The Body Farm as it is called is quite morbid to some, but it does serve a purpose to those that study anthropology and forensics science.
DNA testing and solving crimes can only be as good as it is if it is collected and entered into the database. ...
Forensic photography plays a vital part of all crime scene investigations. The pictures are taken of the entire crime scene. Before evidence is collected, photos are taken....
Jeffery Dahmer was known nationally as the sickest of all serial killers in the world. His victim's bodies were mutilated and de-skinned with chemicals...
The chain of command at a crime scene is more important than the evidence itself. If the evidence is not contained...
Forensic DNA is one way to determine who or what has been at the scene of a crime. This was true for the OJ Simpson trail....
When coroners look at a body, they are looking for a cause of death. In some cases, the cause of death is not apparent. The person may have died from drug overdoses, natural causes or from an injury that caused the death. ...
Vincent Brothers was suspected of killing his wife, mother-in-law and three children in California in 2004, but authorities had to prove that his car was indeed in California and not in Ohio where the man lives. ...
The use of forensic facial reconstruction has helped identify bodies that were found in a state of decomposition.
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A new breakthrough in forensic science appears to have found the solution to this problem.
Fingerprints are often the key to solving crime mysteries. ...