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Perpetrator Unknown
The Y-chromosome is the key to unsolved murders Sofie Claerhout
Forensic geneticist Sofie Claerhout catches killers by using the DNA of their (distant) relatives For lovers of true crime: covers over 20 ongoing and solved murders With contributions by expert geneticists, crime journalists and US genealogist CeCe Moores
Murderers leave traces. And even though crime series on TV will have you believe that DNA leads you to the culprit in a matter of hours, in reality it is much more complicated than that. When a perpetrator leaves traces at a crime scene, investigators can run it through a database of convicts and suspects. No identical match and no other clues? That’s when the label ‘cold case’ looms. But geneticist Sofie Claerhout wants to put an end to that. She developed a reliable method to identify the perpetrator through the male Y-chromosome of his relatives which allows investigators to tap for a new source of suspects.
Perpetrator Unknown immerses you into the dark world of forensic investigation and unsolved murders with a ray of hope provided by a young scientist’s passion.
230 x 150 | 288 pages | 77,000 words paperback | all rights available
Sofie Claerhout is the first Belgian Doctor of forensic genetics. With her pioneering research she won the first prize at the World Congress for forensic research in Prague.
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