Category Archives: ABFO

Forensics: expert carried human heads of serial killer’s victims on flight to Glasgow from Italy – Daily Record

Posted on November 16, 2020 by csidds

Ive used a cardbox box sealed with crime scene tape. Fit in the overhead nicely. Dame Professor Sue Black brought the grim packages from Verona to Glasgow after being asked to help Italian colleagues investigating a serial killer . — … Continue reading →

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Forensics: Use of scientifically flawed bitemarker evidence gets Seaside man a new sentence.

Posted on November 7, 2020 by csidds

Sounds like another ABFO bitemarker (from Oregon?) has joined the list of dentists discredited as being believers in junk science. That makes abt 30 having had ABFO membership. Many have been presidents of this bunch of +/-100. Somehow the august … Continue reading →

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Forensics: @CSIDDS has 3,000 views for October 2020. 23,000 for the year. From around the world.

Posted on October 31, 2020 by csidds

I thank you all. I really appreciate your interest and support.

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AAAS Fellow, Statistician Alicia Carriquiry Explains the Perils of Faulty Forensic Science Analysis | American Association for the Advancement of Science

Posted on October 28, 2020 by csidds

Alicia is very polite. She is politely describing junk forensic sciences. Very politely. Did I mention polite? AAAS Fellow, Statistician Alicia Carriquiry Explains the Perils of Faulty Forensic Science Analysis | American Association for the Advancement of Science — Read … Continue reading →

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Forensics: Why Coroners Often Blame Police Killings on a Made-Up Medical Condition

Posted on October 23, 2020 by csidds

Well known issue in forensic medicine. Discussed? Not so much. Otherwise known as “excited delerium” vs “constraint asphyxiation.” Calling it a homicide is a career ender for an Coroner/ME. Its happened in MS, CA and elsewhere in the US. The … Continue reading →

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Forensics: Anatomy of another wrongful conviction. Philly man, exonerated at 73, faced ‘stunning violation of constitutional rights’

Posted on October 23, 2020 by csidds

The ex-DA denies responsibility. Nice. These guys have no mercy. The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office agreed that Antonio Martinez’s trial “was infected by serious official misconduct, resulting in his wrongful conviction.” — Read on http://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia-exoneration-da-ciu-patricia-cummings-antonio-martinez-wrongful-conviction-20201023.html

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Forensics: Junk forensic otoscopy. Ear Pattern Analysis in Forensic Investigation – Legal Desire Media and Insights

Posted on October 23, 2020 by csidds

The ears have it! Ear Pattern Analysis in Forensic Investigation – Legal Desire Media and Insights — Read on legaldesire.com/ear-pattern-analysis-in-forensic-investigation/

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Forensics meets Anthropology: Genetic correlations in the rhesus macaque dentition

Posted on October 12, 2020 by csidds

My idiot bitemarker (ex)colleagues taught me that all teeth were unique and independent from each other. Whatta joke. Genetic correlations in the rhesus macaque dentition – ScienceDirect — Read on http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047248420301342

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Forensics: Rapid DNA supplanting dental IDs in cases like this. KBI identifies remains found in southeast Kansas as missing 19-y –

Posted on October 11, 2020 by csidds

Our last large fatality incident in Santa Barbara used 100% DNA analyzed at a mobile onsite lab for IDs of over 30 burn victims. It is a new world for odonts. Cases w/out any leads still are mandated for dental … Continue reading →

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FORENSICS: The ABCs of how cops cheat with Fabricated Evidence: Forensic Deception, Planted Evidence and Forged Confessions

Posted on September 26, 2020 by csidds

Shocking? Not really. The National Registry of Exonerations data is quite revealing. By Kelsea Valerio (This is the fifth in an 11-part series by The Vanguard reporting on a study of exonerations produced by Samuel R. Gross, Maurice J. — … Continue reading →

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