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Documenting Bloodstain Patterns through Road Mapping
By Daniel R. Winterich
An accurate and methodical technique for documenting bloodstain patterns is invaluable in crime scene analysis. The road mapping technique allows for complete photo documentation of bloodstain patterns. The procedure involves using overall, medium, and close-up photographs combined with labels and scales.
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FORENSIC NEWS
  • Seminole County Crime Lab Helps FDLE Reduce Wait on DNA Tests
    Aggressive steps taken by the FDLE to speed up the process and an experiment by Seminole and three other counties are putting the DNA results in the hands of investigators in an average of 53 days.
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  • Mobile Print Reader Makes DC Area Crime-Solving A Snap
    A mobile print reader, based on technology developed for the military, has helped police in Northern Virginia and suburban Maryland solve countless cases as officers use the devices on the street and during traffic stops.
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  • Nevada Coroner Gets $400,000 Grant to Set Up Missing Persons Program
    The Clark County coroner's office received a $400,000 federal grant to create a program for using DNA testing to help solve missing persons cases. The county will set up an 18-month program to exhume, sample, and test DNA in about 50 missing persons cases.
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  • New Products from Applied Biosystems, Mideo, Spectronics, and Dazor
    Forensic DNA kits from Applied Biosystems, a forensic imaging workstation from Mideo, a new forensic inspection kit from Spectronics, and a digital computer microscope from Dazor.
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  • Also in the News…
    Forensics Group LGC Put Up For Sale
    Sculptor Learns First-Hand What It Takes To Be an FBI Agent
    First International Ph.D. in Forensic Medicine and Sciences

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November 4-7, 2009
NEAFS Annual Meeting
Long Branch, NJ

November 5-8, 2009
Association of Forensic Document Examiners Symposium
Milwaukee, WI

November 8-11, 2009
New England Division IAI Educational Conference
Freeport, ME

November 9-10, 2009
Forensic Document Examination Instrumentation
College of Microscopy
Westmont, IL

November 13-15, 2009
New England Crime Bake
Boston, MA

February 15-16, 2010
International Workshop on Recent Advances in Fingerprints
Allahabad, India

February 22-27, 2010
AAFS
Seattle, WA

March 23-24, 2010
GovSec and U.S. Law Conference
Washington, DC

March 23-24, 2010
Kansas IAI Spring Conference
Manhattan, KS

March 24-26, 2010
Wisconsin Assoc for Identification Conference
Stevens Point, WI

May 17-21, 2010
MAAFS
State College, PA

May 24-27, 2010
California State Division IAI Seminar
Rancho Mirage, CA

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