239 - They Stuffed a Child Actor in a Cooler (S5E5 Serendipity)
In a raucous ride filled with twists and turns that only the Neal Baer years of SVU can deliver, the Unit first catches a dead baby in a bag in a gutter and ends up with two different perps going down for two very different crimes one of which is ripped from not one, but two different headlines. Featuring dives into West Nile Virus, the origins of the UK's Anatomy Act 1832, and subdermal tubes filled with other people's blood used to juke blood tests, this one has a lot going on, and that has nothing to do with how this Season 5, Episode 5 "Serendipity" will forever reframe how you look at honey.
Sources:
The use of insects in forensic investigations: An overview on the scope of forensic entomology - https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3296382/
Burke and Hare Murders - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burke_and_Hare_murders
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Divorcio Suave - “Munchy Business”
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