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NARRATOR: Police in London
make a grim discovery.
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SIMON HARDING: It's very difficult
for those forensic officers
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to work in such small
and disturbing conditions.
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It takes a lot of energy
and a lot of time
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and a lot of muscle
to be able to dig a grave.
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Especially
if you're trying to do it covertly
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without other people noticing.
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You need to try and understand
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you know, who could do
that kind of thing.
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The crime scene will reveal
the killer's secrets.
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Offenders
don't often admit to crimes,
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so a lot of it is down to us proving
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who was there
and when they were there.
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He thinks he's cleverer
than the police.
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He thinks he's got
all of this forensic knowledge.
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He almost thought he could get away
with trying to lie to us
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and we would believe him.
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But obviously,
we don't rely on things like that.
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We look at the facts.
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He didn't read the room
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because psychopaths very often
can't read the room.
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If someone's been at a scene,
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we will prove
that they've been there.
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A woman calls police, concerned
about the welfare of her friend.
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She hadn't arrived
for work on the Monday,
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and then she hadn't arrived
for work on the Tuesday.
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Ancl so there was obviously extreme
concern from her family and friends
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and work colleagues
as to where she was.
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After getting no response
and seeing her dogs inside,
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officers force entry
to her ground-floor flat.
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The clogs were alone,
and she was nowhere to be found.
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The clogs were kind of subdued,
and so they went in,
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and they saw
lots of boxes lying around.
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These boxes are ones you would pack
when you're moving house.
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34-year-old Laureline Garcia-Bertaux
has been missing for five days.
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This was out of character
for Laureline.
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She would always be in contact
with her friends.
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She was constantly texting
and messaging them.
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Ancl obviously, the circumstances
of seeing all this stuff ready to go
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but Laureline not there,
the clogs there,
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was a great concern
and suspicious in its own right.
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The search moves
into the rear garden.
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The detectives are looking
in the garden by torchlight.
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Very small garden, very tidy.
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There is a spade and there's
other tools up against the fence,
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and there's a bag of compost.
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There's some flowerbeds
on the left-hand side.
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Ancl one particular flowerbed
was newly laid soil.
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One officer starts
to move the soil back slightly,
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and straight away,
under a few centimetres of soil,
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appeared to be a human foot.
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That officer would never have dealt
with something like that before.
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Obviously, he's already thinking
about contaminating a crime scene.
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Naturally, you start to think,
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"Well, this is probably
the person that's missing."
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But you need more than that
to be absolutely sure.
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Laureline's home is cordoned off.
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The police need to determine
if it's her body in the garden.
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She'd been living in the UK
for over ten years.
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She was very talented in her work,
working as a film producer.
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She'd worked with some very famous
people on different films.
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She was a very well-liked person
in her set of family and friends.
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No-one had a bad word
to say about her.
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Ancl we couldn't really see
any major problems with her life.
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So there was very little to help us
in the very early stages
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to identify why she was missing.
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Was this a burglary? Has she been
harmed by somebody she knows?
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Has she been harmed by a stranger?
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Ancl has she just left,
and this isn't her?
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All these things
go through your mind.
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This scene is secured until forensic
recovery can begin in daylight.
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Having been called to the scene,
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I can see that the address
has a police officer on the front,
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and the crime scene manager
comes out,
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and we have a chat
about what they've found
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inside the scene and in the garden.
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They are in charge of that scene.
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They decide who goes in,
who goes out.
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Ancl the retrieval of exhibits,
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they are a hugely important part
in that scene.
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From my forensic perspective,
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if I just see a foot protruding
from the soil,
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my immediate thoughts are,
"ls it a whole body?
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"|s there more than one body,
or is it a body part?"
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Sarah Thirkell is an expert
in crime scene management.
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If it's a really narrow garden,
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there's a lot of issues
around how many CSls
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you can get into the scene,
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how are you going
to actually excavate the body?
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Ancl also, in a garden, you don't
really know what's relevant.
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So, for example, a bag of compost
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is quite a normal thing
to have in a garden,
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whereas if you've had a body buried,
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has that compost been used
to cover the body over?
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It is very important for me
as a crime scene manager
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to make sure that we recover
the body as well as we can.
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My main aim would be to get
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a forensic archaeologist
at the scene.
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They can tell you a huge amount
about a scene,
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and also, potentially,
about the offender as well.
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Deborah Ryder is a specialist
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in assisting police with the
excavation of clandestine burials.
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It's very hard to dig a grave,
and it's very time-consuming.
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Especially if you're trying
to do it covertly
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without other people noticing.
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And it takes a lot of energy and
a lot of time and a lot of muscle.
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It's evident on arrival to the scene
that there's a shallow burial.
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In some respects,
it's easier to excavate
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because you've got less oil
overlying the body,
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but on the flip side,
you've got less information.
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You've got less room to move,
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and it's gonna be harder
to glean that information
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from things like tool marks
on the side of the grave
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or footprints in that grave.
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Carefully removing the soil,
the team finds a single female body,
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placed inside a deflated,
cut-open air bed and rubble sacks.
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The process of identification
is quite a long process.
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The only thing you would say
at a scene if you're 100% sure
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is male or female victim.
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You'd never go any further than that
on a crime scene.
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The weather adds further complexity.
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It was incredibly windy.
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Everything blowing around,
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the police tape was blowing
across the main road,
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bags and paper
were flying down the road,
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and it was very difficult
for officers to work
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in that kind of environment.
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With the weather worsening
and light fading,
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the team need to recover the body
before vital evidence is lost.
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The forensic team
collects fibre and DNA tapings
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before sending the body
to the mortuary,
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still wrapped
in the rubble sacks and air bed.
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It's very windy,
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so it's much better
to get the body out of the packaging
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in a very controlled environment.
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Now, these harsh environments
during an examination
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can exacerbate and make the job
so much more complex.
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Especially with high winds or rain.
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You've got extra things
to think about
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in terms of the examination
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and how to preserve
that essential forensic evidence.
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Soil samples are taken
for different reasons.
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One of the reasons would be
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to identify any alien material
in that soil
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that could indicate where it's been
brought in from elsewhere.
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And another reason
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is to take a control sample
of that particular area
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that can then be compared
to any tools
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or suspects' clothing or footwear
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that might be recovered
at a later date.
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As the body starts to be exhumed
from that very shallow grave,
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you see that there is cables
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wrapped around
the arms and the neck.
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With the body recovered,
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the forensic archaeologist
reports their findings
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to senior investigating officer,
DCI Simon Harding.
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How has this person
come to be in this shallow grave?
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Was this a burglary?
Has she been harmed by a stranger?
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Has she been harmed
by somebody she knows?
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Where she's been buried,
it's very tidy.
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This person has tried
to make it look normal
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so that people don't understand
that she's in there.
