8 Body Parts Forensic Scientists Use to ID a Body
We all have to admit there’s been at least one time where you’ve been glued to the T.V. watching those forensic crime shows pondering about how they will ID the victim’s body.
Criminal examinations of the deceased, natural disasters and those caused by malice are sadly becoming an everyday part of life, making this field more [...]
Video – Study of Human Decomposition
Warning – This video may be distrubing to some viewers
Is Forensic Science as Fool Proof as We Think?
Popular Mechanics recently did a story on the shaky science of forensics. Crimes shows portray forensics as the end all be all to solving crimes, but are there methods really fool proof?
Here is Popular Mechanic’s review of four common evidence-gathering techniques, and the debates behind their accuracy.
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Forensic Footprints – 6 Tips on Getting Away with Murder by What Your Wear on Your Foot
Forensic investigators scour a crime scene for evidence that can point them in the direction of a suspect. Once they have a suspect, they use this evidence to prove the suspect committed the murder.
Such evidence can be a shoeprint. Like fingerprints, shoeprints are unique to the individual that leaves them can be analyzed to prove [...]
How to Completely Erase Blood Evidence
Blood left at a crime scene can leave a wealth of information for forensic investigators.
Even if you clean up the crime scene and eliminate visual traces of blood, investigators can use chemicals reagents such as luminol, phenophthalene or the human haemoglobin test, to uncover where blood or blood splatter was left during the crime.
From the Crime Scene to the Crime Lab
