Listen to Part 2 of Testimony: The Body on Seaham Beach, a true crime podcast out now
and live on Freeview channel 276
In the first episode of the podcast listeners learnt of a case of unidentified remains which has confounded investigators since the day they were discovered.
On the podcast Fiona Thompson, who covered the story as a reporter for the Sunderland Echo at the time, takes listeners through the actions of police and others in the weeks, months and years that followed, in the exhaustive attempt to identify these remains.
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Other contributors include Professor Caroline Wilkinson of Liverpool John Moores University, who worked with Cliff Down, the lead police officer, and his team to carry out a facial reconstruction of the unidentified man. Dr Wilkinson is famed for doing a similar reconstruction of King Richard III, following the discovery of his remains in a Leicester car park in 2012.
As well as the specifics of this case, the podcast sheds light on how missing people cases and unidentified remains are treated by the authorities and investigators.
Testimony is a Laudable production for the Sunderland Echo. It is presented, produced and edited by Kelly Crichton.
How to listen to Testimony:
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