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Ancl gives them time to get away.
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When somebody is murdered, and you
don't have the suspect in custody,
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then there is a race against time
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because you're always concerned
that something else could happen.
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You don't know
what they're capable of.
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Police in London
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searching for missing person
Laureline Garcia-Bertaux
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have found
an unidentified female body,
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wrapped in rubble sacks
and a deflated air bed,
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buried in a shallow grave.
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Police still need the postmortem
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to determine if
it's Laureline's body they've found.
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The woman's neck, hands and feet
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have been bound
with electrical cable.
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Normal household
white extension cable
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and also some quite heavy tape,
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what's known as duct tape
or gaffer tape.
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The scene of a burial
is not normally
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where the murder's
actually happened.
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I would instruct the CSls
searching the house
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to look for any electrical
equipment that had a cable missing.
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To prevent contaminating evidence,
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a different team of CSls
enter Laureline's flat
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to search for clues
to her whereabouts.
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The house is very tidy.
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There didn't seem to be
any areas of disturbance.
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There were items
that had been boxed up.
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You can see all these boxes
packed up,
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some still open
with things sticking out the top.
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There was beds dismantled,
ready to go.
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There was a mattress.
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All sorts of things
where somebody's moving house.
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It didn't really make sense to us.
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And we needed to understand more
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about what she planned on doing
and where she planned to go.
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Though no evidence of a struggle,
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police have a hunch
the killer has been here.
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Laureline was well-known
as having these two big clogs.
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One of the things that you see
was that there was loads of food,
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almost as if a huge bag
had been emptied,
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and my thoughts around that,
initially, were,
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"Well, as long as they're eating,
they're not gonna disturb anyone."
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Ancl for as long as that could be
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before they started to become hungry
and create the alarm.
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If it was a burglary
that had gone wrong,
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I think burying the victim
would not have happened.
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They probably would have tried
to get out of that place
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as quickly as possible.
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So you're looking at somebody,
maybe,
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who's comfortable being
in that place,
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comfortable to spend time there.
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CSls look for forensic traces
left behind by the killer.
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It can be quite frustrating
when you're hoping to get DNA,
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fingerprint evidence on it,
and there's no evidence.
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But there's several reasons why
there may be no evidence on there.
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Maybe the offender
has been forensically aware.
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But in Laureline's bedroom,
CSls notice something odd.
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Everything was packed away in boxes,
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and this extension cable
was just left on the floor,
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and it had part of the flex missing.
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So immediately, that would kind of
ring alarm bells to me.
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It's really important
to then ascertain
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the cable that's round
our victim's neck,
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is that the cable that's missing
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from this extension lead
in the house?
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And there's a number of tests
that we can do
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to try and link
those two items together.
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The extension lead
is swabbed for DNA
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and sent for forensic testing
to see if it matches the ligature.
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Further searches reveal
Laureline's phone is missing.
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One of the items that you want
to find is a mobile phone.
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Ancl when you don't find it,
then that leads you to believe
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that somebody's taken
that phone away with them.
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I didn't have Laureline's phone,
but I could get the data from it,
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but this always takes
a number of clays.
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Ancl it's quite frustrating that
you want to see that straight away.
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Laureline's data is requested
from her network provider,
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and the team brings
in a digital forensic expert.
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When I explain to people the kind of
data that we can get from cell site,
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people are staggered.
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There's so much data being stored
outside the phone
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that we can really build up
quite a comprehensive picture
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of what you've been up to.
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It's possible to get cloud data
from apps that were used
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and email as well as cell site data.
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In this case, it's possible to tell
that it was connected to the Wi-Fi.
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This is because
we can access the routers,
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and the router log
will give us information
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about what devices were connected
and when they were last seen.
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Outside, officers go door to door,
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hoping to find out who has been
at Laureline's home.
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My officers
start to arrive on scene,
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and they start to be deployed
to speak to people in these houses.
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At the same time, you're
starting to look for CCTV
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because CCTV has grown immensely
in recent years,
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and now CCTV is present
on people's houses
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and also doorbells
as much as it is on businesses.
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A lot of people
want to help as well.
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They want to give you information,
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but it's very, very difficult
to start to...
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dissect that information
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about what's relevant
and what isn't relevant.
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While officers continue to look
for clues left by the killer,
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an update from the mortuary confirms
Laureline's family's worst fears.
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It's very shocking.
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You can't imagine what a family
have to go through at that point.
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Specialist trained officers
are with the family,
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those that live in this country,
and friends as well.
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Because her actual family,
her close family, live in France.
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Ancl so getting that information
to them through help,
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through international colleagues,
was very important.
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Laureline was 34,
in the prime of her life.
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She was looking to build a future,
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more so in her career,
wanted to progress that.
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She was already
very well thought of.
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So it shocked a lot of people.
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The autopsy finds Laureline
has been strangled
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with the electrical flex
found around her neck.
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At the postmortem,
the pathologist stated
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that he'd never seen
such a severe sign of asphyxia,
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and it was almost like
something had fallen on her chest.
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The cause of death
appeared to be the ligature
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that was around her neck.
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It's really important,
when you're a CSI,
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to try and put yourself
in the killer's mindset.
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If I was going to cut this cable,
where would I hold it?
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Because then if you can work out
how you would hold it,
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then that, potentially, would be
where the offender would hold it,
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and those are the areas
that you would swab or fingerprint.
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Forensic scientists
still need to determine
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if the flex came from extension lead
recovered by CSls
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in Laureline's bedroom.
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That item would be packaged
very carefully
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and fast-tracked
for an urgent submission
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to a forensic service provider
for a comparison to be made.
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It's really important to see
if the cable round the victim's neck
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matches the cable that's been found
in the victim's house.
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One way that this could be clone
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is where the cable round the neck
of the victim is taken,
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and the cut end is then matched
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against the cut end
of the extension cable part
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that's found in the house.
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Scientists would look really closely
at the cut ends
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to see if there's any similarities,
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almost like two sections of a jigsaw
that can be pieced together.
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Ancl this is a process
called physical fit.
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The flex and extension lead are
found to be a direct physical match.
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As the SIO, I was satisfied
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that Laureline had been killed
inside the premises
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and then taken out
and buried in the garden.
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You need to try and understand,
you know,
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who could do that kind of thing?
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To do that took a lot of time
and a lot of planning,
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so who could have got away
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with being in that flat
for all that time, unnoticed,
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that didn't have to break in.
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One of the hypothesis was that
potentially,
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it's somebody that knows her
or she felt comfortable with.
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If you've got a tidy crime scene
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where it looks as if somebody
is forensically aware,
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and they are trying to clean up
everything about themselves
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so that the police aren't going
to catch them, that person...
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...is probably calm.
