@article{ref1,
title="Historic child homicide burial search in rural woodland",
journal="Forensic science international: reports",
year="2023",
author="Pringle, Jamie K. and Ruffell, Alastair and Wisniewski, Kristopher D. and Davenward, Ben and Heaton, Vivienne and Hobson, Luke",
volume="8",
number="",
pages="e100324-e100324",
abstract="The cold case search for clandestine graves can be challenging due to the length of time elapsed since the crime and the search environment changing itself. This paper reports on a cold case search for &quot;Christine&quot;, a young girl who was reported missing in the mid-1970s in the East Midlands, UK. Once a search sub-area was determined by case reports and new intelligence in rural woodland, a police ground search proved unsuccessful. A multi-phased geoforensic search investigation, using remote sensing and UAV drones, metal detector, EM and dGPS surveys, was subsequently undertaken, with collected data processed and analysed. <br><br>RESULTS showed 36 discrete dGPS-surveyed metal detector and 3 EM priority targets to be identified which were all intrusively investigated but nothing case-relevant was found. Study implications suggest careful multi-phase remote and geoforensic investigations can give confidence in cold case no-body searches, saving police operational time and costs in such cold case investigations.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2665-9107",
doi="10.1016/j.fsir.2023.100324",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fsir.2023.100324"
}