Category: Journal

Elissa St. Clair, Andy Maloney, and Albert Schade III Abstract:  Crime scene investigators generally have two options when they need to create a three-dimensional (3D)... Read more

Ivanie Stene and Tom Adair, MS Abstract:  We report on a study in which neat (undiluted) and cleaned bloodstains were covered with commercial wallpaper in order... Read more

Tom Adair, MS Abstract:  The pathological postmortem interval (PMI), or time since death estimate, is widely understood among crime scene reconstructionists, pathologists, and prosecutors. Unlike the... Read more

Identification of a Second Suspect via Stomach Contents at Autopsy  Lisa Pope Abstract: A case report describing the examination of stomach contents at the autopsy of... Read more

 Angela L. Williamson Abstract:  Touch DNA refers to the DNA that is left behind from skin cells when a person touches or comes into contact... Read more

Edward M. Robinson and Julie Flanagan Abstract:  Rhino Photogrammetry is introduced, to minimize or eliminate the need for measurements at medium to small crime scenes,... Read more

Julie Flanagan & Edward Robinson Abstract: Photogrammetry, the practice of obtaining accurate measurements from a photograph, is a technique nearly as mature as photography. One... Read more

Andy Maloney, Todd Campbell  & Jim Killeen  Abstract: Information gathered from cast-off patterns can be quite difficult to communicate to others who may not have attended... Read more

R.T. Wyant, M.S., Tom Burns & Kathy Geil Abstract: The demand for law enforcement to have access to less lethal tools has never been higher. Within the last... Read more

Tom Adair & Charles S. DeFrance  Abstract: Reconstructionists must sometimes deal with crime scene evidence that has been cleaned, moved, or repaired. The extent of these... Read more