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That person is comfortable
being in the scene.
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That person probably is quite
comfortable being with the body.
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This is somebody
who knows the victim.
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The vast majority of women
know their killers.
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It's much more unusual for women
to be murdered by a stranger.
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Most of them, and when I say most,
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over 80, 90% of them,
will be planned.
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You need to understand as much
as you can about that victim.
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You need to delve deep into
their history, their relationships.
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Who they know,
any people they have arguments with.
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Anybody that they fall out with,
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whether they're family or friends
or just colleagues
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or just somebody they don't know.
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The door-to-door enquiries
tell police
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about recent sightings of Laureline.
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People described people with her.
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One was a particularly scruffy man,
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somebody else had seen her
with another man,
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but they couldn't really
describe him particularly.
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So you're still trying to identify,
346
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"Well, is any one of these people
that she's with,
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"are any of them suspicious to us?"
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It was quite and noisy flat
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because the two very big clogs,
barking quite a lot.
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Sometimes, she was heard
to argue with somebody.
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Ancl this was quite close to the time
that she was reported missing,
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and that's very significant
to hear that
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because I want to know
straight away who that is.
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Swabs taken from the extension lead
in Laureline's bedroom
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return a full male DNA profile.
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In almost all circumstances,
when an offender commits a crime,
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they will leave some sort of trace.
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So if a killer's wearing gloves
to commit an offence,
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it doesn't mean to say
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that they're still not going
to leave DNA at that scene.
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All it takes is for a killer
to have latex gloves on
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and touch their face,
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and immediately, they have DNA
on the outside of the gloves.
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If someone's been at a scene,
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we will prove
that they've been there.
366
00:20:14,680 --> 00:20:16,855
He thinks he's cleverer
than the police.
367
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He thinks that he's got
all of this forensic knowledge.
368
00:20:19,080 --> 00:20:22,335
But I really think big, big mistake,
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00:20:22,360 --> 00:20:24,455
not nearly as clever
as he thinks he is.
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A male DNA profile has been
recovered from an extension lead
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used to murder film producer
Laureline Garcia-Bertaux.
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It's run
through the police database.
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If you get a full DNA profile,
the statistics are...
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they quote something like
one in a billion chance,
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so that means one person
in one billion people
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may have the same DNA profile,
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00:20:58,880 --> 00:21:01,295
which is pretty unheard-of, really.
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00:21:03,080 --> 00:21:06,735
In this particular case, we didn't
know who that sample belonged to.
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It's one of those frustrating
ones
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where you have something
you think is significant,
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00:21:10,440 --> 00:21:12,015
but you don't know
who's left it there.
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You want a match
as quickly as possible,
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00:21:14,480 --> 00:21:17,455
so that you can focus
all your attention on that person.
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Getting a DNA profile on something
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00:21:19,680 --> 00:21:23,095
doesn't necessarily mean
that that is the offender.
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00:21:23,120 --> 00:21:24,575
The DNA could have been on there
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00:21:24,600 --> 00:21:26,775
for months prior
to the offence occurring.
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00:21:26,800 --> 00:21:30,295
So although we might find
forensic results,
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00:21:30,320 --> 00:21:34,855
it's then time lining and being able
to apply those results
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00:21:34,880 --> 00:21:37,095
to the situation
they've been found in
391
00:21:37,120 --> 00:21:40,615
and the circumstances
around what item we've got
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and how the DNA
might have got on there.
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00:21:44,360 --> 00:21:47,935
Police are convinced
Laureline's killer was known to her.
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00:21:47,960 --> 00:21:50,295
They begin to build
a detailed picture of her life.
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00:21:53,320 --> 00:21:57,175
In order to establish
where Laureline might have gone,
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00:21:57,200 --> 00:21:59,735
we start looking at her finance
as well in the background,
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00:21:59,760 --> 00:22:02,415
speaking to the banks
where she had accounts with
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00:22:02,440 --> 00:22:05,495
to understand if she's had
any transactions locally
399
00:22:05,520 --> 00:22:08,415
that might be able to help us
give that timeline
400
00:22:08,440 --> 00:22:11,815
as to where she was
and where she was before.
401
00:22:13,360 --> 00:22:15,975
She was clue to move house.
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00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:17,255
that should have taken place
403
00:22:17,280 --> 00:22:21,135
on the Saturday or, potentially,
the Sunday morning.
404
00:22:21,160 --> 00:22:22,655
But it hadn't taken place.
405
00:22:22,680 --> 00:22:25,135
She'd booked a removal company,
406
00:22:25,160 --> 00:22:26,975
and we can see the evidence
from the company
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00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:29,375
that she cancelled that booking.
408
00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:33,615
The landlord expects her
to have moved out, and she hasn't.
409
00:22:33,640 --> 00:22:36,655
So what's happened?
What has stopped her from moving?
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00:22:36,680 --> 00:22:39,735
We wanted to know more about that,
what were the circumstances?
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Where was she going?
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Because obviously,
that was one of the first places
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I would send an officer to,
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00:22:44,720 --> 00:22:47,135
the address
that she was clue to go to.
415
00:22:47,160 --> 00:22:49,095
No-one knew where this house was.
416
00:22:49,120 --> 00:22:51,695
we needed to speak to those
very, very close to her
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to understand much, much more.
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00:22:55,560 --> 00:22:57,295
If you look at the crime scene
we've got,
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it suggests very strongly
420
00:22:59,520 --> 00:23:02,095
that it's actually
someone that she knows.
421
00:23:02,120 --> 00:23:05,135
It suggests that it's somebody
422
00:23:05,160 --> 00:23:07,815
who's been into the property before,
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00:23:07,840 --> 00:23:10,415
who's not worried
about being seen in the property
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cos he's spending time there.
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00:23:12,640 --> 00:23:17,295
That would suggest a partner
or an ex-partner.
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00:23:20,560 --> 00:23:23,055
Having spoken
to family and friends,
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00:23:23,080 --> 00:23:25,935
it was clear
that Laureline was single.
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00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:29,295
She had been in a relationship
for a while,
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00:23:29,320 --> 00:23:32,935
but that had finished, and
in the current stage of her life,
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00:23:32,960 --> 00:23:34,935
she was starting to look
at dating apps.
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00:23:34,960 --> 00:23:39,655
But it wasn't something that she had
really told a lot of people about.
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00:23:40,840 --> 00:23:43,335
Ancl so that was a line
of inquiry for us.
433
00:23:43,360 --> 00:23:48,215
Ancl officers were deployed
to speak to the companies
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00:23:48,240 --> 00:23:50,695
that own that particular dating app
to say,
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00:23:50,720 --> 00:23:53,335
"Well, can you help us out with
anybody that she might have met?"
