When the Dead Have No Name | Victim Identification & Forensic Truth | Profiler Africa
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This episode of Profiler Africa focuses on one of the most critical — and least visible — parts of the justice system: victim identification.
Paul Llewellyn and forensic psychologist Gerard Labuschagne speak to Brigadier (Ret.) Helena J (Ras) Van Zyl, who spent decades leading forensic identification and disaster response within the South African Police Service.
The conversation explores how identification is achieved when bodies are damaged, records are missing, or disasters overwhelm systems — and why science alone is never enough.
This is a grounded, professional discussion about process, responsibility, and the human cost of getting identification wrong.
Analytical. Evidence-based. Uncomfortable — because reality usually is.
Trust nobody.
