Episode 3: Unearthing the Truth: cases involving exhumation or applying 21st Century science to old cold cases, eg the introduction of DNA. Being able to give families closure and a body in order to give them a ‘Christian burial’.
Over two decades Dr Cassidy’s skills were called upon to help with the investigation of all unlawful and suspicious deaths. Always a subject of press interest herself, she used her profile to make her role and the office of State Pathologist more accessible – sometimes resulting in controversy and censure.
This series takes Dr. Cassidy from a childhood in working class Glasgow to retirement in leafy Ascot via the professional and personal challenges of dealing with death on a daily basis.