The Truth About My Murder

World-renowned former home-office forensic pathologist, Dr Richard Shepherd, brings his expertise to fascinating murder cases in Wales. Using a state-of-the-art digital autopsy table, he explores how the truth behind these murders is revealed through the evidence from the victim’s body. Alongside Dr Shepherd is a cast of expert contributors including forensic psychologist Dr Catrin Williams, former detectives Dorian Lloyd and Iestyn Davies and former BBC chief reporter Penny Roberts. In each case featured, we also speak to family and close friends of the victim to get both a real understanding of the victim fiction but also the life-changing ripple effects these murders have on those closest to them.

With each case, through interviews, archive and the scientific evidence, we tell the story of what happened and how police and experts were able to crack the case – bringing perpetrators to justice. Central to each story is the pathology and we’re able to go inside virtual bodies to explore the effects of trauma, expose lies told by the killer and understand how this evidence is often crucial to cracking the case.

Cases in the series span the 90s through to recent years and cover both North, South, East and West Wales. They include a mother murdered by her son during the Covid pandemic; a young woman found inside a suitcase next to a motorway; a woman seemingly killed in a car accident on a remote mountain road; a mysterious case of bones found burning on a bonfire in a secluded forest; a man killed by his neighbour in a violent fight where the aggressor pleaded self-defence; and a woman killed by her violent boyfriend who tried to stage the murder scene to throw police off the scent.

Separating fact from fiction, the series puts these gripping and moving murder cases under a new lens and gives voice back to the victims to tell their truth of what happened.

Watch the series here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m002qzv2/the-truth-about-my-murder