Professor Patricia Wiltshire, world renowned expert in the field of Forensic Ecology, will be doing a fund raising lecture for our Stute on 7th February.
Consulted by police forces all over the world and involved in helping solve some the most notorious heinous crimes in the U.K. Come and hear about her fantastic work and cases. We expect this to sell out quickly tickets £10 available from: www.ticketsource.co.uk/cefn-fforest-miners-welfare-hall
Patricia Wiltshire was born in Cefn Fforest. After working as a medical laboratory technician (1960–1964), she moved on to a career in the business world and then studied botany at King’s College London (1970–1973). She lectured there for several years in microbial and general ecology before taking up a post at the Institute of Archaeology at University College London. She was later responsible for setting up a Masters’ course in forensic archaeological science which ran successfully and continued after she left UCL.
She has been involved in a number of high profile cases including the Soham murder inquiry, Patricia Wiltshire’s analysis of soil and plant evidence from clothing, footwear, and a vehicle, yielded trace evidence that linked Ian Huntley to the place where the victims (Jessica Chapman and Holly Wells) were found. Observation and experimentation of plant growth at the deposition site enabled her to estimate the time that the girls had been placed in the ditch very accurately. Her evidence was important in the conviction of Ian Huntley.
She has written three books, Traces: The memoir of a forensic scientist and criminal investigator, (review can be found here traces: the memoir of a forensic scientist and criminal investigator: patricia wiltshire (book review) – cefn fforest miners institute); The Nature of Life and Death – Every Body leaves a Trace – Tales of a Forensic Ecologist; and The Natural History of Crime: Case Studies in Death and the Clues Nature Leaves Behind.
We are thrilled that she will be returning to her roots to talk about her career
