LIsa Black
Cape Coral, FL
Female, 49
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.
Well it's worth a try. However, you should be aware that bite marks are not usually accepted as reliable evidence in court any more.
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Sure--any good quality black powder should have the same effect.
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I thought phlebotomy was the drawing of blood, so I assume its mostly used in medicine. But one person in my office is actually trained in it so she can draw our blood when we need samples for positive controls.
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Apparently experimentation has shown it is possible. It gets more likely the longer the gloves are worn.
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My lab doesn’t have the ability to test vials of any time. We would send any liquid samples to the state lab.
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Probably everyone gets interested in the field because it looked interesting in a TV show. But by the time you’re sufficiently trained to actually get a job, you’d know that it’s not like TV.
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Not at all difficult IF the person’s DNA profile is already in CODIS.
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