FORENSIC pathologists face personal and professional challenges in a moody, tense thriller that moves from the crime scene to the lab.
In episode one of series 27 of Silent Witness on Friday, January 24 at 8.30pm, Nikki and Jack investigate a murder bearing all the hallmarks of a notorious serial killer.
When Nikki meets Charles Beck, the pathologist who conducted the original post mortems, she discovers his wife was the suspected fifth victim of the serial killer, but nobody believes him when he claims he knows where to find her body.
But when a woman’s body is removed from a reservoir, Nikki performs the post-mortem and confirms she is the deceased wife of Charles Beck.
Jack and Velvy discover new evidence that leads to a surprising arrest as Nikki continues to seek the truth about notorious serial killer Calvin Dunn.
In episode 2 on Friday, January 31, the team work a suspected suicide but the investigation raises more questions than it answers.
Gabriel has an exciting new opportunity, both professionally and personally, and enlists Jack’s help.
When a disgruntled professor of criminology is passed over for promotion, events take a truly sinister turn and the interview panel begin to be targeted.
Events continue to spiral at the university and Cara becomes collateral damage.
The riddle of the body in the Thames is solved. A breakthrough in the Cherry case is received from an unlikely source, but will the team get there before it is too late?
In episode 3 on Friday, February 7, the team investigate the discovery of the body of a woman found in a flat after being dead for a year.
As they seek to find out the truth of her identity and what happened to her, they must draw on all of their forensic and pathology knowledge to solve the case.
Even if the world had forgotten her, the Lyell are determined that she must get justice.
Nikki and Jack work to uncover the truth surrounding Roy’s death and consider if it’s linked to their original body.
Meanwhile, D.I. Torres searches for a stalker and Cara is shocked at Velvy’s living conditions.
As the case comes to a head, there are surprises afoot for the team.
In episode 4 on Friday, February 14, the team investigate the death of a Burmese man on a deserted beach, as his young pregnant wife desperately hopes he is still alive.
Nikki and Jack piece together the perplexing crime scene and find it poses more questions than it answers.
Nikki makes a breakthrough but can the team believe everything they are told?
The Lyell is compromised in an unexpected way, as the team strive to find out who the man on the beach was.
On ABC TV and ABC Iview.