436
00:23:53,360 --> 00:23:55,695
We need to start to build a timeline
437
00:23:55,720 --> 00:23:58,935
of who she was with
when she was last seen.
438
00:23:58,960 --> 00:24:01,135
La u re li ne's transactions show
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00:24:01,160 --> 00:24:05,335
she paid for a meal at a restaurant
in Richmond on Friday evening,
440
00:24:05,360 --> 00:24:08,095
four days before her body was found.
441
00:24:10,120 --> 00:24:14,255
This led us to the first
kind of trail in her CCTV.
442
00:24:15,760 --> 00:24:21,055
Ancl what you could see was Laureline
sitting on a table with a man.
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00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:27,695
You can see a glass of prosecco
or Champagne on the table,
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00:24:27,720 --> 00:24:29,655
so this was
a kind of friendly meeting.
445
00:24:29,680 --> 00:24:32,135
You would think that,
potentially, this is a date.
446
00:24:33,800 --> 00:24:38,815
We can then see on CCTV that
she gets a bus from Richmond to Kew.
447
00:24:38,840 --> 00:24:40,415
Ancl she's with him on the bus.
448
00:24:40,440 --> 00:24:42,655
He's got his hand on her leg,
449
00:24:42,680 --> 00:24:45,295
so there is a kind of intimacy there
between the two of them.
450
00:24:46,360 --> 00:24:48,975
Where is this person? Who are they?
451
00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:52,495
Police show the CCTV
to Laureline's friends and family.
452
00:24:53,640 --> 00:24:57,135
They instantly recognise the man
as her ex-boyfriend,
453
00:24:57,160 --> 00:24:59,615
Kirill Belorusov.
454
00:25:02,080 --> 00:25:05,535
Kirill Belorusov and Laureline
had met
455
00:25:05,560 --> 00:25:09,495
whilst he was working
in bars and clubs.
456
00:25:09,520 --> 00:25:13,375
You know, we understood that she was
told he was a stuntman in Hollywood,
457
00:25:13,400 --> 00:25:17,615
had clone various films
with people like Brad Pitt
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00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:20,615
and was travelling the world
to do these things.
459
00:25:20,640 --> 00:25:22,615
Ancl of course, you know,
she was excited
460
00:25:22,640 --> 00:25:24,455
to be with somebody like that.
461
00:25:24,480 --> 00:25:27,855
This was a person that she had been
in a relationship with
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since around 2009.
463
00:25:30,520 --> 00:25:33,415
And then it had ended around 2017.
464
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Ancl then, it had been on and off
since that time,
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right up until the point
where she went missing.
466
00:25:39,080 --> 00:25:41,935
Ancl so he became
a significant person
467
00:25:41,960 --> 00:25:45,055
for me and the team
almost immediately.
468
00:25:46,360 --> 00:25:49,375
As police looked deeper into
Laureline and Kirill's relationship,
469
00:25:49,400 --> 00:25:52,015
her call data is released
by the phone company.
470
00:25:53,160 --> 00:25:57,935
When the phone data for
Laureline's phone was interrogated,
471
00:25:57,960 --> 00:26:03,775
we see messages to friends
and family in the UK and abroad.
472
00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:05,095
On the Sunday,
473
00:26:05,120 --> 00:26:09,855
all these messages were being
sent out in French to France,
474
00:26:09,880 --> 00:26:12,935
that she had met this "fit vet".
475
00:26:12,960 --> 00:26:16,255
The way that the messages were put
were not in the kind of language
476
00:26:16,280 --> 00:26:18,295
that Laureline would use
with her friends,
477
00:26:18,320 --> 00:26:22,095
so they became a little bit wary
about those messages.
478
00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:25,695
In this case, there's a potential
that her activity
479
00:26:25,720 --> 00:26:28,015
was being spoofed by someone else.
480
00:26:28,040 --> 00:26:29,655
There are various ways
that we can tell.
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00:26:29,680 --> 00:26:31,935
This might be how the phone's used,
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00:26:31,960 --> 00:26:33,735
the length of time
that apps are used
483
00:26:33,760 --> 00:26:36,375
or even the kind of language
that's used.
484
00:26:37,680 --> 00:26:43,055
On her phone,
Google Translate was being used.
485
00:26:43,080 --> 00:26:47,375
Now, why would a French person
who's getting French messages
486
00:26:47,400 --> 00:26:49,215
need to use Google Translate?
487
00:26:49,240 --> 00:26:52,735
Ancl of course,
that is hugely significant for us
488
00:26:52,760 --> 00:26:55,175
because it identifies
somebody is using her phone.
489
00:26:56,480 --> 00:26:58,935
Laureline's family
are quick to tell police
490
00:26:58,960 --> 00:27:01,775
who they think
is behind the messages.
491
00:27:01,800 --> 00:27:04,055
Laureline's relationship with Kirill
492
00:27:04,080 --> 00:27:07,335
was quite normal
in its first few years,
493
00:27:07,360 --> 00:27:10,335
but as it started to get towards
the end of that relationship,
494
00:27:10,360 --> 00:27:12,535
he became quite abusive to her.
495
00:27:12,560 --> 00:27:15,775
Not just... I'm not talking about
physical, but the emotional abuse.
496
00:27:17,080 --> 00:27:20,255
He would target her
about her weight,
497
00:27:20,280 --> 00:27:23,255
call her a slob,
and friends could see that as well.
498
00:27:23,280 --> 00:27:24,895
It was being clone quite openly.
499
00:27:24,920 --> 00:27:26,815
Ancl so they didn't feel
that this relationship
500
00:27:26,840 --> 00:27:29,415
was very healthy for her at all.
501
00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:34,335
And Laureline also understood that
and felt that she needed to move on
502
00:27:34,360 --> 00:27:35,815
and was gonna say to him,
503
00:27:35,840 --> 00:27:38,655
"Look, Kirill, this is the end now,
I'm gonna move on."
504
00:27:40,400 --> 00:27:42,935
The relationship wasn't running
as she wanted it to,
505
00:27:42,960 --> 00:27:47,295
and her friends and family
probably saw changes in her.
506
00:27:47,320 --> 00:27:51,055
She went from very confident
and outgoing and bubbly -
507
00:27:51,080 --> 00:27:52,655
which is how people described her -
508
00:27:52,680 --> 00:27:57,375
probably to being
a lot more reluctant
509
00:27:57,400 --> 00:28:01,935
and a lot quieter
and dressing differently.
510
00:28:01,960 --> 00:28:04,815
Cos he would've insisted
on that kind of thing.
511
00:28:04,840 --> 00:28:09,215
And they probably were not happy
about the relationship.
512
00:28:10,960 --> 00:28:15,895
The single biggest trigger
for a homicide of a partner
513
00:28:15,920 --> 00:28:19,375
is separation,
an attempt to separate
514
00:28:19,400 --> 00:28:21,975
or an imagined separation.
