Crime Scene Photographers have been an integral part of criminal investigations since photographies earliest days. For the better part of a century, photographers have been combing through crime scenes and trying to capture every angle in the hopes of apprehending criminals. …
Law enforcement agencies have been using techniques to record and identify fingerprints for many years, with records going back almost a century available to crime scene investigators. However, individuals hoping to avoid identification based on their fingerprints and to mislead …
Some high school students spend their summers working on their tan and relaxing with friends – anything but thinking about the start of the next semester or the looming specter of college. Students from Burchell High School in Southern Alaska …
Forensics programs across the country deal with massive backlogs of untested rape kits on a regular basis. The city of Detroit was found to have a massive deficit of nearly 8,700 kits with some dating back over 30 years. However, …
About 170 suspects are in custody after a deadly shootout between rival biker gang members left nine bikers dead and eighteen injured at the Twin Peaks restaurant in Waco, Texas on May 17, 2015. One crime scene investigator on the …
CSI analyses are highly painstaking, and it can take hours and even days to thoroughly document a crime scene. Everything from blood spatter to bullet holes must be precisely documented the first time through. Generally, there is no going back …
As part of the trial for the brutal stabbing of Ofelia Alcarado, San Antonio Police Department CSI Samatha Wohler recently testified about the crime scene she worked on November 11, 2010. Wohler described the large amount of blood found throughout …
Forensic evidence unearthed by CSIs was instrumental in identifying a prime suspect in the murder of Yolanda Reyes of Walker, Michigan, a mother of four who disappeared in April 2014. Thankfully, her accused killer was recently apprehended and is set …
Evidence from crime scene investigators is playing a pivotal role in the prosecution of former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez for the 2013 murder of Odin Lloyd. Lieutenant Steven Bennett of the Massachusetts State Police testified on March …
On January 23, twenty-eight Junior Girl Scouts in Kentucky became pretend Crime Scene Investigators (CSI) for a night. The program was made possible through a partnership with iSPACE, a non-profit organization that provides educational programs to communities, families and schools …