Missing Person Intelligence.

Dr Jonathon Brooks

Founder and Specialist Forensic Consultant

Dr Jonathon Brooks is the Founder and Specialist Forensic Consultant at LocatED. He leads the company’s scientific work, bringing science to the search for missing persons through consultancy and research at taphonomy facilities.

His work brings together LocatED’s two complementary areas of focus: applying scientific understanding to missing-person enquiries and developing that understanding through taphonomy research. At the heart of this approach is a shared purpose — to connect careful scientific enquiry with the human questions surrounding a missing loved one, while recognising the impact on families and communities.

Professor John Cassella

Specialist Forensic Consultant

John holds a Professorial Chair in Forensic Science Education, following a career that began in medical laboratory science and chemistry and took him through medical research in London’s teaching hospitals. His work spans human identification, body recovery from disaster situations, and the development of search techniques used in homicide investigation. He has published widely on the detection of buried remains and on the case for establishing human taphonomy research in the UK.

Nicola Winterbottom

Quality Assurance Consultant

Nicola works across forensic quality, training and compliance, with more than twenty years in forensic science. She has led quality and training within police scientific services, and has audited forensic collision investigation units across England and Wales. At LocatED she advises on the quality assurance that keeps scientific work reliable and defensible.

Lorna Markillie

Crime Scene Investigator

Lorna Markillie is a Crime Scene Investigator working with LocatED. Her full profile is being prepared.