A Lost Cause. How the Most Brutal and Complicated Crimes Are Solved When There Are No Clues and Witnesses

This book is filled with intriguing content: 
- high-profile unsolved cases that became the basis for film plots.   
- serial killers.   
- sexual maniacs.   
- victims of unhealthy love.   
- corrupters and fraudsters.   
How many more crimes would have been solved... if DNA analysis, fingerprinting, and entomology had been developed in past centuries? The infamous Jack the Ripper, who was never found by Scotland Yard agents, would surely have been caught by now.

Thanks to technological advances, it is now possible to track the movements of any individual. Every phone call made can be verified. Every trip. And every purchase. But this mountain of personal data means nothing without experts who can analyze it, filter out what is important, and piece everything together to find what is needed.

To understand how forensic science has evolved, it is essential to explore the past, present, and future of this most imprecise of all sciences and to meet the individuals who have greatly influenced the world of forensic expertise.

- Where and how were the first autopsies performed?
- When was the very first criminalistics laboratory opened?
- Where did the earliest version of the lie detector appear?
- What revolution did DNA analysis bring to crime solvability?
- What is a body farm for?