515
00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:23,615
That's in most cases.
516
00:28:23,640 --> 00:28:26,895
Probably over 90% of cases,
that will be the trigger.
517
00:28:28,960 --> 00:28:33,535
Police discover Laureline had loaned
Kirill thousands of pounds.
518
00:28:33,560 --> 00:28:35,335
She didn't have
an awful lot of money,
519
00:28:35,360 --> 00:28:37,335
and she needed money
to move as well,
520
00:28:37,360 --> 00:28:41,575
and so she would tell, especially
her close friends in the UK,
521
00:28:41,600 --> 00:28:45,815
that, you know, the person that
had her money wasn't giving it back.
522
00:28:45,840 --> 00:28:50,735
And the reason was because
he had said that he had cancer
523
00:28:50,760 --> 00:28:53,655
and that he needed money
for treatment.
524
00:28:55,360 --> 00:28:58,335
Between Kirill Belorusov
and Laureline,
525
00:28:58,360 --> 00:29:00,975
you see messages where he talks
about his illnesses,
526
00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:04,135
and you can see that the sympathies
are there from Laureline,
527
00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:06,135
all the time.
528
00:29:06,160 --> 00:29:09,495
Naturally, in a relationship, she
feels that she can lend him money,
529
00:29:09,520 --> 00:29:11,215
but this has gone on
for such a long time,
530
00:29:11,240 --> 00:29:12,615
and he's never paid her back.
531
00:29:12,640 --> 00:29:14,295
He's never made an effort
to pay her back,
532
00:29:14,320 --> 00:29:18,295
ancl this has put her in quite
significant financial difficulty.
533
00:29:18,320 --> 00:29:21,335
She had literally nothing left.
534
00:29:21,360 --> 00:29:23,775
She gave it all to him.
535
00:29:23,800 --> 00:29:28,255
So she obviously felt invested
in this relationship with him.
536
00:29:28,280 --> 00:29:32,215
And she fully believed that
she was gonna get that money back.
537
00:29:34,360 --> 00:29:39,455
Messages show Belorusov has recently
promised to pay Laureline back.
538
00:29:39,480 --> 00:29:43,495
He was the one that was organising
where she would move to.
539
00:29:43,520 --> 00:29:46,175
When Laureline is having
conversations with her friends,
540
00:29:46,200 --> 00:29:48,055
she's saying, "|'m clue to move,
541
00:29:48,080 --> 00:29:51,375
"but Kirill's found me
this amazing house somewhere,
542
00:29:51,400 --> 00:29:53,055
"but I don't know where it is yet."
543
00:29:53,080 --> 00:29:54,375
And, of course, that...
544
00:29:54,400 --> 00:29:57,055
Even more for us, raised suspicions
545
00:29:57,080 --> 00:29:59,695
that he was involved
in her disappearance.
546
00:30:01,360 --> 00:30:05,095
I assigned an officer
to find out exactly what they could
547
00:30:05,120 --> 00:30:08,295
around this alleged cancer
that he had
548
00:30:08,320 --> 00:30:11,255
and if he was ever treated
in this country.
549
00:30:12,440 --> 00:30:14,615
It's quite a significant inquiry
to undertake
550
00:30:14,640 --> 00:30:18,775
with the amount of hospitals and
private clinics there are around.
551
00:30:20,280 --> 00:30:24,695
It's very difficult to move
a dead body in any state of health.
552
00:30:24,720 --> 00:30:28,335
If he was, from what he was saying,
553
00:30:28,360 --> 00:30:33,295
in a very, very poor state of health
and having chemotherapy,
554
00:30:33,320 --> 00:30:37,855
I think it would have been quite
difficult for him to move a body
555
00:30:37,880 --> 00:30:39,215
but not impossible.
556
00:30:39,240 --> 00:30:43,535
Laureline's bank statements
detailed recent transactions
557
00:30:43,560 --> 00:30:45,535
at her local shops.
558
00:30:47,080 --> 00:30:50,655
You can see on the Saturday
that they are shopping together.
559
00:30:50,680 --> 00:30:53,575
They go
into a big Pets At Home store
560
00:30:53,600 --> 00:30:55,415
and buy dog food and dog toys.
561
00:30:57,240 --> 00:31:00,535
The couple also visit
the supermarket next door.
562
00:31:02,040 --> 00:31:05,095
This is the last time
Laureline is seen alive.
563
00:31:09,320 --> 00:31:10,655
Later on that evening,
564
00:31:10,680 --> 00:31:15,215
we can see that McDonald's is being
bought online to be delivered.
565
00:31:15,240 --> 00:31:17,455
That's about 10:30 in the evening.
566
00:31:17,480 --> 00:31:20,295
But that's when, really, for us,
567
00:31:20,320 --> 00:31:22,255
we don't know what happens
after that point.
568
00:31:24,480 --> 00:31:28,135
Police need to know more
about Kirill Belorusov.
569
00:31:30,080 --> 00:31:33,055
It was very, very difficult
to find out a lot about him.
570
00:31:33,080 --> 00:31:35,615
One of our enquiries
was to go to |MDb
571
00:31:35,640 --> 00:31:38,055
to find out
had they ever heard of him.
572
00:31:38,080 --> 00:31:41,655
We looked in the films, and there
was nothing to link him to anything.
573
00:31:41,680 --> 00:31:43,215
No-one had ever heard of him.
574
00:31:44,360 --> 00:31:47,695
Police also look at
Kirill Belorusov's bank transactions
575
00:31:47,720 --> 00:31:49,215
to track his movements.
576
00:31:50,800 --> 00:31:53,295
The day after shopping
with Laureline,
577
00:31:53,320 --> 00:31:56,655
he is captured alone in a DIY store.
578
00:31:58,320 --> 00:32:02,495
He is in a big Homebase store,
buying rubble sacks,
579
00:32:02,520 --> 00:32:04,935
soil, garden shoes.
580
00:32:07,720 --> 00:32:09,775
He then is seen to buy tape,
581
00:32:09,800 --> 00:32:12,615
this similar tape
that has been used
582
00:32:12,640 --> 00:32:17,295
to bind the hands of Laureline
inside that grave.
583
00:32:17,320 --> 00:32:20,055
He then goes
to another convenience store
584
00:32:20,080 --> 00:32:21,895
where he buys more of that tape,
585
00:32:21,920 --> 00:32:24,855
and now it's an extra-strong version
of that tape, also.
586
00:32:24,880 --> 00:32:26,655
Obviously, that's huge evidence
587
00:32:26,680 --> 00:32:29,775
to say that those items
that appeared on Laureline's body
588
00:32:29,800 --> 00:32:31,135
were being purchased.
