174 Professional Legal Investigators
Medicolegal / Death Investigation can provide a contextual view of the empirical evidence in both death and non-death cases. We have found that the use of a full medicolegal...
173 When Personal Problems Affect Our Jobs
No matter what anyone else says, no matter what we tell ourselves, trying to leave our personal problems at the door just doesn’t work. They follow us inside. Every....
172 Investigating Shaken Baby Death
The term “shaken baby syndrome” (SBS) was developed to explain those instances in which severe intracranial trauma occurred in the absence of signs of external head trauma. SBS is...
171 Suicide Journals – The writings of a 14 year old boy
Not every suicide will have notes, it is estimated that only 25–30% of suicides are accompanied by a note.But it is important an investigator look for writings in journals;...
170 Warming up a Cold Case
Subsequent to the original murder case Cain vs. Abel, there has always been a small percentage of murders that were unsolved for a variety of case-specific reasons. There have...
We are on the move
We are on the move. We have moved into our new facility and moving forward and upward. The new location combines three locations into one. The training center, audio-video...
Las Vegas Shooting | Trauma Recovery Yoga
When Joyce Bosen was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder in 2012 after losing her son, a doctor prescribed medication. When it didn’t help, she turned to yoga. Now...
Blue Monday 🙁
A few years ago, the third Monday in January was labeled Blue Monday by many experts in the mental health field. But no matter what day of the week...
The Psychology of Death Investigation
In order to determine the direction of an investigation and to prioritize leads, if necessary, death investigators must establish the manner of a death: natural, accident, homicide or suicide....
Iam911
911 Call Takers and Dispatchers are often the first investigators involved in death calls 911 emergency dispatchers often are the first people contacted when emergency assistance is needed. They’re...
KUSA 9News – Attacks Colorado Coroners | Bonus Episode
According to a recent Gallup poll, only 32% of Americans say they have a “fair amount” of trust with news media, (website HERE.) KUSA Chanel 9 in Colorado has demonstrated they...
Thin Line C.O.D.E
C.O.D.E. addresses this reality in a real, raw, and relevant way, telling stories inspired by true events and authentic cases. Horrific accidents, savage beatings, murder, suicide, autoerotic...
HRD Dogs
Cadaver dogs. Also known as human remains detection dogs, have been trained to smell death. Specifically, the dogs are trained to smell decomposition, which means they can locate body parts, tissue,...
Psychological Autopsy | Living and Dead
Psychological autopsy is one of the most valuable tools of research on completed suicide as well as many other types of death. The method involves collecting all available information...
Is it okay not to be okay?
The burden of dealing with tragedies associated with the day-to-day duties of police officers, coroners, and medicolegal death investigators, often remains unspoken and follows the officers into their off-duty...
Crime Scene Phone Apps
The number of forensic apps available for mobile phones appears to be growing with many current technologies focusing on document and evidence collection. As death investigators we many times...
Hoarding Behavior
Hoarding is a psychological condition that results in a person accumulating an enormous amount of trash and things of little-to-no value, or worse, more animals than can be properly...
Infant Loss Resources | Affiliate Instructors
Infant Loss Resources serves as a source of information and support for healthcare professionals, childcare providers, parent educators, and police and other emergency workers who are the first to respond...
BoneID.net and 31 Genders
BoneID is a visual guide for forensic anthropologists, law enforcement, naturalists, and the simply curious. This site’s extensive and easy-to-use database will help you identify bones from many common...
Death and Transgender – The Laws v. Reality
This year a law goes in effect in California that will require Coroners and Medical Examiners to record the gender the deceased ‘wants to be’ rather than what the...
Using unconventional technology in death investigations
Technology has advanced the ease and quality of life immeasurably. Smartphones are handheld computers that can surf the internet; deliver emails, texts, and phone calls; take videos and pictures;...
WaukBoard
Have you ever had to do a removal from a tight space or crowded house. Cots wont’ fit and back boards get heavy. In this episode I introduce you...
LIVE Q and A – STS-Conflict-Culture
This episode is a recording of a live Q and A session that was held for the MLDI online Academy. It’s interesting because we are able to talk with...
Controlling Odor
A decomposing body goes through four stages: autolysis, bloat, active decay, and skeletonization. During the second stage, trapped gases that are generated primarily by bacteria in the intestinal tract begin to...
Thin Lines, New York Standards, and Training
New York updates Coroner Standards A new law signed by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Monday requires elected county coroners across the state to complete medical-legal investigation courses...
