Forensics: The Real CSI - Series 2

Episode
Killer in the Car Park
Broadcast Info
2021 (59 mins)
Description
Police respond to a call of a shooting in a carpark. As dusk sets in, crime scene coordinator Simon Flanaghan attends the scene to find a car set back from the road, with multiple bullet holes and two men dead inside. Simon leads the forensic investigation into identifying the attacker: "When we investigate shootings... it’s normally somebody firing a couple of shots from a certain distance and kind of hoping that they hit somebody. This is a lot more targeted. And until the ballistics expert gets a chance to have a proper look at the car, we might not be getting the full picture." A specialist ballistics team are called in to establish how many shooters were involved and where the gun was fired from. Meanwhile, homicide detectives from West Midlands Police work to establish a prime suspect and secure warrants to locate and arrest him. Continuing to investigate the suspect’s movements after the incident, Detective Lisa Shepherd follows a trail of digital evidence following the suspected getaway vehicle to a shopping Centre in Birmingham: ‘We need to work out what he’s doing. He’s just killed two people- he’s not going to go and do shopping... He’s gone somewhere for 10 minutes.
That’s plenty of time to dispose of a firearm.' As police attempt to recover CCTV from the shopping centre car park for forensic examination, an employee says he saw the suspect on the day of the incident. In a dramatic turn, he becomes central to their investigation. Digital, DNA and ballistic forensics combine with forensic accounting to paint a detailed picture of the murder and suggest a surprising motive. But will the evidence be enough to bring the killer to justice?
Genre
Criminology; Policing; Forensics

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The Open University, "Forensics: The Real CSI - Series 2". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ou/search/index.php/prog/241333 (Accessed 09 Jan 2025)