Surface Skeleton and Buried Body Recovery Seminar
Instructed by Dr. Laura C. Fulginiti and Det. Frank Di Modica
Next class class will be held October 6-8, 2010, in Prescott Valley, Arizona. Class size will be limited to 30 students.
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This 3 day hands-on course is designed for law enforcement officers and evidence technicians who are interested in learning the proper search and recovery techniques for scattered and/or buried human remains. The course includes the following topics in a combined classroom instruction and actual buried body recovery exercise:
- Forensic Anthropology in the Medico-Legal System
- Determination of Age-at-Death, Sex, Ancestry and Stature
- Assessment of Bony Trauma
- Positive Identification on Unknown Human Remains
- Period Since Death
- Crime Scene Investigation on Unknown Human Remains
- Techniques for the Proper Recovery of Scattered and Buried Human Remains
- Determination of Human vs. Non-human Remains
- Forensic Odontology
- Forensic Entomology
- The Use and Abuse of Cadaver Dogs (with demonstration)
- Forensic Art and Unknown Remains
Hands-on excavation of homicide scenario in small groups with briefing after.
This course is a lot of fun and consistently receives high marks from the students.
Please contact Detective Frank Di Modica at 602-206-1056 or az4n6training@yahoo.com;
for more information or to inquire about becoming a host agency for the seminar.