Solar Eclipse and Opioids
How Does a Heroin Overdose Kill? Heroin is one of the most addictive drugs in the world, and thousands will die every year from a heroin overdose. Used for...
Opioid Epidemic – How is it effecting you?
Soaring numbers of overdose deaths are adding to woes already plaguing medical examiner and coroner offices, resulting in a shortage of places to store bodies and long delays in...
Fire Scene Incident Command
As death investigators, a time will come when you must work a death related to a structure fire. You have a job to do and evidence needs to be...
Part 2 -Dealing with the “jerk” at work –
Workplace Bullying is repeated, health-harming mistreatment of one or more persons (the targets) by one or more perpetrators. It is abusive conduct that is : Workplace Bullying Is driven by...
Dealing with the “jerk” at work – Part 1
Workplace Bullying is repeated, health-harming mistreatment of one or more persons (the targets) by one or more perpetrators. It is abusive conduct that is : Workplace Bullying Is driven by...
Science Used in Death Investigations
In the job of investigating death, the investigator may use the resources of several different sciences to help determine many aspects of the death and subsequent investigation. It is sometimes...
True Murder
This first hand true account of one of the most horrific murders in Canadian history gives us an insight rarely gained into the mind of a murderer and the...
Your day in court
Article Credit: Caliber Press 2007 – Are You Ready to Testify Policeone.com “When you’re testifying in court, the jury, the judge, the prosecutor, the defense, the public–all eyes...
How to Become a Death Investigator
What is a Medicolegal Death Investigator? The role of the medicolegal death investigator is to investigate any death that falls under the jurisdiction of the medical examiner or coroner,...
911 Call Takers and Coroner School
The stress of 911 call-takers Mark Bond Thursday, January 15, 2015 In 1967, President Lyndon Johnson’s Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice recommended that police...
Environmental Temperature Deaths
The determination of the cause of death from exposure to extreme temperatures is a diagnosis of exclusion. Because both clinical and autopsy findings are nonspecific, a thorough investigation of...
Basics of Blood Pattern Evidence
Because blood behaves according to certain scientific principles, trained bloodstain pattern analysts can examine the blood evidence left behind and draw conclusions as to how the blood may have...
Forensic Anthropology – The Story is in the Bones
Forensic anthropology is the analysis of skeletal, badly decomposed, or otherwise unidentified human remains, and is important in both legal and humanitarian contexts. Forensic anthropologists apply standard scientific techniques developed in...
Professional Conduct – Skills and Attributes
Ethical behavior goes beyond simply knowing the difference between right and wrong; it is doing what is right. The purpose of promoting ethical investigation practices is to establish and...
Pt. 3 Cocaine, Killing and Coverup – Pathology
The question in this series is whether law enforcement ignored certain facts because it did not fit a pre-textual narrative or were simply instructed to look the other way...
Pt.2-Cocaine, Killing, and Coverup
The question in this series is whether law enforcement ignored certain facts because it did not fit a pre-textual narrative or were simply instructed to look the other way...
Pt. 1-Cocaine, Killing, and Coverup –
The question in this series is whether law enforcement ignored certain facts because it did not fit a pre-textual narrative or were simply instructed to look the other way...
Three Elements of the Scene – Panel Discussion
Every crime scene presents unique obstacles for the investigator, but in a death investigation three elements will always exists to some degree. These three elements make up the investigative...
Integrated Biometrics
Today, the term “biometrics” is not limited to fingerprints. It also includes palm prints, irises, and facial recognition. In an effort to harness new technologies, and to improve the...
Implications in Cause and Manner Rulings
Even if we do the best investigation possible, there will often be disagreement in our cause and manner rulings. This could apply to any manner of death; suicide, accident,...
Determining Time of Death
Defining Time of Death There are several times of death. Let me repeat that—there are several times of death. Time of death seems to be a simple and...
Crime Fiction – Real Life
How does our profession influence crime writers? In the western world, crime fiction – mystery, thrillers, suspense, etc. – makes up somewhere between 25 and 40 percent of all...
Forensic Odontology
Forensic odontology is the application of dental science to legal investigations, primarily involving the identification of the offender by comparing dental records to a bite mark left on the...
SketchCop Solutions
Post Mortem Facial Reconstruction A Postmortem Reconstruction is developed by reconstructing facial characteristics of an unidentified deceased person with decomposed or damaged human tissue. The image will first show...
The Criminal Investigative Function
Crime wreaks havoc on the very framework of our society, no one is immune from it. Regardless of race, background, or financial status, crime can and will touch your...
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