Cold case chemistry

In 1994, a body was found floating in the North Sea, off the coast of Germany. He had been fatally injured before his death. To this day, his identity remains a mystery – he’s known only as The Gentleman or North Sea Man. It’s one of the many cold cases that forensic chemists are trying to crack. Read this article to learn about the many techniques available to chemistry detectives and how they use them to find the evidence needed to solve cases that may have happened decades ago.