:00:00. > :00:09.We're on the road once again with police, as they bring
:00:10. > :00:17.The cruel attacks that left two cats fighting for their lives.
:00:18. > :00:20.He was wobbly on his feet, he kept coughing and sneezing blood.
:00:21. > :00:23.There was obviously something very wrong with him.
:00:24. > :00:26.And this may look like an ordinary terraced street, but behind those
:00:27. > :00:28.doors are the secrets to solving crimes.
:00:29. > :00:56.Hello and welcome to Crimewatch Roadshow.
:00:57. > :01:09.As always, we need your help to solve the crimes.
:01:10. > :01:11.The unsolved murder of an unknown man.
:01:12. > :01:18.46 years after his discovery, we reveal the victim's likely name.
:01:19. > :01:23.Every effort was put into identifying the body. It was a
:01:24. > :01:24.mystery at the time and a baffling case.
:01:25. > :01:26.Today we're at the University of Central Lancashire in Preston.
:01:27. > :01:29.Michelle, what's going on down there?
:01:30. > :01:32.Rav, I'm here with members of the university's forensic science
:01:33. > :01:35.department, who are hard at work behind me.
:01:36. > :01:37.They're partnering up with the police to train the crime
:01:38. > :01:44.And this might look like an ordinary street of ordinary houses.
:01:45. > :01:56.First today, cat owners in Lancashire have been
:01:57. > :01:59.left too scared to let their pets out of the house, after two
:02:00. > :02:08.animals were found with serious injuries in April.
:02:09. > :02:18.Beautiful, agile and fiercely independent, felines are the free
:02:19. > :02:22.spirits of the pet world. Cat owners in a small area of Lancashire have
:02:23. > :02:26.been left too scared to let their pets out of the house after two
:02:27. > :02:31.horrific attacks within just a few days. People in the area are
:02:32. > :02:45.worried. Someone who would do that is beyond my comprehension. Lifelong
:02:46. > :02:51.cat lover Andy Richards runs a cat rescue charity in Accrington. I
:02:52. > :02:56.started Friends Of The Cats six years ago and we concentrate on
:02:57. > :03:00.stray and feral cats, the ones nobody else has any interest in,
:03:01. > :03:07.take them off the street, get them treatment they need and get them
:03:08. > :03:12.home to. In the past two years, Andy has rescued over 300 cats. There are
:03:13. > :03:19.many strays on the streets and a lot of them get into difficulty. In
:03:20. > :03:25.April, he was shocked to discover a stray ginger Tom with a serious
:03:26. > :03:30.injury and, worst of all, it had been caused deliberately. He was
:03:31. > :03:34.wobbly on his feet, he kept coughing and sneezing blood. He had laboured
:03:35. > :03:39.breathing. There was obviously something very wrong with him. The
:03:40. > :03:45.straight Rufus needed urgent treatment and Andy took him to his
:03:46. > :03:50.local vet. As part of the investigations, we did an x-ray of
:03:51. > :03:58.Rufus' egg which showed an airgun pellet lodged in his sinuses. --
:03:59. > :04:03.head. I was stunned beyond words to hear he had been shot. What harm is
:04:04. > :04:08.a stray cats doing to someone? It is beyond belief someone would do that.
:04:09. > :04:14.The vet carried out a difficult operation to remove the pellet. The
:04:15. > :04:22.pellet had been in his head sometime. When we retrieved it, it
:04:23. > :04:27.was rusty. He had had a long-standing nasal infection.
