Send us a text When two teenage girls were murdered in rural Leicestershire in the 1980s, detectives were left with no suspects, no leads, and a community gripped by fear. But just miles away, a young geneticist named Alec Jeffreys was studying DNA for reasons that had nothing to do with crime. His work—never intended for law enforcement—produced a discovery that would change the world: genetic fingerprinting. What began as pure scientific curiosity became the breakthrough that cleared an inn...
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Send us a text When two teenage girls were murdered in rural Leicestershire in the 1980s, detectives were left with no suspects, no leads, and a community gripped by fear. But just miles away, a young geneticist named Alec Jeffreys was studying DNA for reasons that had nothing to do with crime. His work—never intended for law enforcement—produced a discovery that would change the world: genetic fingerprinting. What began as pure scientific curiosity became the breakthrough that cleared an inn...
Amber Hagerman: The Abduction That Sparked a Movement
A Crime's Ripple Effect
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Amber Hagerman: The Abduction That Sparked a Movement
Send us a text On a mild January afternoon in 1996, nine-year-old Amber Hagerman vanished while riding her pink bicycle in Arlington, Texas. What began as a neighborhood search became a nationwide manhunt—and the spark for a system now used around the world. This episode follows the investigation, the heartbreak, and the unstoppable ripple that turned one child’s name into a global alert network that saves lives every day.
A Crime's Ripple Effect
Send us a text When two teenage girls were murdered in rural Leicestershire in the 1980s, detectives were left with no suspects, no leads, and a community gripped by fear. But just miles away, a young geneticist named Alec Jeffreys was studying DNA for reasons that had nothing to do with crime. His work—never intended for law enforcement—produced a discovery that would change the world: genetic fingerprinting. What began as pure scientific curiosity became the breakthrough that cleared an inn...
