"Adam" (Torso In The Thames)
Unresolved
Unresolved Productions
4.5 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 16 August 2020
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Investigators would begin the lengthy process of identifying the victim, who was missing his head and limbs, and was found wearing only a pair of bright orange shorts. Through cutting edge forensic testing, they would discover how long he had been in the UK and where he likely came from, but very little when it came to specifics.
However, over the next several years, police would uncover the unidentified boy's links to nefarious characters all over Europe, who were linked to a large-scale human trafficking ring based out of West Africa...
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| 0:00.0 | It was a mild day on Friday, September 21st, 2001, as Aiden Winter walked home from his |
| 0:11.4 | IT consultancy job right in the heart of London. |
| 0:14.5 | It was around 4pm and the streets were filled with people likely eager to get home and start |
| 0:19.7 | their weekend. |
| 0:20.7 | The 32-year-old Aiden crossed over Tower Bridge when he saw something in the water of the |
| 0:25.5 | River Thames. |
| 0:26.9 | Curious, he leaned over the railing to investigate further. |
| 0:30.1 | At first he thought it was a barrel, but when he looked closer, he realized it was a human |
| 0:35.0 | torso floating in the water. |
| 0:37.6 | This is the story of Adam, also known as the torso in the Thames. |
| 0:50.6 | The Metropolitan Police started their investigation immediately under the code name Operation |
| 0:56.0 | Swalcliffe. |
| 0:57.2 | The autopsy determined that the torso belonged to a black child that was approximately 5-7 years |
| 1:03.2 | old. |
| 1:04.2 | He was wearing a pair of bright orange shorts and nothing else. |
| 1:07.4 | The head, arms and legs had been precisely and expertly removed, and it was likely done |
| 1:13.0 | after death. |
| 1:14.1 | The boys' throat had been cut, but there were no other injuries. |
| 1:17.7 | Traces of cough medicine were found in a stomach and small intestine, alongside other unknown |
| 1:22.6 | contents which were sent off for analysis. |
| 1:25.6 | According to pathologist Mark Heath, the body was in the water within 24 hours after death |
| 1:30.8 | and had been in the water up to 10 days. |
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