COLD CASES, ON THE TRAIL OF THE KILLERS… (NUMBER 2) | TF1 | Reportages

It’s a revolution in criminal investigation: today, 15, 20 or 30 years after a crime, it is possible, by using advances in DNA, to find a murderer. Hundreds of old files, hitherto ignored by the law and known as cold cases”, can now be reopened and fresh light brought to bear on them. A huge hope for families who had lost hope. In Saône et Loire, we followed the struggle by two mothers, Marie and Marie-Rose, who are trying to find the killers of their daughters. At 18 and 28 years after the crime, it’s a real challenge against time. In Picardy, in an attempt to find the murderer of a young 16-year-old girl in 1985, the gendarmes decided to take DNA samples from every man who lived in the village 30 years ago. Their inquiry leads them to an astonishing suspect. In the Paris region, the office for prevention of crimes of violence is using computers to solve the most difficult cases. In the investigation into the disappearance of Estelle Mouzin in Seine et Marne in 2003, a software program is gathering all the information relative to the case. For the police, this is the last hope…”