Crime Scene Conference
The International Crime Scene Investigators Association will hold its annual training conference on September 10, 11, & 12, 2019. The venue is the University of Illinois Conference Center in Naperville, IL. Current…
News
Did Amelia Earhart survive crash landing in the Marshall Islands?
A recently released photo seems to indicate that she may have. The photo is discussed in a new History Channel special that airs Sunday July 9. Read more about the story here…
July 5, 2017October 20, 2021
Family DNA Searches in the News Again
Forty year old murder solved via family DNA search. The suspect identified was killed by police in 1982 following an escape from prison. Read the full article- Los Angeles Times
January 31, 2017October 20, 2021
Tools for Improving the Quality of Aged, Degraded, Damaged, or Otherwise Compromised DNA Evidence
By Michael M. Cox, Ph.D., Evelyn M. Mercer Published by the NIJ Abstract Almost every day, DNA samples are collected from the scenes of crimes or disasters that are too degraded for…
November 2, 2015November 1, 2015
Trace Evidence: Hair
by Kathy Steck- Flynn Edmond Locard was the founder of the Institute of Criminalistics at the University of Lyon in France. Locard believed that that when on person came in contact with…
April 5, 2013October 13, 2013
Interpretation, Collection and Preservation of Glass Fragments
By Kathy Steck-Flynn A man is found dead in an abandoned house. Upon examination the medical examiner finds that the man was killed by a single gunshot to the head. Three local…
April 4, 2013October 13, 2013
Condom Trace Evidence: A New Factor in Sexual Assault Investigations
By Robert D. Blackledge, M.S. Mr. Blackledge is senior chemist at the Naval Criminal Investigative Service Regional Forensic Laboratory in San Diego, California. This Article Originally Appeared in the FBI Law Enforcement…
January 27, 2013October 13, 2013
Serological Evidence in Sexual Assault Investigations
By Robert R.J. Grispino, M.A. Special Agent Serology Unit, Laboratory Division FBI Headquarters This Article Originally Appeared in the FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, October 1990. NOTE: The following article presents a purely…