June 2012
Anonymous asked: did you ever make a post on how one would go about becoming a forensic pathologist or something in the field?
lunas-labyrinth asked: I got my fingerprints scanned by LiveSan yesterday for an internship I am going to be starting this summer. The lady said my fingerprints were very difficult to pick up due to being very delicate. So she put a corn starch type oil on my fingers to make them darker on the screen. How does that work?
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fatzdepenguin asked: I can understand most of your line under the page title: this place is where death [___] [___] lives?
('succurrere' ends in re, so it means to/for something)
('succurrere' ends in re, so it means to/for something)
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True Forensics: Why is the proper term “blood... →
fuckyeahforensics:
Why is the proper term “blood SPATTER” and not “blood SPLATTER”?
“Splatter” is often used in conjunction with field of bloodstain pattern analysis (such as saying so-and-so is a “blood splatter analyst”). This is not a correct term.
In the first five minutes of the first day of their basic…
nodrogmail asked: Finally, someone who knows the difference between the word Spatter and Splatter...
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Anonymous asked: I can always tell when someone is TRULY knowledgeable about forensics whenever they talk about blood and it's movement. You always use the correct terms, unlike some other forensic type bloggers. HAHA!
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I want this sticker for my car!
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Incipient phase
The earliest of the four phases of a fire. During this phase, the products of combustion may be minimal, the changes in the surrounding atmosphere may be difficult to observe (only some smoke, no detectable flame), and the amount of heat generated will not significantly affect the surrounding area. The incipient phase can last a few moments (i.e., ignition of a combustible...
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Examples of Fire Patterns: “Rundown Burn”
This photograph and annotations are provided to illustrate the burn pattern indicated. They are examples only, not models.
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Fire investigator photographing burned items in a kitchen to determine the origin of a fire.
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‘V’ pattern of fire in a living room
House Fire - Candles v. Natural Gas
A family woke up at 6:00 a.m. on the day after Christmas to find their home in flames. A mother and child were trapped inside the downstairs master bedroom due to a lock that had been placed on the sliding glass door to the outside patio deck. This lock required a key to open it from the inside. Therefore she...
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synergetic replied to your post: Tests find only marijuana in face-chewer’s system
I saw that on the news last night! But I’ve never heard of marijuana making someone become violent. You’d have to already BE violent. And his mom grieving and saying he was a good man? Maybe she didn’t know her kid.
Studies have been done linking marijuana use to bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and psychotic...
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Tests find only marijuana in face-chewer's system
MIAMI (AP) – Authorities may never know why a Florida man viciously attacked and chewed on the face of an older homeless man in Miami last month after lab tests failed to find components of “bath salts” in the system of the assailant, who was killed by police.
The tests detected only marijuana in the system of the attacker, the medical examiner said Wednesday, ruling out other street...
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Anonymous asked: with the bacteria fingerprinting thing, is it also possible that it is better than fingerprinting because the bacteria is left behind no matter what? for example, leaving bacteria on a glove in the process of putting it on and the glove then leaving it on a surface or piece of evidence, rather than blocking a human fingerprint?
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A new technique developed at CU‑Boulder to identify individuals by the unique communities of hand bacteria they leave behind on objects they have handled may prove to be a valuable forensic tool in the future.
Forensic scientists may soon have a valuable new item in their toolkits — a way to identify individuals using unique, telltale types of hand bacteria left behind on objects like...
Anonymous asked: How do you feel about longwave uv pictures?
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WACO, Texas — Officials said a Texas man was charged with eating a family dog alive while being under the influence of a synthetic drug.
KWTX.com reported that police in Waco arrested 22-year-old Michael Daniel on Monday. He is accused of assaulting a family at their home June 14, chasing a neighbor and barking and growling.
Witnesses said Daniel grabbed the family dog, beat and strangled it and...
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Differences between Antemortem and postmortem wounds
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Indices used for SEX identification by Sacrum
1. Sacral index: (Width x 100) / Straight Length 2. Curvature index: (Straight Length x 100) / Mid -ventral curved length 3. Index of body of Ist Sacral vertebra: (AP daimeter of body of S 1 x 100) / Transeverse dia of body of S 1 4. Corporo-basal index: (Transverse diameter of body of S1 x 100) / Width of sacrum 5. Alar index: (Length of...
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The first famous legal test for insanity came in 1843, in the McNaughton case.
Englishman Daniel McNaughton shot and killed the secretary of the British Prime Minister, believing that the Prime Minister was conspiring against him. The court acquitted McNaughton “by reason of insanity,” and he was placed in a mental institution for the rest of his life.
However, the case caused a...
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Tache noire is one of the important postmortem changes seen in the eye after death. If the eyes remain open after death, the areas of the sclera exposed to the air dry out, which results in a first yellowish, then brownish-blackish band like discoloration zone called TACHE NOIRE. It is generally seen 3 to 7 to hours after death and can disappear altogether a day or so later.
Anonymous asked: What is the source that you get most of your stuff from?
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There are three types of prints that can be left on evidence. These are plastic, patent, and latent.
PLASTIC PRINTS
3D impression, made by pressing skin into a soft surface such as silly putty or play dough. These impressions are usually visible with ambient light.
PATENT PRINTS
Visible without enhancement. Made from a...
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bemyselfloudly answered your question: Question of the Day: What are the 3 types of…
visible (in blood or something to the naked eye), latent (left behind as grease etc from skin, have to be processed to be seen), impressed (
You’re correct! You win, great job!
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infrared-luminescence answered your question: Question of the Day: What are the 3 types of…
Are you looking for latent, patent, and plastic?
Yes!
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Question of the Day: What are the 3 types of fingerprints (not patterns!!) and give me an example of each
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Development of Fingerprints
The system of identification using fingerprints is based on the fact that no two individuals have the same finger, palm or foot prints and rests upon three fundamentals - formation, uniquneness and persistence.
Formation
Baby hand Fingerprints develop early in foetal life before birth. Pads (bumps) form on the babies’ fingers and palms between 6 and 13...