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Forensics: Online call for volunteers (subadults) to look at their teeth
A grad student in the UK is asking parents to take a look at their kids’ teeth and record their birth age and tooth eruption rates (when the baby teeth are lost and the adult teeth arrive in the mouth … Continue reading
Forensics: Irish “unmarked mass graves” of children shows “harsh, harsh conditions”
“Tánaiste and Minister for Justice Frances Fitzgerald said the discovery is an infinitely sad reminder of an Ireland that was a “very harsh, harsh place” for women and their babies.” You can be sure, this is not the only location … Continue reading
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SC coroners don’t report child deaths but state bill ok’s HS education minimum standard
A bill in the state of South Carolina will take death examiners back to the middle ages. “Don’t dumb down coroner pool.” Amen to that. A 40 hour ‘training’ for death investigation? Here’s some CSI talk about coroners.
#Forensic Pathology: Interesting opine on ‘virtopsies’ vs dissection autopsies
Interesting look at the application of full body virtopsy scans as either a replacement or adjunct for conventional dissection forensic protocols. The writer considers the options and discusses the need for coroner/ME people being trained to read the CT and … Continue reading
A strange convergence of personal attacks against female experts in the UK
Just saying……. Waney Squier, the neuropathologist got ‘delisted’ on a complaint from the coppers about lying ( aka ‘misleading’) the court. Shirley McKie, a SPA fingerprint expert, got charged for ‘perjury’ (again in court) by the coppers, tried for perjury , … Continue reading
#Forensics scandal – Reinstated Scottish fingerprint expert gets the boot – again
Is there a common source for these prints? Shirley McKie was and maybe still is, a fingerprint detective with a Scottish police agency. In the late 90’s she was part of a murder investigation that centered on identifying the man … Continue reading
Do “Science People” in Forensics plan to #ScienceMarch on Earth Day?
I haven’t run across any evidence that the April 22 March for Science national event has hit the radar of major US forensic organizations. The fact is that most members are local, state or federal employees. Certainly many call themselves … Continue reading
#Forensic News from over the place: scandal deniers, goofs and some research
Opening words at the American Academy of Forensic Science 2017 meeting. Reading about a new crime lab scandal every week, Lentini told the audience, “I’m just embarrassed.” Then read later some quotes from a “founder” and a police forensics website contributor talking … Continue reading
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A short look at what the Feds don’t like about Science and Forensics
The application of measurement (metrology) science is well established in the basic sciences. In essence it is the collection of physical data and the study of best methods to improve precision of methods. This paper has a well known fingerprint … Continue reading
Missing in America: California’s premier Unidentified Persons Unit
US Stats: 4,000 unknown human bodies found each year. >1000 remain unidentified after one year. >40,000 human remains exist as ‘unidentified’ in the US. Missing person reports in CA now at 20,000. Unknown bodies in CA exceed 3,000. I recently … Continue reading
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