:04:28. > :04:34.Shockingly, it turned out Rufus was not the first cat in the area to be
:04:35. > :04:40.shot by an air rifle. Jasper, a black cat, came home with serious
:04:41. > :04:49.injuries ten days earlier. He also had been shot. The case was reported
:04:50. > :04:55.to the RSPCA officer Kat Newman. He came in one day and collapsed, in
:04:56. > :05:03.front of his owners. They rushed him to a vet. On further examination, it
:05:04. > :05:10.was discovered he was shocked with six airgun type pellets. For Jasper,
:05:11. > :05:20.the injuries inflicted on him took a serious toll. His condition was
:05:21. > :05:25.critical. It seems Jasper has not used up all of his nine lives just
:05:26. > :05:31.yet. Although he is down to three legs. Thankfully he is home again
:05:32. > :05:36.and doing well. After a rocky spell for Rufus, he pulled through and
:05:37. > :05:42.since has been put with a new family. I am delighted for him. He
:05:43. > :05:51.has had a horrible experience. To get him into a new home, this is
:05:52. > :05:55.what it is all about. Worryingly, for Accrington cat owners, those
:05:56. > :06:00.responsible have still not been caught. It is vital we catch the
:06:01. > :06:05.person and stop them from doing this again. They need to be brought to
:06:06. > :06:18.book. I would like to see justice for Rufus and Jasper. Just how
:06:19. > :06:22.serious were these attacks? The RSPCA takes the attacks seriously
:06:23. > :06:26.with both shot at point-blank range and we do not believe it was an
:06:27. > :06:31.accident. It is an offence and anybody found guilty would face up
:06:32. > :06:36.to six months in prison or a ?20,000 fine. Both cats were found within a
:06:37. > :06:42.three mile distance ten days apart and were both shocked with 0.2 to
:06:43. > :06:49.air rifle pellets. These are the pellets that were removed from
:06:50. > :06:55.Jasper. How common are attacks like this on animals? The RSPCA receives
:06:56. > :07:01.around 1000 calls a year relating to air weapon attacks. We are calling
:07:02. > :07:07.for tighter controls on air weapons and better education surrounding
:07:08. > :07:11.laws governing their use. How are Rufus and Jasper doing? I'm pleased
:07:12. > :07:16.to say they are doing well and Jasper has been returned to his
:07:17. > :07:17.family and Rufus has found a new loving home and is making a
:07:18. > :07:19.recovery. Back to you. Next, it's time for a round-up
:07:20. > :07:34.of criminals caught on CCTV. It is a busy evening and someone is
:07:35. > :07:39.about to get up to no good. Keep your eyes on the person in the top
:07:40. > :07:45.half of the screen and watch what he does when he is approached. The man
:07:46. > :07:50.in the green shirt believes the guy in the cab is dealing drugs and --
:07:51. > :07:56.in the cap is dealing drugs and tells him to stop. He goes into the
:07:57. > :08:00.grocer and eventually comes outside taking a glass bottle as he leaves.
:08:01. > :08:05.The discussion continues but the man in the green shirt is not prepared
:08:06. > :08:12.for what happens next. The guy in a cap looks around before slamming the
:08:13. > :08:15.bottle over his head and walking off, leaving the victim bleeding
:08:16. > :08:19.heavily. He needed stitches, but thankfully has made a full recovery.
:08:20. > :08:21.Police need to know who this dangerous man is. If you recognise
:08:22. > :08:32.him, call now. This woman has just arrived home.
:08:33. > :08:38.She is not alone. She is being followed by a stranger. What you do
:08:39. > :08:43.not see is what happens next, when the door was closed. Police say he
:08:44. > :08:48.threatened her with a knife and demanded her jewellery. He makes a
:08:49. > :08:58.swift exit with her wedding and engagement rings, worth ?100,000. Be
:08:59. > :09:05.a diamond, tell us who he is. What you are about to see is utterly
:09:06. > :09:10.shocking. August last year, this fella is leisurely walking his dogs.
:09:11. > :09:15.He stops outside a cafe to wait to speak to a friend, but he has no
:09:16. > :09:20.idea what will happen next. He is minding his own business when
:09:21. > :09:25.suddenly, this gang to launch a vicious assault, punching him to the
:09:26. > :09:29.ground. In images too disturbing to show, a man uses a hammer, while
:09:30. > :09:35.another smashes a glass bottle over him. The victim suffered life
:09:36. > :09:40.changing injuries that still affect him today, a year after the attack.
:09:41. > :09:45.Detectives say it was a completely unprovoked attack and although these
:09:46. > :09:50.images are not clear, police reckon someone will know who they are.
:09:51. > :09:52.If you know the name of anyone you've just seen,
:09:53. > :09:59.But if lines are busy text us on 63399.
:10:00. > :10:02.Text CW, space and then your message.
:10:03. > :10:04.Texts will be charged at your standard message rate.
