Steeped in Blood: The Life and Times of a Forensic Scientist - David Klatzow
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Steeped in Blood The Life and Times of a Forensic Scientist
By: David Klatzow
Pages: 314
Dimensions: ± 23 cm x 15 cm (L x W)
Softcover. Condition good. Pages lightly tanned with age spots.
For a very long period of time, Dr David Klatzow was the only independent forensic investigator in South Africa. During the apartheid years, a time of police brutality and state cover-ups, he was the man human rights lawyers called when they needed independent forensic evidence to uncover the truth. Klatzow's investigations into countless notorious cases, such as the Guguletu Seven, the Trojan Horse, the murders of human rights lawyer Bheki Mlangeni and activist Dr David Webster, and the bombing of Khotso House and Cosatu House, made him a controversial public figure.
He was instrumental in changing the testing mechanism for drunk driving in the 1980s and became an expert in fire investigations. One of his most enduring interests is uncovering the truth behind the Helderberg airplane crash. Through a detailed analysis of the findings of the Margo Commission of Inquiry and having sifted through all available evidence, he is convinced that the official version of the story is far from the truth. More recently, Klatzow investigated the Paarl Press fire, the assassination of Brett Kebble and the murder of Inge Lotz. Although some cases are still unsolved, for him a case is never closed. The truth is out there, and he will find it.
