AMES, Iowa – Daniel Attinger paused before handing over a photo of a crime scene. “Are you bothered by the sight of blood?” There was good reason for his question: The photo showed blood pooled and ...

In space, no one can hear you scream. But experts may soon be able to tell what caused the screaming, after carrying out the first blood spatter tests in microgravity, in anticipation of violent ...

Bob O’Brien prepares to conduct a blood spatter test using a handgun as students Dean Cates and Lisa Grant watch. Herbert MacDonell, of the Bloodstain Evidence Institute of New York, talks about blood ...

“FIRE in the hole!,” yells bloodstain pattern analyst Shawn Harkins from inside the family room of an ordinary-looking suburban weatherboard house. The three of us standing outside the front door take ...

Recently filed court documents reveal more details about the methods used in the stabbing death of an 11-month-old baby at Fort Eisenhower on Nov. 15 and autopsy records show the condition of the ...

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