True Forensic Crime Stories

To a trained forensic scientist, blood spatter at a crime scene tells a clear story about what happened. The DNA in the blood can narrow down a list of suspects, clearing the innocent or helping send the guilty to prison. Readers will discover how blood spatter analysis and DNA fingerprinting began, how they are used now, and how they have solved decades-old mysteries.

No two people in the world, not even identical twins, have the same fingerprints. For this reason, detectives and forensic scientists have been using fingerprint evidence to catch criminals for more than a hundred years. Readers find out the techniques scientists use to collect fingerprints and to identify criminals with these fascinating stories about how fingerprints helped solve crimes.

Credit card scams, identity theft; this is the new age of computer crime. Even though there is no smoking gun, deleted computer evidence can still be detected by expert detectives. These forensic investigators can track down criminals who use the computer as their weapon. Readers will discover the techniques these officers use to solve real life computer-based crimes.

Footprints...fingerprints...clothing fibers...hair. Wherever we go, we leave some evidence, or pick some up and take it with us. For this reason, detectives and forensic scientists have been using trace evidence to catch criminals for more than a hundred years. Readers find out the techniques scientists use to collect and analyze evidence with these fascinating stories about how trace evidence helped solve crimes.

All bones tell a story, you just have to know how to read them. Forensic anthropologists can tell if found bones are from a human or an animal, are male or female, and how a person lived and died. Readers will discover the techniques forensic anthropologists are using to solve both modern and ancient crimes.