In December 1996 the body of Sophie Toscan du Plantier was found on the driveway of her remote holiday home in west Cork. Her death remains one of the most high profile unsolved murders in the State.
That may be about to change due to a US advance in DNA collection called M-Vac which has now been employed by the Garda cold-case team investigating the murder of the French film-maker.
Gardaí from team based in Bantry brought several exhibits to the Forensic Science Ireland (FSI) laboratory for examination by M-Vac including the flat rock and large cavity block found at the scene and Toscan du Plantier’s dressing gown, leggings, vest and boots.
Jared Bradley, M-Vac Systems CEO, who travelled to Ireland to provide expertise, explains how the collection system works, details just some of the hundreds of historic unsolved murders it has helped solve in the US, and why it has been successful in cold-case reviews, even ones that have been on police books far longer than the Toscan du Plantier murder.
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Presented by Bernice Harrison. Produced by Declan Conlon.
