Overview This webinar is broken into two sections. The first by Ms. Dana Greely, Forensic Scientist with the Hamilton County Coroner’s Laboratory in Cincinnati, OH, titled “Shooting Through Closed Windows: A Study of Gunshot Residue”. Picture this: A man is…
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Shooting Reconstruction: 4 Elements of Trajectory
Overview A key part of any shooting incident reconstruction is the determination of a projectile’s trajectory through items at the scene. The path of a bullet hole has 4 main elements that require measurement, estimation, or other determination where possible.…
Science, Law and Politics of Cold Case Investigations
Overview What do the JonBenet Ramsey murder, the BTK killings and the Centennial Olympic Park bombing have in common? When does a criminal case go “cold,” and what does it take to “thaw it out” again? At a time of…
Webinar: SANE/SAFE/SART Federal Stakeholder Meeting [Archival]
Overview On May 14, 2014 the Forensic Technology Center of Excellence (FTCOE) convened a federal stakeholder meeting entitled, “Organizing and Transferring SANE/SAFE/SART Knowledge and Best Practices” at the RTI location in Washington D.C. The FTCOE leads a comprehensive federal effort…
Removing PCR Artifacts in Forensic DNA Analysis
Overview This webinar presented a new method that removes confounding PCR artifacts in Forensic DNA Analysis using high accuracy Massively Parallel Sequencing (MPS). The use of short-tandem repeats (STR) in forensic DNA analysis has been successful in most situations. However,…
Webinar: Regioisomer Differentiation for Substances Using GC-IR [Archival]
Overview Forensic examiners are called upon to conduct detailed chemical analyses of drugs, precursors, and related chemicals that may be present with imposter substances, isomers, or other compounds that may interfere with analysis. Gas chromotograph mass spectrometry (GCMS) has been…
Genome ID Forum 2014 – Proteomics: Multiplex Assay to Identify Biological Stains
Overview Originally presented at the 2014 Genome ID Forum, this archived presentation discusses the development and validation of a rapid multiplex assay for the identification of biological stains using comparative proteomics. Current serological techniques, although historically utilized and relied upon…
Webinar: Project FORESIGHT Overview [Archival]
Overview Participating laboratories have been able to increase efficiency, reduce turnover, increase internal satisfaction and corresponding compensation, and reconsider strategic priorities for enhanced contributions to the justice system. In this webinar, Project FORESIGHT is detailed along with several success stories…
2013 R&D: Postmortem Interval and Molecular Autopsy – Part II [Archival]
Overview This archival portion of the 2013 R&D Seminar Series covers the following presentations: Applications of Curvilinear Development Modeling for the Blow Fly Lucilia Sericota – Leon Higley Investigating Unexplained Deaths through Molecular Autopsies – Yingying Tang A certificate of…
2013 R&D: Postmortem Interval and Molecular Autopsy – Part I [Archival]
Overview This archival portion of the 2013 R&D Seminar Series covers the following presentations: Microbial Community Change Associated with Decomposing Corpses – Rob Knight Using Differential RNA Degradation to Estimate an Extended Postmortem Interval – Joshua Moore A certificate of…