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.
I don't watch the show, so I couldn't comment. But fiction is meant to be entertaining, and it's usually more satisfying to focus on one story at a time.
Again, I'm not an expert in public safety policy, so I don't know any more about the implications than you do.
Probably the most raw was a small plane crash.
I work in a police department, so yes, work with them every day.Though my immediate coworkers and immediate supervisor are all civilians.
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They would put themselves at risk of contracting kuru, which is similar to Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease.
I try to make them realistic, but they’re not based on real cases. Except for Trail of Blood, which is partly about the unsolved Torso Murders in Cleveland in the 1930s.
Nope, not planning on it!
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