Decedent’s End-of-Life Condition and Toxicology May Alter Time-of-Death Estimation by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney   Anthropology professor Dawnie Steadman, Director of the Forensic Anthropology Center at the University of Tennessee (“University”), and her colleagues “hypothesized that drugs found in decomposing bodies could have an influence on the behaviors of …

AC Units and DNA by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney   Australian researchers at Flinders University have employed a promising new technique to collect and record forensic DNA evidence from crime scenes. A new study appearing in Electrophoresis focused on the DNA retrieved from air conditioning (“AC”) units that circulate …

New Research on Predictive Models for Pediatric Head Injuries by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Knott   Differentiating accidental falls from child abuse in young children poses a significant challenge for professionals who work these cases. Child abuse cases are some of the most challenging for prosecutors, law enforcement …

Junk Science Convicted an Innocent Sailor, DNA Exonerated Him Decades Later with the Help of the Innocence Project by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Knott   Keith Harward, 67, was born in Greensboro, North Carolina, a state whose motto is “To be, rather than to seem.” Unfortunately for Harward, …