Skull Divers, Buried Body Recovery Class
Surface Skeleton and Buried Body Recovery Seminar
Instructed by Dr. Laura C. Fulginiti and Det. Frank Di Modica
New class scheduled for October 22-24 in Goodyear, Arizona, click here to register.
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 602-534-3214 or frank.dimodica@phoenix.gov; for more information or to inquire about becoming a host agency for the seminar.