Physicists continue to contribute their unique insight into the forensic analysis of blood spatter patterns with two recent papers. The first, published in Physics of Fluids, offers a useful ...

image: Blood spatters are hydrodynamic signatures of violent crimes, often revealing when an event occurred and where the perpetrator and victim were located, and researchers have worked toward better ...

New findings by state forensic experts have indicated that the bloodstain pattern analysis that was instrumental in convicting a former high school principal in Texas of murdering his wife in 1985 was ...

“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 ...

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David Camm lost 13 years of his life to eight drops of blood. In 2000, the Indiana state trooper was charged with murder after finding his wife and two children shot to death in their home. During the ...

After an extended break for Thanksgiving, the Jeffrey Pyne trial resumed Monday morning with testimony from Oakland County Sheriff's Office forensic specialists. The wounds that Ruth Pyne suffered, ...

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Inspired by a famous murder case, a team of researchers has figured out how the gas coming from a gun that has just fired can affect blood spatter in close-range shootings. Not only can this vortex of ...