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Planting Clues - How plants solve crimes (Hardcover)
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Planting Clues - How plants solve crimes (Hardcover)
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List price R690
Loot Price R600
Discovery Miles 6 000
You Save R90 (13%)
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Discover the extraordinary role of plants in modern forensics, from
their use as evidence in the trials of high profile murderers such
as Ted Bundy to high value botanical trafficking and poaching. We
are all familliar with the role of blood splatters or fingerprints
in solving crimes, from stories in the media of DNA testing or
other biological evidence being used as the clinching evidence to
incriminate a killer. This book lifts the lid on the equally
important evidence from plants at a crime scene, from the
incriminating presence of freshwater plants in the lungs of a
drowning victim, to rare botanical poisons in the evening gin and
tonic, to exotic trafficked flowers and drugs. In Planting Clues,
David Gibson explores how plants can help to solve crimes, as well
as how plant crimes are themselves solved. He discusses the
botanical evidence that proved important in bringing a number of
high-profile murderers such as Ian Huntley (the 2002 Shoham
Murders), and Bruno Hauptman (the 1932 Baby Lindbergh kidnapping)
to trial, from leaf fragments and wood anatomy to pollen and
spores. Throughout he traces the evolution of forensic botany, and
shares the fascinating stories that advanced its progress.
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