:10:05. > :10:18.I'm here at the University of Central Lancashire in Preston
:10:19. > :10:23.From the outside these houses do not look unusual. On the inside, it is a
:10:24. > :10:27.different story. Dr Catherine Tennick,
:10:28. > :10:29.one of the lecturers here at the forensic science
:10:30. > :10:39.department. Talk me through the exercise. We
:10:40. > :10:45.have a domestic burglary scene and it is typical of a first year
:10:46. > :10:49.practical. We would like to have a look at recovering evidence as we
:10:50. > :10:55.would in a practical. Will you help me? What I am going to do is take
:10:56. > :11:02.this film and pop it down where we think there might be a footwear
:11:03. > :11:07.mark. I would like you to take this device and put half of it on the
:11:08. > :11:12.plate and half on the film. Wonderful. Now turn it on all the
:11:13. > :11:19.way round. What that is doing is creating static across the paper,
:11:20. > :11:26.which should lift any footwear mark left in dust from the page. We
:11:27. > :11:30.should get the footwear mark in dust on the paper underneath. Amazing,
:11:31. > :11:37.especially if you cannot see the prints. This will make it clear. We
:11:38. > :11:42.also have scenes upstairs. We start on domestic burglary but they can go
:11:43. > :11:47.on to do a post office scene, pub scene, and we have a serial killer
:11:48. > :11:53.room upstairs. I am not sure about that! We can do all sorts here. If
:11:54. > :12:00.you would like to turn that off, what we will do is, hopefully, have
:12:01. > :12:04.a print. We will leave it a minute for the static to disappear. We do
:12:05. > :12:09.not want to give you a shock. Lift that off. I will turn on the porch
:12:10. > :12:18.and we will see if we have anything on here. It is really clear, that is
:12:19. > :12:23.fantastic. We should be able to see the pattern on the shoot. An
:12:24. > :12:28.incredibly good teaching tool. Students will also train in a
:12:29. > :12:36.brand-new facility. Rob Flanagan, tell me about this. What we are
:12:37. > :12:39.doing with Lancashire Police, we are bringing together operational
:12:40. > :12:43.forensics scientists with the University and we have created the
:12:44. > :12:48.Lancashire forensic science academy and we will have students working
:12:49. > :12:53.alongside operational forensic scientists and CSIs on real-life
:12:54. > :12:59.crime scenes and investigations. Also looking at how we advance
:13:00. > :13:00.research and technology. Real first-hand experience. Rav.
:13:01. > :13:03.Back in 2003, 14-year-old Charlene Downes from Blackpool vanished.
:13:04. > :13:05.Detectives believe she was a victim of child sexual exploitation
:13:06. > :13:11.Do you have the information which could finally help bring
:13:12. > :13:30.Not knowing, that is the hardest part, that will always haunt us. She
:13:31. > :13:36.has missed out on everything. All of her life ahead of her. Such a waste.
:13:37. > :13:48.It has left a big hole in everybody's hearts and minds.
:13:49. > :13:55.Charlene was ten when she moved with her family to Blackpool. She loved
:13:56. > :14:02.music, animals, and she loved her family. She just loved life, really.
:14:03. > :14:07.She was very cheeky. Very cheeky, indeed. A typical teenager. She got
:14:08. > :14:11.on well with her siblings but the closest to her was Rebecca, they
:14:12. > :14:25.were like twins, lovely together. She was my best friend. In November
:14:26. > :14:31.2003, Charlene disappeared. It was a Saturday. We had our pocket money
:14:32. > :14:36.and went for a bit of a gamble, as we used to call it. We had a laugh
:14:37. > :14:39.and giggle down in the arcades on the seafront. Just doing what
:14:40. > :14:53.teenagers do. I used to work for an Indian
:14:54. > :14:57.restaurant giving out leaflets. It was about 6. 45 that night, it was a
:14:58. > :15:04.dark, November miserable night, it was horrible. I saw Rebecca with
:15:05. > :15:11.Charlene coming up church Street. They both came over to me. Hi
:15:12. > :15:15.girls... How's it going... Rebecca said, I'm going home now, are you
:15:16. > :15:20.coming and Charlene said, no, I want to meet my friends. Buy bye...
:15:21. > :15:25.Charlene called her friends from a nearby phone box and waited with her
:15:26. > :15:28.mum until they arrived. Don't be too late...
:15:29. > :15:35.She said love you mum and I said love you too and she walked off in
:15:36. > :15:41.the direction of the gardens. And I've never seen her since. Never.
:15:42. > :15:46.Charlene spent around 20 minutes with that group before heading off
:15:47. > :15:50.on her own. It's not known exactly what Charlene did for the next hour,
:15:51. > :15:55.but she did meet up with another friend later that evening and at 9.
:15:56. > :16:03.30, the pair headed to the carousel bar on the North Pier.
:16:04. > :16:10.They didn't stay long and at around 10 o'clock, Charlene and her friend
:16:11. > :16:12.walked back into the town centre. An hour or so later, they said their
:16:13. > :16:20.goodbyes and parted company. This was the last confirmed sighting
:16:21. > :16:36.of Charlene before she disappeared. Although her body has never been
:16:37. > :16:42.found, police are convinced she was murdered. 14 years on, what happened
:16:43. > :16:55.to Charlene remains a mystery. There isn't a day that don't go by
:16:56. > :17:01.that we don't think about her, miss her. She's gone but never forgotten.
:17:02. > :17:06.Just come forward, it's never too late. Anything's better than
:17:07. > :17:10.nothing. We are just a family and we need answers. I urge you to come
:17:11. > :17:14.forward with any information, anything at all, no matter how
:17:15. > :17:17.small. Please give us some closure and some peace. And above all,
:17:18. > :17:27.please give Charlene some justice. And detectives here in Lancashire
:17:28. > :17:29.haven't stopped investigating Here to tell me more is Detective
:17:30. > :17:40.Superintendent Andrew Webster. Andrew, tell us about the
:17:41. > :17:43.developments? We are trying to trace her last movements. We have
:17:44. > :17:51.reexamined the CCTV and broadened the parameters in terms of time and
:17:52. > :18:01.location and identified her at 3. 25 am
:18:02. > :18:22.-- 3. 25 pm on Bank Hay Street. She was last seen off p Abingdon Street.