589
00:32:31,160 --> 00:32:35,055
So the rubble sacks,
the bin bags, the duct tape,
590
00:32:35,080 --> 00:32:36,895
all those items were identical.
591
00:32:36,920 --> 00:32:39,575
What you can also see on that CCTV
592
00:32:39,600 --> 00:32:43,775
is that he looks to have gloves on,
rubber gloves.
593
00:32:43,800 --> 00:32:45,175
Fairly unusual behaviour.
594
00:32:47,720 --> 00:32:50,175
It's really difficult, when
you first examine a crime scene,
595
00:32:50,200 --> 00:32:52,575
to know what's relevant
and what's not relevant
596
00:32:52,600 --> 00:32:54,775
to the investigation.
597
00:32:54,800 --> 00:32:59,815
Innocent items in a garden,
like bags of compost and a spade
598
00:32:59,840 --> 00:33:02,775
could potentially become
really relevant.
599
00:33:02,800 --> 00:33:05,255
We then see
that on the Monday and the Tuesday,
600
00:33:05,280 --> 00:33:08,215
he moves between different
train stations in London,
601
00:33:08,240 --> 00:33:11,375
and then by the Wednesday morning,
he's purchased a ticket,
602
00:33:11,400 --> 00:33:14,295
and we get him on CCTV
at Luton Airport
603
00:33:14,320 --> 00:33:16,735
flying out to Estonia.
604
00:33:16,760 --> 00:33:17,815
Ancl it was very clear
605
00:33:17,840 --> 00:33:20,135
that everything points to him
being involved.
606
00:33:20,160 --> 00:33:23,415
He became more
than a person of interest for me.
607
00:33:23,440 --> 00:33:25,535
I declared him as a suspect
straight away.
608
00:33:37,760 --> 00:33:42,655
Kirill Belorusov is wanted for the
murder of Laureline Garcia-Bertaux.
609
00:33:42,680 --> 00:33:46,695
CCTV shows him buying items
found on her body
610
00:33:46,720 --> 00:33:48,175
before fleeing the country.
611
00:33:51,040 --> 00:33:54,495
Using intelligence,
DCI Simon Harding and the team
612
00:33:54,520 --> 00:33:58,415
track him down to an address
in Estonia and arrange a phone call.
613
00:34:00,480 --> 00:34:03,375
He was saying
that he left her safe and well
614
00:34:03,400 --> 00:34:06,015
and doesn't know where she is.
615
00:34:06,040 --> 00:34:10,415
Ancl officers were trying to convince
him to come back to help us.
616
00:34:10,440 --> 00:34:13,215
And, of course, one of the
obvious questions you are asking is,
617
00:34:13,240 --> 00:34:15,015
"Where is this house?
618
00:34:15,040 --> 00:34:18,655
"What is the address of it that you
had arranged for her to live in?"
619
00:34:18,680 --> 00:34:20,695
And he gave
several different answers,
620
00:34:20,720 --> 00:34:23,535
with roads that didn't exist,
kept changing it,
621
00:34:23,560 --> 00:34:25,815
kept saying
he'll get back to people.
622
00:34:25,840 --> 00:34:27,735
Ancl eventually,
it was obvious
623
00:34:27,760 --> 00:34:29,575
that he was doing everything
he could
624
00:34:29,600 --> 00:34:32,055
to avoid coming back to the UK.
625
00:34:32,080 --> 00:34:35,455
He almost thought that he could get
away with trying to tell lies to us
626
00:34:35,480 --> 00:34:36,775
and that we would believe him
627
00:34:36,800 --> 00:34:40,495
as he had clone to Laureline
throughout their relationship,
628
00:34:40,520 --> 00:34:42,455
but obviously,
we don't rely on things like that.
629
00:34:42,480 --> 00:34:44,215
We look at the facts.
630
00:34:44,240 --> 00:34:47,495
The facts show Belorusov has not
only lied to Laureline
631
00:34:47,520 --> 00:34:49,655
about his career
as a movie stuntman.
632
00:34:50,880 --> 00:34:54,135
There was nothing at all that we
could find anywhere in the UK
633
00:34:54,160 --> 00:34:57,335
or even abroad that he had sought
any kind of cancer treatment.
634
00:34:58,800 --> 00:35:01,815
He would disappear from Laureline
for five clays
635
00:35:01,840 --> 00:35:05,375
saying he was going into a hospital
in London for tests,
636
00:35:05,400 --> 00:35:06,975
but actually, in those five clays,
637
00:35:07,000 --> 00:35:09,735
he was starting to stay
with somebody else.
638
00:35:09,760 --> 00:35:12,015
He even went as far
as to shave his head
639
00:35:12,040 --> 00:35:16,415
to try and give the impression
that he was undergoing chemotherapy.
640
00:35:16,440 --> 00:35:18,815
What was very clear
was that he is just a fraudster.
641
00:35:20,600 --> 00:35:22,535
I think it's very clear
642
00:35:22,560 --> 00:35:28,535
that Laureline was in a situation
of coercive control.
643
00:35:28,560 --> 00:35:33,175
Coercive control
is quite a new concept, I suppose,
644
00:35:33,200 --> 00:35:35,735
in the way that we talk
about domestic abuse.
645
00:35:35,760 --> 00:35:38,135
It's been criminalised
646
00:35:38,160 --> 00:35:43,375
because it is an incredibly
dangerous pattern of behaviour.
647
00:35:43,400 --> 00:35:48,975
In fact, it's the single biggest
predictor for a relationship
648
00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:52,655
that might end
in serious harm or homicide.
649
00:35:52,680 --> 00:35:56,215
Laureline was somebody
who was a resource for him.
650
00:35:56,240 --> 00:35:58,935
She would give him money,
she would give him a place to stay,
651
00:35:58,960 --> 00:36:02,895
she would give him attention
and love
652
00:36:02,920 --> 00:36:04,655
or whatever it was he wanted.
653
00:36:04,680 --> 00:36:06,855
She was a resource,
654
00:36:06,880 --> 00:36:12,335
and he would have considered
that he owned that resource.
655
00:36:12,360 --> 00:36:17,455
He took her for everything
that she had.
656
00:36:17,480 --> 00:36:22,055
Ancl that's a significant motive
there that Belorusov thinks,
657
00:36:22,080 --> 00:36:24,935
"My money source has stopped,
658
00:36:24,960 --> 00:36:27,175
"and I don't want anyone else
to have her either."
659
00:36:28,320 --> 00:36:30,655
The team still needs
forensic evidence
660
00:36:30,680 --> 00:36:33,295
that puts Belorusov
at the crime scene.
661
00:36:33,320 --> 00:36:37,895
Till we're able to arrest
an offender and take a DNA sample,
662
00:36:37,920 --> 00:36:43,215
this outstanding DNA profile
is an outstanding male DNA profile
663
00:36:43,240 --> 00:36:47,015
that could be innocently left
on a piece of electrical cable.
