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Nearly 70 parcels with human remains were discovered near Moffat, Scotland, in 1935

Investigators used the age of maggots (blowflies) on the remains, along with newspaper scraps, to help determine when and where the bodies were dumped

Dr. Buck Ruxton was arrested, tried, and executed after police identified the victims as Isabella Ruxton and Mary Rogerson

When bundles of human remains surfaced in the misty Scottish hills in September 1935, detectives were handed a nightmare — a puzzle of flesh and bone. Each piece pointed to a killer who knew anatomy, but it would take the cutting edge of forensic science to reveal the truth — and expose a trusted doctor as a murderer.

According to records from the Moffat Museum and Glasgow Police Museum , two women walking along Gard

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