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Death Investigation
Skeletal remains sent to SBI lab for testing
Wrongfully jailed Alabama mom may get compensation
New research on how vultures affect time of death determinations
Researchers at Texas State University’s forensic anthropology research facility, one of the country’s five “body farms,” have discovered that failure to take into account the role of vultures may have affected time of death calculations in homicide investigations. See press coverage here. The scientists observed a flock of vultures reduce a corpse that had been …
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Vulture study at Texas forensics center gives new insight into time-of-death estimates
Free, But Not Cleared: Ernie Lopez Comes Home (TX)
Burden of proof (TX)
Pioneering a Way to Distinguish Blood Disorders From Child Abuse
Texas Court Voids Conviction in Child Death Case
A Far Cry From ‘CSI’
National Academy of Sciences Report
See pp. 241-268 for the National Research Council’s assessment of the disciplines of forensic pathology and death investigation.
Werner U. Spitz, Ed., Spitz and Fisher’s Medicolegal Investigation of Death: Guidelines for the Application of Pathology to Crime Investigation (4th ed.)
Medical Examiners’ and Coroners’ Handbook on Death Registration and Fetal Death Reporting
A Guide for Manner of Death Classification (2002)
National Association of Medical Examiners. Drafted to improve uniformity in manner of death determinations for death certificates. View additional position papers and accreditation information on the NAME website.
Strategic Plan for Improving the Medical Examiner System
This 2001 report by the North Carolina Medical Examiner Study Group was requested by the legislature in part in response to a series of news articles that raised concerns about the quality of death investigation in North Carolina. The report provides information about the structure and responsiblities of the Medical Examiner system and makes a …
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