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Meet the retirees hunting down cold cases

Meet the retirees hunting down cold cases

A global network of do-it-yourself detectives is on a mission to solve the mysteries that police won’t.

Angela Watts arrived in the small Welsh village of Resolven, in the Vale of Neath, on a warm day in July 2021. Aside from the walking trails and waterfalls there was not much in the way of visitor attractions.

That month, the district website advertised a Women’s Institute bake sale and a small outdoor musical performance. No matter. Watts hadn’t made the two-hour journey for fun. She was there to get a feel for the scene where a man’s skeletal remains had been discovered on a nearby hillside in 1979.

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