Emoji in the Courtroom? How Technology is Creating New Challenges
According to TechCrunch, the average person spent 300 minutes per day on their smartphone in 2017. Beyond that, over 1,661 billion text messages were sent in 2016 in the US alone. With these numbers increasing, it’s no wonder that communication has changed over the years. Less face to face communication has led to an increase […]
This Week in Forensic Science
No one has hours to scour the papers to keep up with the latest news, so we’ve curated the top news stories in the field of Forensic Science for this week. Here’s what you need to know to get out the door! European Team Presents Forensic Software for 3-D Crime Reconstructions (Forensic Magazine – 4/6/2018) […]
How a Magazine Ad Helped Convict a Rapist
In May of 1986, a woman in Orange County, Florida, was surprised by a man who entered her apartment and raped her at knifepoint. Despite the fact that she got a glimpse of his face, the chances of identifying and convicting her rapist were slim. Although law enforcement officers did their best to identify the […]
Matching a Suspect to a Crime Scene Using Molecular and Microbial Traces
If we know that humans leave behind chemical and microbial traces in an environment, and we also know that these traces are unique to each human based on their lifestyle choices, could we then determine which human had interacted with an environment? If so, this would have tremendous impacts for forensic science. Imagine being able […]
This Week in Forensic Science
No one has hours to scour the papers to keep up with the latest news, so we’ve curated the top news stories in the field of Forensic Science for this week. Here’s what you need to know to get out the door! Internet Sleuths, DNA Link John Doe to Northern New Mexico (Santa Fe New […]
Solving the Phoenix Canal Murders
Colleen Fitzpatrick, founder of Identifinders International, describes how she used forensic genealogy to narrow a list of 2,000 suspects to just 5 and helped the Phoenix PD catch the Canal Killer. TRANSCRIPT: My name is Colleen Fitzpatrick. I’m a forensic genealogist. I’m based in Fountain Valley, California, and I’m the owner and originator of […]
The Forensic Scientist Who Knows How to Build Consensus
Jeremy Triplett has had a busy three years. Since the inception of the Organization of Scientific Area Committees for Forensic Science (OSAC) in 2014, Triplett has chaired the organization’s governing body, the Forensic Science Standards Board (FSSB). In that role, he marshals OSAC’s efforts to promote technically sound forensic science standards. He also served as […]
This Week in Forensic Science
No one has hours to scour the papers to keep up with the latest news, so we’ve curated the top news stories in the field of Forensic Science for this week. Here’s what you need to know to get out the door! Siblings Can Have Surprisingly Different DNA Ancestry. Here’s Why. (National Geographic – 3/23/2018) […]
This Week in Forensic Science
No one has hours to scour the papers to keep up with the latest news, so we’ve curated the top news stories in the field of Forensic Science for this week. Here’s what you need to know to get out the door! Canadian Court Approves Advanced Y-STR Testing in 1983 Murder (Forensic Magazine – 3/19/2018) […]
