“I wanted to do the ’milk carton kids’ – they were the first missing children to appear on milk cartons – because I started to teach in Birmingham in 1997, and I couldn't get over the fact that two boys could simply disappear off the face of the earth,” says Wilson. The first case involves the so-called ' Milk Carton Kids' – two boys who disappeared from Chelmsley Wood near Birmingham on Boxing Day night in 1996. What are the cold cases in In the Footsteps of Killers? In the Footsteps of Killers is a true crime series in which Professor David Wilson and Emilia Fox re-examine three cold cases. What is In the Footsteps of Killers about?
All three episodes will be available on All4 after the first episode has aired.Īt the moment there are no plans to air In the Footsteps of Killers in the US, but we will update this page as soon as that changes.