Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
When a body is discovered with no name and no identity, forensic science becomes the only way to uncover the truth. In this episode, experts reveal the methods used to identify the dead — from fingerprints and dental records to DNA analysis, bone examination and facial reconstruction.
Going behind the scenes in laboratories and mortuaries, this investigation shows how forensic medicine pieces together clues left behind after death. Every detail matters, and one small discovery can be enough to finally give a body its identity back.
A fascinating and unsettling look at how science answers one of the most difficult questions in any death investigation: who was this person?
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When a body is discovered with no name and no identity, forensic science becomes the only way to uncover the truth. In this episode, experts reveal the methods used to identify the dead — from fingerprints and dental records to DNA analysis, bone examination and facial reconstruction.
Going behind the scenes in laboratories and mortuaries, this investigation shows how forensic medicine pieces together clues left behind after death. Every detail matters, and one small discovery can be enough to finally give a body its identity back.
A fascinating and unsettling look at how science answers one of the most difficult questions in any death investigation: who was this person?
Subscribe to True Lives: bit.ly/3dBMxvl
This film was first broadcast: 1998
Check us out on Facebook: facebook.com/OurStoriesChannel
Watch More Documentaries
True Lives - bit.ly/3A8xRMJ
Up Close - youtube.com/@UpCloseITVS
Our History - bit.ly/3rUpdhL
Our World - bit.ly/3ftuckM
Our Stories - bit.ly/3ynfFyk
Taste - bit.ly/3OZoDcV
Blueprint - bit.ly/3ZK5UdD
True Lives brings you fascinating stories of social interest from around the world. You can discover award winning documentaries, films and groundbreaking reports that capture the complexities of our daily life, with stories that will entertain, inspire and inform.
Content distributed by ITV Studios.
