of a young teacher and a young college undergraduate.
Episode 3
30 mins
Partners in Crime goes to Indonesia to talk to top forensic pathologist Mun'im Idris whose decades of experience help him to solve even the most baffling crimes. It looks at how forensic science was used to solve a case involving a serial killer in Jakarta who was targeting children. It also looks at the decapitation of a woman and a decaying body of a Taiwanese woman wrapped in plastic.
Episode 4
30 mins
Partners in Crime looks at how forensic audio experts can help detect clues on phone calls and other recordings to help solve crimes. It talks to expert Zhang Cuiling about several cases including a hoax bomb threat called into a dance hall in the middle of Shenyang, China. It also looks at how audio was used to investigate a bank robbery and a case of phone harassment that led to a suicide.
Episode 5
30 mins
Partners in Crime goes to the Philippines where a pioneering forensic DNA analyst helps to solve cases and gets DNA accepted in courts as evidence for the first time. it talks to Maria Corazon De Ungria who discusses using forensic DNA analysis to break cases including the rape and murder of a young woman in a house. It also looks at a case of a man who was released from prison due to DNA forensics and a kidnapping that led to murder.
Episode 6
Wed, Apr 1, 202630 mins
Partners in Crime goes to Malaysia to talk to a forensic entomologist who studies how insects can be used to determine the time. place, and conditions of a victim's death. It talks to specialist Dr Nazni Wasi Ahmad who discusses how maggots collected at crime scenes helped to create a time-line of the crime.