:18:23. > :18:24.We also know that Charlene was a victim of child sexual exploitation.
:18:25. > :18:28.How does this feed into the investigation? I think it's a
:18:29. > :18:33.significant factor. We have established that she was sexually
:18:34. > :18:37.exploited. What I'm keen to do is to speak to other people who may have
:18:38. > :18:41.been victims of sexual exploitation around that time and ask them to
:18:42. > :18:45.speak to us because they may hold information that allows us to take
:18:46. > :18:49.this case forward. There is a reward on offer for this case isn't there?
:18:50. > :18:53.There's ?100,000 reward payable on information which leads to the
:18:54. > :18:56.recovery of Charlene's body or the conviction of her killer and I would
:18:57. > :19:00.urge anybody with any bit of information which may relate to
:19:01. > :19:01.Charlene in 2003 to come forward and contact us. Andrew, thank you very
:19:02. > :19:06.much. Back to Rav. Remember, we're standing
:19:07. > :19:10.by for your calls and texts so please do get in touch
:19:11. > :19:12.if you can help. You can also speak to Crimestoppers
:19:13. > :19:15.anonymously on 0800 555 111. And it's worth knowing that
:19:16. > :19:17.victims of any crime can Nearly half a century
:19:18. > :19:26.after he was discovered, we reveal the likely identity
:19:27. > :19:30.of a murder victim found Somebody somewhere knows how he got
:19:31. > :19:36.to be in that position And a year after it was made
:19:37. > :19:42.illegal, we see the effects that spice is having
:19:43. > :19:46.on the streets of Britain. They can potentially be up
:19:47. > :19:48.to 700 times more potent than normal cannabis,
:19:49. > :19:52.and some of the effects of withdrawal can be worse in terms
:19:53. > :19:54.of their addictiveness Your jewellery can
:19:55. > :20:00.say a lot about you. So much in fact,
:20:01. > :20:02.that it could be used I'm joined by Maria Maclennan,
:20:03. > :20:06.who is studying for a PhD described as the world's
:20:07. > :20:23.first forensic jeweller. Good morning. What is forensic
:20:24. > :20:28.jewellery? Jewellery has the potential to tell us a lot about the
:20:29. > :20:33.person to who it previously belonged. It can supplement our
:20:34. > :20:38.primary methods of finger bring, DNA and dental records. OK. It can prove
:20:39. > :20:41.crucial in investigations, we can see some evidence of one of those
:20:42. > :20:46.now. What is this and the significance? This is an example of
:20:47. > :20:52.a serial number on a wrist watch. A lot of higher end or expensive items
:20:53. > :20:56.such as Rolex watches tend to have an engraving yew theek to the watch
:20:57. > :21:01.around about the 6 o'clock mark. This was the case many the 1997
:21:02. > :21:05.investigation, homicide investigation where the unidentified
:21:06. > :21:09.body of a male was recovered from the English Channel and the watch
:21:10. > :21:12.recovered around his wrist led to his identification and also the
:21:13. > :21:17.identification of his murderer due to the collaboration between Rolex
:21:18. > :21:20.and the authorities able to trace the watch. So the police worked with
:21:21. > :21:24.the manufacturer to find out a lot of information. Yes. Also the watch
:21:25. > :21:28.itself, the time and date led to some clues as well? Yes, that is
:21:29. > :21:31.right. Within a small margin of error they were able to determine
:21:32. > :21:34.the date and almost the time of test because of the mechanism of the
:21:35. > :21:38.watch. It's not just watches is it, there are other things we can see
:21:39. > :21:43.like this brooch, this is a significant one? Yes, this is an
:21:44. > :21:49.example of a brooch recovered in the aftermath of 9/11 from a safety
:21:50. > :21:52.deposit box and the diamonds in the brooch were in perfect condition
:21:53. > :21:56.despite the fact of the rest of the safety deposit box being reduced to
:21:57. > :22:00.ash. Is that because the diamonds themselveses are so tough and
:22:01. > :22:05.resilient? Absolutely. Die moondz in particular have a great ability to
:22:06. > :22:15.Wiltshire stand a lot of impact and trauma -- diamonds. They can be
:22:16. > :22:18.etched with laser markings? Yes, diamonds can sometimes have a
:22:19. > :22:22.personal message. We have examples here. Again that makes it completely
:22:23. > :22:27.identifiable with details like that. The diamond itself helps for DNA,
:22:28. > :22:33.tell me about that? Yes. Diamonds have a great ability to harbour DNA
:22:34. > :22:39.such as skin cells, that can solidify andicalsify so we can get a
:22:40. > :22:42.sample. A physical sample? Yes. You mentioned this item here, for
:22:43. > :22:46.example, we have got a close-up of that that we can show you. If
:22:47. > :22:50.someone brought that to you, where would you start with getting
:22:51. > :22:53.information from that? We have a few items with different hallmarks which
:22:54. > :22:56.are a great place to start. They can tell us where the item was
:22:57. > :23:02.manufacturered. We can see those now. This is what they would look
:23:03. > :23:07.like? This is an example of what we might get, markings telling us who
:23:08. > :23:13.it was made by, the designer, the manufacturers, it tells us where,
:23:14. > :23:16.either in the UK or globally, it was made, we have some examples from
:23:17. > :23:19.Turkey and all over the world. It tells us potentially the age of the
:23:20. > :23:23.item too. You are already working with the police on this aren't you,
:23:24. > :23:27.educating them and the response has been very positive so far? Yes.
