Skull Divers, Buried Body Recovery Class
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.