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The crucial role played by material trace analysis in resolving a murder vs. suicide...
In the case of a young woman's death by falling from the window of her boyfriend's sixth‐floor apartment, investigators needed to determine whether the fall was suicidal or if the victim was forcibly pushed. The incident occurred at night, with her boyfriend being the o...
Potential postmortem microbial biomarkers of infant and younger children death...
Microbial communities associated with the human body are highly dynamic and reflect the host environment and lifestyle over time. Studies show death is no exception, with data demonstrating similar antemortem and postmortem microbiomes up to 48 h following death. These predictabl...
Facing the future: Technology and “advocacy” at the American Academy of Forensic Sciences
Performance evaluation of a Cadre Forensics TopMatch‐GS 3D system for cartridge case...
Three‐dimensional (3D) measurement systems for firearm forensics are becoming more prevalent in forensic laboratories, and these instruments are typically coupled with algorithms to assist firearm examiners with comparisons. Due to differences in firearm feature reproducibility o...
Fishing for the missing: The application of recreational fish finders for underwater body...
Early detection of submerged bodies is essential to increase the possibility of recovery. Different water bodies present different challenges, particularly rivers and the ocean, where chances of detection are vastly reduced. Modern recreational fish finders incorporate multiple s...
How specific is the specificity rule in duty to warn or protect jurisprudence following...
Of the various rules establishing a mental health clinician's legal duty to take precautions to protect their patient from harming others, the most common is the specificity rule that limits the protective duty to warn reasonably identifiable victims. The specificity rule is...
Twenty‐eight days later: The recovery of DNA from human remains submerged in aggressive...
Aggressive chemicals intended for cleaning pools or unclogging drains contain high concentrations of dangerous compounds, leading to their nefarious use in dissolving human remains in some criminal cases. The use of these readily accessible household cleaners to destroy human rem...
Prevalence of new psychoactive substances and drugs of abuse in the hair of individuals...
People diagnosed with substance use disorder (SUD) might represent a high‐risk subpopulation for New Psychoactive Drugs (NPS) consumption, and hair analysis offers a unique perspective to assess drug prevalence in this population. The present study aims to assess the prevalence o...
Cross entropy and log likelihood ratio cost as performance measures for multi‐conclusion...
The inconclusive category in forensics reporting is the appropriate response in many cases, but it poses challenges in estimating an "error rate". We discuss the use of a class of information‐theoretic measures related to cross entropy as an alternative set of metrics t...
Preliminary validation of Amped FIVE software for subject height estimation
Single view metrology poses a persistent challenge in extracting accurate quantitative information from individual images or video frames within the realm of forensic video analysis. Methods such as reverse projection, projective geometry, and photogrammetry have been used in the...
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Venous aneurysm leading to fatal pulmonary thromboembolism with a history of a remote stab...
Venous aneurysms are rare, and their incidence is unknown. External iliac vein aneurysms are even more rare with only 50 case reports published from 1950 to 2018. We present a case of an individual who died suddenly from a pulmonary thromboembolic event due to an external iliac v...
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Standard for the Technical Review of Bloodstain Pattern Analysis Reporting
Vicarious Trauma Committee
The mission of the AAFS Vicarious Trauma Presidential ad hoc committee is to create an open, supportive community for forensic practitioners and AAFS members, dedicated to understanding and mitigating the impact of vicarious trauma. We aim to foster honest conversations, reduce s...