Greg Lewis

In 1973, the horrific murders of three teenage girls shook a community.

A major manhunt was launched but for years the murders remained unsolved. 

Decades later, it would take a major breakthrough in forensic science to enable a small team of seasoned detectives to re-open the case.

But the journey to justice was a winding one, involving detectives who were due to retire but couldn’t stop thinking about the case; a forensic scientist willing to take a chance on a new form of DNA detection; and the exhumation of a body on a cold hillside in the dead of night.

If you’re in the UK you can discover the fascinating story of science and detection which solved the case in the BBC One documentary, Steeltown Murders: Hunting a Serial Killer – which has now been nominated for a True Crime Award.