Crime Scene Asia: When Forensic Evidence Becomes the Silent Witness

Crime Scene Asia: When Forensic Evidence Becomes the Silent Witness

by Liz Porter
Crime Scene Asia: When Forensic Evidence Becomes the Silent Witness

Crime Scene Asia: When Forensic Evidence Becomes the Silent Witness

by Liz Porter

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Overview

Crime Scene Asia: when forensic evidence becomes the silent witness is a casebook of fascinating true stories from Singapore, Malaysia, HK, The Philippines and Indonesia. Its opening case begins when the body of a woman is found in a Singapore nature park. Nobody has reported her missing. Nobody knows who she is. The only clue to her identity is a set of tiny numbers etched in a series of implants in her teeth. Police door-knock the dentists of Singapore until they find the one who treated her. Then, following a trail of numbers called from her phone, they unmask her killer. In another case, set 300kms away in Kuala Lumpur, a married man is arrested for the murder of his mistress. Police are adamant that he is her killer. But the man's lawyer can point to forensic evident that tells a different story altogether. Meanwhile one of the book's Hong Kong cases tell the story of a humble truck driver facing jail for his apparent involvement in a bombing plot allegedly masterminded by two of the former British colony's most notorious gangsters. Then the evidence of a forensic scientist sets him free.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9789814634328
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International (Asia)
Publication date: 10/02/2018
Pages: 320
Product dimensions: 5.60(w) x 8.60(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Liz Porter is an Australian writer best known for her prize-winning books about "the real CSI" - the way forensic science is used to solve crime. She is also the author of Written on the Skin: An Australian Forensic Casebook, joint winner of the 2007 Ned Kelly awards for the best true crime book and Cold Case Files, winner of Australian Sisters in Crimes's 2012 Davitt award for best true crime book. She is an open water swimmer and a member of a pop music choir.

Table of Contents

Foreword Professor Stephen Cordner 11

Author's Note 15

Singapore

Case 1 Death in Bukit Batok Nature Park 25

Case 2 The CCTV Camera's Eye Sees All 41

Case 3 Little Girl Lost 53

Case 4 Death on Father's Day 72

Case 5 The Body Parts in the Kallang River 105

Case 6 The Accidental Murderer 127

Case 7 The Trials of Ram Tiwary 135

Hong Kong

Case 8 Saved by the Dirt under His Fingernails 172

Case 9 The Body in the Couch 198

Case 10 Murder or Accident? 211

The Philippines

Case 11 A Surprise Paternity Test Result 227

Case 12 Solving a Giant Genealogical Puzzle 230

Case 13 The Marivic Genosa Case 245

Indonesia

Case 14 The Bali Bombing and Its "CSI Moments" 259

Malaysia

Case 15 "Unknown Male One" 289

Case 16 The Murder of Canny Ong 324

About the Author 343

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