Is it possible to commit the perfect murder?

Nowadays the new testing techniques make it increasingly harder for criminals to escape justice, but ... could the opposite also be true? Could a murderer use a knowledge of forensic science to commit the perfect murder? the BBC has asked the people most likely to know: forensic scientists.

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Leo Goff uses pigs because they are very similar in metabolism to humans.
1. True
2. False
If the body is wrapped the insects won't be able to get to it
1. True
2. False
Insects can always help us to ascertain the time of death.
1. True
2. False
Eleanor Graham uses washing powder for her investigations.
1. True
2. False
After seven days at 60º, only the tissue and fatty materials remain.
1. True
2. False
Not even a experienced anthropologist can spot the tiny mark a bullet or a knife would leave in a bone.
1. True
2. False
Poison is the most likely weapon for a perfect murder.
1. True
2. False
Poisoner Harold Shipman got away with his murders
1. True
2. False
Shipman, who was a doctor killed his victims with morphine
1. True
2. False
According to Professor Henry there may have been perfect murders we don't know about
1. True
2. False

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