664
00:36:47,040 --> 00:36:49,015
Although we may think
it's the offender,
665
00:36:49,040 --> 00:36:52,455
until we're actually able
to obtain a DNA sample
666
00:36:52,480 --> 00:36:55,495
from the offender,
we can't confirm either way.
667
00:36:55,520 --> 00:36:58,415
To arrest Belorusov and get his DNA,
668
00:36:58,440 --> 00:37:01,735
the team need him
back on British soil.
669
00:37:01,760 --> 00:37:04,695
If you identify a suspect
for a murder,
670
00:37:04,720 --> 00:37:08,015
it's very frustrating that you
can't get them straight away.
671
00:37:08,040 --> 00:37:10,655
Ancl it's obviously more complex
672
00:37:10,680 --> 00:37:13,375
when they're not even
in this country either.
673
00:37:13,400 --> 00:37:15,615
I've got to get him back
as quickly as possible.
674
00:37:15,640 --> 00:37:18,015
And that's when we move
onto the next stages,
675
00:37:18,040 --> 00:37:21,135
is to obtain an arrest warrant,
a European arrest warrant,
676
00:37:21,160 --> 00:37:22,655
to try and bring him back.
677
00:37:22,680 --> 00:37:24,935
But it's very difficult for us
678
00:37:24,960 --> 00:37:28,655
because when you instigate
a European arrest warrant,
679
00:37:28,680 --> 00:37:32,095
you cannot then interview him
about what happened.
680
00:37:32,120 --> 00:37:34,415
You need to be very, very confident
681
00:37:34,440 --> 00:37:39,455
that you have enough evidence
to take somebody into a courtroom.
682
00:37:41,240 --> 00:37:43,975
Unable to get a DNA sample
from Belorusov,
683
00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:46,295
police still need to link him
to the crime scene
684
00:37:46,320 --> 00:37:48,495
to get him extradited.
685
00:37:49,720 --> 00:37:52,935
Digital forensic experts
think Laureline's Wi-Fi router
686
00:37:52,960 --> 00:37:55,615
holds vital evidence.
687
00:37:55,640 --> 00:37:57,255
We can look at the router logs
688
00:37:57,280 --> 00:37:59,535
in terms of what websites
were accessed
689
00:37:59,560 --> 00:38:01,855
through that home Wi-Fi connection.
690
00:38:01,880 --> 00:38:05,095
We can also look at synced accounts
such as your Google
691
00:38:05,120 --> 00:38:07,455
which will give us
your website history.
692
00:38:07,480 --> 00:38:11,215
So we want to understand anyone
that had connected to the home Wi-Fi
693
00:38:11,240 --> 00:38:14,175
during that significant period
of that Friday
694
00:38:14,200 --> 00:38:17,615
through to the time
that the body was discovered.
695
00:38:17,640 --> 00:38:20,975
Using phone data and the findings
from the postmortem,
696
00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:23,295
police believe Laureline was killed
697
00:38:23,320 --> 00:38:25,575
in the early hours
of Sunday morning.
698
00:38:25,600 --> 00:38:28,415
Between midnight and 5am,
699
00:38:28,440 --> 00:38:31,455
two devices are connected
to Laureline's Wi-Fi.
700
00:38:31,480 --> 00:38:36,335
Her phone and a phone registered
to Kirill Belorusov.
701
00:38:36,360 --> 00:38:40,495
He was there at the time
that Laureline was dead.
702
00:38:42,680 --> 00:38:45,775
What we can see is that Belorusov
703
00:38:45,800 --> 00:38:47,655
is looking at pornography
on his own phone.
704
00:38:47,680 --> 00:38:49,215
At the same time,
705
00:38:49,240 --> 00:38:53,775
he is sending
and using Google Translate
706
00:38:53,800 --> 00:38:57,455
for the messages
to Laureline's family and friends.
707
00:38:57,480 --> 00:38:59,415
That kind of tells you
what sort of person he is.
708
00:39:01,400 --> 00:39:03,415
When you look at somebody
like Belorusov,
709
00:39:03,440 --> 00:39:06,175
and you look at the emotions
that he is showing,
710
00:39:06,200 --> 00:39:08,815
we tend to think, you know,
711
00:39:08,840 --> 00:39:13,135
"That's not what I would do,
that's inappropriate."
712
00:39:13,160 --> 00:39:17,295
Everything he does is inappropriate.
He has to learn what's appropriate.
713
00:39:19,280 --> 00:39:21,695
But to secure
the European arrest warrant,
714
00:39:21,720 --> 00:39:24,255
the team need to prove
beyond any doubt
715
00:39:24,280 --> 00:39:26,815
that Belorusov has been accessing
Laureline's Wi-Fi
716
00:39:26,840 --> 00:39:30,015
from inside her home.
717
00:39:30,040 --> 00:39:32,735
It's quite believable that the Wi-Fi
could have been accessed
718
00:39:32,760 --> 00:39:34,455
from the street in this case.
719
00:39:34,480 --> 00:39:36,655
It would depend
on where the router is
720
00:39:36,680 --> 00:39:40,335
and where that is
in relation to the street
721
00:39:40,360 --> 00:39:42,535
and the type of building.
722
00:39:42,560 --> 00:39:44,855
Officers test Laureline's Wi-Fi
723
00:39:44,880 --> 00:39:47,695
from every possible position
in the street.
724
00:39:47,720 --> 00:39:51,175
The router only connects
from inside the building.
725
00:39:52,560 --> 00:39:56,815
The team can now prove that
Belorusov was at the crime scene.
726
00:39:56,840 --> 00:40:00,055
Ancl that's when I started to reach
out to the Estonian authorities.
727
00:40:00,080 --> 00:40:04,215
Estonian police
arrest Belorusov in Tallinn.
728
00:40:05,800 --> 00:40:07,535
He's transported to Heathrow,
729
00:40:07,560 --> 00:40:10,855
where Met Police charge him
with Laureline's murder.
730
00:40:13,200 --> 00:40:16,135
When you're told that we actually
have him back on UK soil,
731
00:40:16,160 --> 00:40:19,855
it's a really important thing,
not just for your investigation,
732
00:40:19,880 --> 00:40:22,175
but incredibly important
for her family as well
733
00:40:22,200 --> 00:40:25,055
to know that somebody
is going to face justice.
734
00:40:25,080 --> 00:40:26,695
In police custody,
735
00:40:26,720 --> 00:40:30,415
Belorusov has his fingerprints
and DNA collected.
