Tag: Forensics

TOPEKA, Kan. -- On the third floor of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation headquarters sits a secure room full of electronics. Computer hard drives are wrapped in red evidence tape. ...

One of the most difficult parts of any patrol officer's job is to speak with a variety of individuals with very little preparation. Unlike the detective who may develop significant ...

It's five o'clock in the morning and you're dispatched to a home where an infant is unresponsive. You call the department to get more details.

MIAMI -- Young sleuths in-training thrust themselves this summer into the roles of forensic investigators, hot on the trail of a mysterious killer.Initial evidence pointed to a burglary suspect linked ...

Nearly every police department in the country, whether large or small, has a stockpile of cases that have remained unsolved for a number of years and have eventually gone cold. ...

The ability of investigators to explain both verbally and in writing how inferences (e.g., clues, evidence, etc.) lead them to draw logical and reasonable conclusions (e.g., probable cause, facts, etc.) ...

DENVER -- The DNA-testing technology used by Boulder County District Attorney Mary Lacy to exonerate the Ramsey family in the death of JonBenet Ramsey was the same kind authorities used ...

For years our child abuse investigative team tried to find a defensible interviewing technique specifically targeting children who had allegedly been abused. It seemed to me that we fumbled around ...

The assassination was over in a few seconds. In the photograph of that moment, Bobby Kennedy, his eyes open and glazed, lies on his back on a hotel pantry floor, ...

SALT LAKE CITY -- Law enforcement and fire agencies throughout the state are getting a gentle reminder to participate in a study aimed at determining whether there is a link ...