Insects a biological clock following a murder  Saturday 23
November 2013 12:15PM (view full episode)  A body is found in
the forest wrapped in a blanket. Another lies in a suitcase. How
long have they been there? As entomologist Martin Hall explains,
the presence of insects provides forensic information.
Particular insects arrive at particular times during the
decomposition of a body. And whether the insects are there in
adult form, or juvenile form or as eggs reveals valuable
information which can help piece together the time of death.
Add comment   Robyn Williams: Of course the classic way to solve
a murder mystery is by consilience. Take fingerprints, alibis,
bloodstains, motives, separate lines of evidence and put them
all together to find out who done it. Martin Hall at the Natural
History Museum in London also uses bugs and maggots.  Martin
Hall: We worked on a case in 2009, quite an infamous case which
resulted in someone called Clinton Bailey getting a life
sentence, 30 years in prison. And he murder