This is the story of two Forensic scientists working on two different matters with their two devoted minions Mr. Polton and Dr. Jervis. Neither suspected their paths would cross for a reason, like neve before. The discovery would come after the narations of the two assistants. The stories that led to the crossing of the paths are told simultainously One in regulat print and the other in Italics. The time is 1990. The place, England. The Doctors are Dr. Waterberry and Dr. Thorndyke, both named john, both renouned in their field. Each knew of the other but rarely associated socially. The science of DNA in 1988 was passed on by an American Appealate Court and opened the floodgates to acceptance world wide. The American FBI had the CODIS data base up and running, Felons in prison and arrestees were being mouth swabed, and the samples were pouring in from abroad through INTERPOL and direct submissions.
This is the story of two Forensic scientists working on two different matters with their two devoted minions Mr. Polton and Dr. Jervis. Neither suspected their paths would cross for a reason, like neve before. The discovery would come after the narations of the two assistants. The stories that led to the crossing of the paths are told simultainously One in regulat print and the other in Italics. The time is 1990. The place, England. The Doctors are Dr. Waterberry and Dr. Thorndyke, both named john, both renouned in their field. Each knew of the other but rarely associated socially. The science of DNA in 1988 was passed on by an American Appealate Court and opened the floodgates to acceptance world wide. The American FBI had the CODIS data base up and running, Felons in prison and arrestees were being mouth swabed, and the samples were pouring in from abroad through INTERPOL and direct submissions.
