Body 115 : The mystery of the last Victim of the King's Cross Fire

Body 115 offers an insight into a field of police work that the public rarely gets to see. It details the problems faced by the authorities in the aftermath of a major disaster and shows how detective work, scientific deduction and dogged determination can overcome an apparently insurmountable problem. The police devoted thousands of hours to the mystery of body 115 and sought help from many experts including pathologists, forensic scientists, fingerprint specialists, medical artists and surgeons. Often they thought that they were close to a solution only to have their hopes dashed. Eventually a remarkable piece of forensic detective work uncovered a potential name for Body 115 but verifying this identification turned out to be far from straightforward.