:23:28. > :23:29.Thank you, fascinating stuff. Thanks for joining us. Michelle.
:23:30. > :23:31.Just this weekend, police in Greater Manchester issued
:23:32. > :23:34.a warning after seven people became seriously ill having taken
:23:35. > :23:37.a dangerously potent type of MDMA known as Magic, or Pink
:23:38. > :23:44.Yesterday, a 26-year-old man from Rochdale died and four others
:23:45. > :23:48.Tackling drug crime is a constant challenge for the police
:23:49. > :23:52.and we've been looking at how they are fighting back
:23:53. > :23:54.against another drug causing major concern
:23:55. > :24:06.Drug abuse is not a new phenomenon on the streets of the UK's towns and
:24:07. > :24:13.cities, but recent months have seen a spike in problems linked to one of
:24:14. > :24:19.the newest street drugs, spice. Spice is a blanket term used on the
:24:20. > :24:27.street to describe products which are mimics of cannabis. It's a
:24:28. > :24:29.UK-wide problem, but the drug's terrifying effects, including
:24:30. > :24:33.tremors, seizures and psychotic episodes, are putting a real strain
:24:34. > :24:39.on the emergency services in spice hotspots.
:24:40. > :24:43.The effects are very pronounced and vizable, cat tonic state, almost
:24:44. > :24:47.intoxication and unconscious looking behaviour. Spice is made from dried
:24:48. > :24:51.and chopped up plants which have been sprayed with the drug. So
:24:52. > :24:59.although it looks like a herb, it's far from a natural product. These
:25:00. > :25:05.are significantly addictive, up to 700 times more pole pent than normal
:25:06. > :25:09.cannabis and some of the effects of withdrawal can be worse in
:25:10. > :25:16.addictiveness compared to say heroin. It used to be a legal high
:25:17. > :25:20.sold online and in shops. The substances act in 2016 made it
:25:21. > :25:25.illegal to produce, supply or import. It is now a Class B drug.
:25:26. > :25:34.Some experts believe the change in the law has made spice addiction a
:25:35. > :25:43.much more visible problem. Dr Rob Ralphs is a criminologist at
:25:44. > :25:47.Manchester Metropolitan University. The biggest foot fall areas. That is
:25:48. > :25:51.where people are going to do begging because there's more people to give
:25:52. > :25:56.them money, then the dealers will target the areas. His colleague, Dr
:25:57. > :25:59.Oliver Sutcliffe, is working closely with Greater Manchester Police,
:26:00. > :26:05.testing the samples seized in their crackdown on the drug. In April,
:26:06. > :26:10.city centre officers attended 58 spice related incidents across a
:26:11. > :26:15.single weekend. That spike was associated with a strain of spice
:26:16. > :26:21.which was actually ten times more potent than normal dosages. So our
:26:22. > :26:25.work is really about analysing substances and then providing that
:26:26. > :26:28.information back to Greater Manchester Police, public health
:26:29. > :26:33.Manchester, the City Council, so that we can be effective in terms of
:26:34. > :26:39.how we respond to compounds that are having a harmful effect on users.
:26:40. > :26:44.But the first challenge is detecting this new drug. Spice for us is no
:26:45. > :26:51.different to any other target scent on which we train doings. The doings
:26:52. > :26:56.are trained over a 12-week period to detect synthetic elements of spice.
