I spent the five happiest years of my life in a morgue. As a forensic scientist in the Cleveland coroner’s office I analyzed gunshot residue on hands and clothing, hairs, fibers, paint, glass, DNA, blood and many other forms of trace evidence, as well as crime scenes. Now I'm a certified latent print examiner and CSI for a police department in Florida. I also write a series of forensic suspense novels, turning the day job into fiction. My books have been translated into six languages.
Not necessarily. I would say in this day and age, all bets are off.
Probably 'touch' DNA, getting a DNA profile from someone's skin cells where they touched something. It's always a bit of a crapshoot because without a visible stain, you can't be sure there's any DNA there at all. But it's worth a try and sometimes we get results.
Yes, about 60 times over 25 years. But not nearly as often as you'd think.
I'm sorry but I have no idea. I have no legal training. You'd have to ask a cop or a lawyer.
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With all the high-tech kids toys, is there still a demand for traditional ones?
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Do rappers ever stage beefs with each other as a PR stunt?
There was a really bad case of elder abuse that I think I blocked out of my mind for the most part, because I can picture only a brief image of it while I remember everything else about the call. Other than that, no.
It’s whatever the particular agency’s Standard Operating Procedures require. Each police agency can make their own requirements.
Not my field.
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