736
00:40:30,440 --> 00:40:34,175
The DNA sample is compared
to the male profile
737
00:40:34,200 --> 00:40:36,095
recovered
from the cut extension cable
738
00:40:36,120 --> 00:40:38,335
found in Laureline's bedroom.
739
00:40:38,360 --> 00:40:39,735
It's a match.
740
00:40:43,240 --> 00:40:46,015
It's a little bit odd
that the offender,
741
00:40:46,040 --> 00:40:48,535
despite being very clean and tidy,
742
00:40:48,560 --> 00:40:51,935
has left a vital piece
of evidence at that scene.
743
00:40:51,960 --> 00:40:55,895
Whether he feels that there would be
no forensic evidence on there,
744
00:40:55,920 --> 00:40:58,695
for example,
if he's worn gloves or whatever,
745
00:40:58,720 --> 00:41:01,695
but that is a really,
really vital piece of evidence
746
00:41:01,720 --> 00:41:03,655
that he's left for us to find.
747
00:41:04,960 --> 00:41:08,055
But Belorusov insists
he didn't kill Laureline.
748
00:41:09,320 --> 00:41:13,215
Six months after his extradition,
the case is heard in court.
749
00:41:14,320 --> 00:41:15,615
He takes the stand.
750
00:41:17,200 --> 00:41:19,935
He basically said,
"|t wasn't me. I didn't do it.
751
00:41:19,960 --> 00:41:21,455
"I left her, she was fine.
752
00:41:21,480 --> 00:41:23,415
"Yeah, we had a rocky relationship
sometimes,
753
00:41:23,440 --> 00:41:26,975
"but, you know, she was overweight,
she was this, she was that.
754
00:41:27,000 --> 00:41:28,735
"She kind of deserved everything."
755
00:41:28,760 --> 00:41:33,735
You know, never once really showed
any form of love or emotion
756
00:41:33,760 --> 00:41:36,215
for somebody that he'd been
in a relationship with for,
757
00:41:36,240 --> 00:41:37,375
you know, nearly ten years.
758
00:41:38,560 --> 00:41:41,735
The defence argue that despite
looking like a Bond villain
759
00:41:41,760 --> 00:41:45,655
and admitting to abusing Laureline,
Belorusov is no killer.
760
00:41:46,840 --> 00:41:50,735
The person that can tell you exactly
what happened is no longer with us.
761
00:41:50,760 --> 00:41:52,135
They've lost their life.
762
00:41:52,160 --> 00:41:54,735
And what you've got is a liar
763
00:41:54,760 --> 00:41:59,375
actually directing and constructing
the narrative for us.
764
00:41:59,400 --> 00:42:02,015
And he thinks
he's this big stuntman,
765
00:42:02,040 --> 00:42:03,815
and he thinks he's almost this,
766
00:42:03,840 --> 00:42:06,015
what he's been called,
ajames Bond villain.
767
00:42:06,040 --> 00:42:09,935
And he thought that if he could
just get into the minds
768
00:42:09,960 --> 00:42:13,895
of everybody in the court,
he'd be able to manipulate them.
769
00:42:13,920 --> 00:42:16,095
But he didn't read the room
770
00:42:16,120 --> 00:42:19,375
because psychopaths very often
can't read the room.
771
00:42:22,160 --> 00:42:24,655
After being presented
with all the evidence,
772
00:42:24,680 --> 00:42:29,215
it takes just over two hours
for the jury to reach a verdict.
773
00:42:29,240 --> 00:42:33,175
Belorusov is found guilty.
774
00:42:33,200 --> 00:42:35,495
You have clone
what you set out to do,
775
00:42:35,520 --> 00:42:39,295
but equally, the family have got
the justice that they need.
776
00:42:39,320 --> 00:42:41,855
Offenders
don't often admit to crimes,
777
00:42:41,880 --> 00:42:45,375
so a lot of it is down to us
proving who was there
778
00:42:45,400 --> 00:42:46,935
and when they were there.
779
00:42:46,960 --> 00:42:49,375
That is a really,
really vital piece of evidence
780
00:42:49,400 --> 00:42:51,735
that he's left for us to find.
781
00:42:52,840 --> 00:42:59,175
Belorusov is sentenced to life
with a minimum term of 24 years.
782
00:42:59,200 --> 00:43:01,375
People think,
"Well, how can somebody
783
00:43:01,400 --> 00:43:04,415
"you're in a relationship with
get to that stage
784
00:43:04,440 --> 00:43:07,175
"where they cause you
such serious harm
785
00:43:07,200 --> 00:43:08,535
"that you lose your life?"
786
00:43:10,920 --> 00:43:13,615
Coercive control
is a pattern of behaviour
787
00:43:13,640 --> 00:43:16,375
designed to trap someone
in a relationship.
788
00:43:17,480 --> 00:43:20,455
They will learn what makes you tick.
789
00:43:20,480 --> 00:43:24,695
Belorusov would've learned
how to make Laureline cry.
790
00:43:24,720 --> 00:43:28,215
How to make her laugh,
how to make her feel loved,
791
00:43:28,240 --> 00:43:30,375
and he would've been
pulling the strings
792
00:43:30,400 --> 00:43:33,575
of every emotion that she had.
793
00:43:33,600 --> 00:43:35,815
The signs of coercive control
794
00:43:35,840 --> 00:43:38,455
are quite difficult for us
to see on the outside.
795
00:43:38,480 --> 00:43:43,935
And sometimes,
the victim is ashamed, embarrassed,
796
00:43:43,960 --> 00:43:46,055
is just hoping that things
will get better.
797
00:43:47,680 --> 00:43:49,055
Something big happened.
798
00:43:49,080 --> 00:43:52,935
Something really big happened
where Laureline finally thought,
799
00:43:52,960 --> 00:43:55,455
"What am I doing?
I've got to get rid of this man."
800
00:43:55,480 --> 00:43:59,255
That's where the countdown
to her murder started.
801
00:44:03,680 --> 00:44:05,615
You speak to the family,
802
00:44:05,640 --> 00:44:08,095
and they can see there is something
at the end of this,
803
00:44:08,120 --> 00:44:11,175
something where you can hold a light
against Laureline and say,
804
00:44:11,200 --> 00:44:13,335
"Well, look,
how is she gonna change things?"
805
00:44:13,360 --> 00:44:15,895
Ancl it's important for them to see
806
00:44:15,920 --> 00:44:19,575
that people look
at this relationship,
807
00:44:19,600 --> 00:44:23,055
look at what happened
and identify those red flags.
808
00:44:23,080 --> 00:44:25,895
So they identify that coercive
and controlling behaviour,
809
00:44:25,920 --> 00:44:27,695
and hopefully, people will see that
810
00:44:27,720 --> 00:44:29,495
and learn from it
and question, sometimes,
811
00:44:29,520 --> 00:44:31,135
the relationship
they're in themselves.