Episode 25


 “Especially when I worked with the dead that, this guy cannot tell you who he is. He cannot tell you what’s his story…..I have a few case studies because people always ask me, how do I trace the families? The people that are stateless or not on our population register. And then most of the time they have a digital identity because , even the poorest of the poor has a cell phone”

Wilhelm Fouche


Description

Providing a voice to the voiceless. Willie Fouche explains how in his Forensic Pathology Service they help identify individuals who have no forensic or digital identity. Many of the unclaimed bodies he encounters are stateless and can only be identfied through collaboration and using multiple investigative techniques.

Guest

Wilhelm Fouche

Wilhelm (Willie) Fouche is a a Death Investigator at the Gauteng Forensic Pathology service. He provides a voice to the voiceless by identifying unknown bodies through forensics and using digital identity.