:26:57. > :26:59.Using their incredible sense of smell, they are able to search a
:27:00. > :27:04.room in a fraction of the time it would take ten people to do the
:27:05. > :27:09.same. The narcotic doings at present are deployed in a lot of events
:27:10. > :27:12.around the country, pop concerts, social gatherings et cetera where
:27:13. > :27:17.narcotics and spice could be an issue. We do and have previously
:27:18. > :27:23.deployed alongside police forces around the country working with
:27:24. > :27:27.their officers. One thing most experts agree on is that detection
:27:28. > :27:34.and enforcement are only part of the solution. We can arrest and charge
:27:35. > :27:38.and prosecute all day long. That really has its limitations. Some
:27:39. > :27:43.times the criminal justice system is not the answer to all the problems.
:27:44. > :27:47.Police in Wrexham North Wales have joined forces with medical and
:27:48. > :27:51.charity workers to take a more hands-on approach. They're bringing
:27:52. > :27:55.these groups together with spice users to learn more about the
:27:56. > :28:00.problems and to offer the addicts practical help. One of those on the
:28:01. > :28:04.front line helping users get access to these services is Paul Thorpe who
:28:05. > :28:09.hands out food and drink to rough sleepers. The real education comes
:28:10. > :28:13.from the people who actually use it and what it makes them feel like,
:28:14. > :28:17.why they use it, why it's so readily available so I learn off them and
:28:18. > :28:25.then try an put that into the context of the people themselves.
:28:26. > :28:32.Can I have a drink, please, pal. Help yourself... . I'm trying to
:28:33. > :28:37.find a way to get them to take the help that's there for them. That is
:28:38. > :28:40.part of what I do. There is clearly no quick fix for the fast evolving
:28:41. > :28:46.problems caused by spice, but getting to grips with the underlying
:28:47. > :28:50.issues seems to be an important first step. It's really about
:28:51. > :28:55.finding a new solution to a new emerging issue. The tried and tested
:28:56. > :28:57.and traditional methods of problem-solving need to change with
:28:58. > :29:05.the problems that we face. Now, we need your help to find
:29:06. > :29:08.a young man, missing Alex Sloley, from Islington,
:29:09. > :29:11.north London, was last He disappeared just a few weeks
:29:12. > :29:15.before his 17th birthday. I'm joined in the studio
:29:16. > :29:17.by Detective Inspector Kam Sodhi from the Metropolitan Police,
:29:18. > :29:29.who's leading the investigation. Good morning. What do we know about
:29:30. > :29:33.his movements around the time of his disappearance? At the time he was
:29:34. > :29:40.staying in Enfield with friends, he was not living at his mother's
:29:41. > :29:47.address in Islington, and we believe he got in with the wrong crowd. Can
:29:48. > :29:54.you give a description? Alex is a light-skinned, blackmail, five foot
:29:55. > :29:59.five, striking blue eyes. A little bit more about Alex. He was very
:30:00. > :30:07.close with his family. Very close to his family, both friends and family
:30:08. > :30:13.find no contact is unusual. He did not call his family, contact them on
:30:14. > :30:17.his 17th birthday. His dad passed away after his disappearance and he
:30:18. > :30:22.did not attend the funeral. He did not leave with a large amount of
:30:23. > :30:27.clothes, anything to suggest he would be going? Very little money,
:30:28. > :30:32.no extra clothing to indicate he was running away. It is very sad. And
:30:33. > :30:38.very out of character. His family are concerned. His mother has been
:30:39. > :30:45.speaking to us. He loved his family, he liked making jokes. He loved
:30:46. > :30:51.playing football. I have a daughter who does not accept Alex has just
:30:52. > :30:57.gone. I think it gets worse, it does not get any better. Alex would not
:30:58. > :31:02.just not come home. He had everything here, his money he was
:31:03. > :31:06.saving, his room, clothes. As time has gone on the fear of the worst
:31:07. > :31:14.comes to mind. Somebody out there knows something. It is important to
:31:15. > :31:19.us as a family, and if it sets your conscience clear, then please come
:31:20. > :31:23.forward, yes. Clearly she is desperate for
:31:24. > :31:28.answers. How is the investigation progressing? We are treating the
:31:29. > :31:32.investigation as a missing persons inquiry and any new information may
:31:33. > :31:36.change the nature of the investigation. It is terrible for
:31:37. > :31:40.the family and we are working closely with Marisa. You want to
:31:41. > :31:45.find out about the period from when he was last seen two when he was
:31:46. > :31:54.reported missing, the three, four week period. I am interested in the
:31:55. > :31:57.time he disappeared, 11th of July, two eighths of August 2000 eight.
:31:58. > :32:03.Anybody who knew him. Where he was staying, where he was. Any
:32:04. > :32:06.information. If you have information, please get in touch.
:32:07. > :32:08.Next, to a murder case which has baffled police in Staffordshire
:32:09. > :32:30.46 years ago, in Burton on Trent, an off duty police officer made the
:32:31. > :32:41.chilling discovery of a makeshift grave.
