Patricia Wiltshire

Dr Patricia Wiltshire (born 1944 in Glamorgan, Wales) is a forensic ecologist, botanist and palynologist. She has been consulted by police forces in over 200 investigations spread through England, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland and abroad. She has been instrumental in helping solve a number of high-profile crimes. These include the murder of Christopher Laverack, a case that was unsolved for three decades. She was also able to help prove the guilt of Ian Huntley for the Soham murders.

Dr Wiltshire had an unconventional childhood education: encyclopaedias formed her major source of learning from age six, on account of interruption of formal schooling by whooping cough and measles. This broad approach to knowledge provided a strong foundation for her future career. Starting as a medical laboratory technician, she moved on to study botany at King's College London. She lectured there for several years in microbial and general ecology before taking up a post at the Institute of Archaeology at University College London.

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