Extreme weather conditions can make reconstructing the scene of a crime more difficult. Nick Thompson/iStock via Getty Images Plus What happens to a dead body in an extremely cold environment? Does it ...

The defense called Dr. Satish Chundru, a forensic pathologist, as an expert witness. He told the jury he's performed more than 9,000 autopsies. Chundru testified he looked over all the material in the ...

Getting an accurate estimate of when someone died is a critical part of forensic investigations. In extremely cold conditions, molecular biology can provide critical information that the naked eye ...

SULLIVAN COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Prosecutors aimed to isolate Megan Boswell as the sole person to blame in her daughter Evelyn Boswell’s death during Tuesday’s court proceedings. Jurors left a tense ...

Chrysomya rufifacies are important in the field of forensic entomology, as they’re known to colonize human remains after death. By learning more about their development, researchers can improve ...

This National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine study will examine the handing of deaths in custody by the medicolegal death investigation system in the United States. It will consider ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The director of the Knox County Regional Forensic Center is praising a death investigator for saving someone’s life after they were wrongly believed to be dead. The Knoxville ...

What happens to a dead body in an extremely cold environment? Does it decompose? How do these conditions affect how forensic scientists understand when the person died? Estimating time of death, also ...