:32:42. > :32:50.The mysterious remains it contained were dumped Fred de Head by the
:32:51. > :32:56.press and for decades the identity of the man has baffled Staffordshire
:32:57. > :33:04.Police. A retired officer was put in charge of the investigation. I think
:33:05. > :33:09.it was a first for me. I personally have not come across anything like
:33:10. > :33:17.it. Because of the local attention he received, the town was abuzz,
:33:18. > :33:21.still people ask about it. Peter excavated the site himself and from
:33:22. > :33:28.the outset it was clear the case would be a challenge. It is
:33:29. > :33:34.estimated that he had been in that grave about 12-18 months. Facial
:33:35. > :33:40.features had gone, but hair was still in place. It did not make a
:33:41. > :33:45.pleasant sight. The man was found completely naked apart from a pair
:33:46. > :33:50.of pink socks and a wedding ring. His hands and feet were tied with
:33:51. > :33:57.twine. Investigators believe he had been the victim of murder.
:33:58. > :34:04.Whoever did it was at pains to make sure that it was not ever to be seen
:34:05. > :34:09.again. Peter and his team checked fingerprint, dental and missing
:34:10. > :34:15.person records, but with no success. Every effort was put in to
:34:16. > :34:21.identifying that body. To this day nobody knows the real identity of
:34:22. > :34:30.the man, or how he died. It was a mystery at the time and a baffling
:34:31. > :34:35.case. Failure to identify. 46 years later, the murder case remains open.
:34:36. > :34:42.I would be surprised if there is any natural explanation on how the body
:34:43. > :34:46.arrived at this site. Somebody knows how he got to that position and came
:34:47. > :34:50.to end his life. A good place to start would be identifying the
:34:51. > :34:57.victim which would open up a new avenue. In a final bid to identify
:34:58. > :35:00.him, detectives have brought the case to Liverpool University.
:35:01. > :35:05.Combining the latest medical and digital imaging techniques,
:35:06. > :35:11.Professor Caroline Wilkinson has created a depiction of what she
:35:12. > :35:16.believes Fred looks like. We have this 3D surface scan of the
:35:17. > :35:21.individual skull. We can use tissue depth pegs appropriate to his white
:35:22. > :35:26.European ancestry and muscle structure based on what we know
:35:27. > :35:32.about muscle attachments and predict facial features based on assessment
:35:33. > :35:36.of the bone material. Creating a fully rendered face, Caroline has
:35:37. > :35:40.identified some of his key features. One side of the neck is stronger
:35:41. > :35:47.than the other which probably meant he had a tilt to the neck. He has
:35:48. > :35:55.short, reddish brown hair, and an under bite. Tests using living
:35:56. > :35:57.people have proved the accuracy of her technique. It means 70% of the
:35:58. > :36:01.reconstructed face should be accurate to less than two
:36:02. > :36:06.millimetres. Based on everything we have in terms of evidence this is as
:36:07. > :36:11.accurate as we can get in terms of depiction. Equipped with the latest
:36:12. > :36:15.images, Peter believes they could be the closest they have been to
:36:16. > :36:24.identifying this man. It has never been out of my mind after all these
:36:25. > :36:30.years, but I'm still optimistic. I think if he is ever identified, that
:36:31. > :36:37.image would fit, it really is impressive. But time will tell.
:36:38. > :36:43.Here to shed some light is Detective Inspector Dan Ison.
:36:44. > :36:50.People might think what hope there is in solving the case 46 years old
:36:51. > :36:55.but in the last week you have had a breakthrough. We believe so. As you
:36:56. > :37:00.have seen we had a facial reconstruction completed and have an
:37:01. > :37:05.image depicted which is the most recent and if anybody recognises the
:37:06. > :37:11.image, I would encourage you to call in today as soon as possible. We had
:37:12. > :37:17.a dental expert review missing persons records at the time. That
:37:18. > :37:24.has brought a name forward that we are interested, John Jones. He went
:37:25. > :37:29.missing in 1970. If you know John Jones, or if you recognise the man
:37:30. > :37:35.in the image, get in touch today. What do we know about John Henry
:37:36. > :37:41.Jones? John Henry Jones was 27 and went missing in 1970 and lived in a
:37:42. > :37:48.town called Trefor in Llangollen in North Wales. We believe that he
:37:49. > :37:53.could be the deceased. If you are related to John Henry Jones, if you
:37:54. > :37:58.are a friend or family member, contact us. I would like to reaffirm
:37:59. > :38:02.if you recognise the man in the image as somebody you know, please
:38:03. > :38:04.call in despite this lead on John Henry Jones. Back to you.
:38:05. > :38:10.him in connection to the supply of large quantities of class
:38:11. > :38:13.A drugs, throughout the north west of England.
:38:14. > :38:16.Parkin was 35 last Monday and is from the Walton area
:38:17. > :38:18.of Liverpool, but may now be in Blackpool or abroad.
:38:19. > :38:22.He has a number of scars, including a four-inch scar
:38:23. > :38:29.on his chest, and a one-inch scar between his eyebrows.
:38:30. > :38:30.This is Afeez Kolapo, although he also uses
:38:31. > :38:34.Detectives would like to speak to him in connection with a fraud
:38:35. > :38:39.Kolapo is 35, has a vertical scar under his right eye and links
:38:40. > :38:45.Next is Robert Hellens, although he also uses
:38:46. > :38:51.He was charged in connection with an attack on an elderly
:38:52. > :38:54.man at a bus stop, in which the pensioner was hit over
:38:55. > :38:58.Hellens failed to appear in court and a warrant has been
:38:59. > :39:02.The 60-year-old has a Newcastle accent and links to the North East
:39:03. > :39:08.He has tattoos on both arms, including his name Rob,
:39:09. > :39:13.Finally, we have Anthony Patrick Murphy, or Paul Rankin
:39:14. > :39:21.Detectives would like to question him about an attack in which a man
:39:22. > :39:23.was slashed across the face with a craft knife,
:39:24. > :39:27.Two others were also injured when they went to help the victim.
:39:28. > :39:30.Murphy is 35 and has numerous scars on his face and arms.
:39:31. > :39:33.He's described as dangerous, so if you know where
:39:34. > :39:41.If you know where any of these faces are make sure you get in touch
:39:42. > :39:51.And it looks like we've retired to the bar early,
:39:52. > :39:54.we're actually inside one of the crime scene houses used
:39:55. > :40:01.And today Dr Catherine Tennick is showing me the ropes.
:40:02. > :40:09.We are going to look at fingerprint evidence. We have a want, not quite
:40:10. > :40:14.Harry Potter! There is a magnet at the end. If you would like to take
:40:15. > :40:19.it and put it into the fingerprint powder. We will see if there are any
:40:20. > :40:27.prints on the beer mat. Wipe it over the top. What should happen is
:40:28. > :40:33.although the prints were invisible, this powder will stick to any of the
:40:34. > :40:44.water and sacked inside your sweat. We should start to see the details
:40:45. > :40:48.-- fat. If the prints have been there a feud days this would not
:40:49. > :40:51.work and we would use a chemical that would develop the prints and
:40:52. > :40:59.that is a chemical that can work on prints up to 80 years old. 80 years
:41:00. > :41:03.old, fascinating! Fingerprints themselves, although identical twins
:41:04. > :41:09.have the same DNA, their fingerprints are different. No way.
:41:10. > :41:15.And we use this torch to look at these? If you turn on the UV torch.
:41:16. > :41:21.They really show up. What this allows us to see is more of the
:41:22. > :41:25.detail within the print. There are fine lines recall ridges and they
:41:26. > :41:33.form different patterns on fingers. We have them from birth. Fingerprint
:41:34. > :41:37.experts can look closely at these patterns and the way they form on
:41:38. > :41:44.the fingers. They are unique to everybody. Everybody has different
:41:45. > :41:49.fingerprints. Really fascinating. To highlight how important these
:41:50. > :41:52.techniques are, Danyela Kellett, who heads up the forensic department in
:41:53. > :41:58.Lancashire and there has been a conviction that use this. In August
:41:59. > :42:03.last year, Katrina Walsh and Sarah Williams were convicted of the
:42:04. > :42:07.murder of Sadie Hartley, a 60-year-old businesswoman found
:42:08. > :42:11.murdered in her home. Sarah Williams tried to forensically clean her home
:42:12. > :42:16.but we managed to find a blood stain that matched Sadie Hartley. It shows
:42:17. > :42:20.the importance of these techniques. Thanks.
:42:21. > :42:35.Yesterday we asked your help to find the person responsible for the
:42:36. > :42:41.vicious assault of Eileen Blane. Sadly she died afterwards. Police
:42:42. > :42:44.say they are following up information you sent in urgently.
:42:45. > :42:49.And also the attempted rape of a woman. Police wanted help to
:42:50. > :42:50.identify this man and you have given detectives what they call important
:42:51. > :42:50.information. Michelle, where will
:42:51. > :42:53.you be tomorrow? I'll be in Bury at Greater
:42:54. > :42:58.Manchester Fire and Rescue's police horses can be used
:42:59. > :43:05.to help officers suffering with post traumatic
:43:06. > :43:11.stress disorder. The animals are incredible. Make
:43:12. > :43:14.sure you join us. For more details about the crimes
:43:15. > :43:17.on today's programme, Before we go, here's another look
:43:18. > :43:21.at this morning's wanted faces. If any of them look familiar,
:43:22. > :43:24.pick up the phone and tell We'll be back tomorrow
:43:25. > :43:27.morning, after Breakfast.