Homicide

Murder-Suicide: When Killing Yourself Isn’t Enough

Murder-suicide, homicide-suicide, and dyadic death all refer to an incident where a homicide is committed followed by the perpetrator's suicide almost immediately or within 24 hours after the homicide. Although murder-suicides are relatively uncommon, they account for 5% of all homicidal deaths in this country, and murder-suicides appear to be occurring with increasing frequency in the USA. Medical studies estimate that between 1,000 and 1,500 deaths per year. Nearly all the victims were unaware...
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Murder-Suicide: When Killing Yourself Isn’t Enough

Although murder-suicides are relatively uncommon, they account for 5% of all homicidal deaths in this country, and murder-suicides appear to be occurring with increasing frequency in the USA. Medical studies estimate that between 1,000 and 1,500...

Article • July 19th, 2012
Cold hits

In Missouri, the Kansas City Police Department’s (KCPD’s) cold case squad and crime laboratory, with the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office, form a winning team. All three have been awarded National Institute of Justice DNA grants. Since January...

Article • October 17th, 2011
Child death investigation training

Because unexplained child deaths are not common, law enforcement must rely on good training and good tools

Article • July 22nd, 2011
Man Serving Life For Officer's Death Back In Court

A man who claims he was framed in the 1970 murder of an Omaha police officer is making an appeal on Friday in Douglas County District Court. Edward Poindexter is one of two men serving life sentences for the murder of Omaha police Officer Larry...

Article • March 21st, 2011
The rationale of culpability

A recent review of the 3-year-old shooting incident at Virginia Tech by the U.S. Education Department found the university was too slow in its community alert on that day, which could be in violation of a federal "timely-warning" law...

Article • June 1st, 2010
Friendlier, more efficient PSAP

Voice analytic technology helps 911 PSAPs examine calls for crime analysis and investigations

Article • May 1st, 2010
Learning to read the danger signs

Maryland patrol officers take an extra step to end domestic violence homicides

Article • March 31st, 2010
Lives cut short

As I write I am looking at photos of four dead police officers, all from the Lakewood (Wash.) Police Department (LPD). By the time this issue of Law Enforcement Technology hits the streets, the way these four officers were gunned down and...

Article • February 1st, 2010
The crime scene evidence you're ignoring

Computers and cell phones aren't the only digital devices that hold evidence

Article • October 1st, 2009
DNA saves

More states are finding collecting DNA upon arrest saves lives, money and time

Article • February 1st, 2009
What Happened To Darren Russell In China?

"I'm scared. I've never been so scared in my entire life." Cause of death was blunt force trauma, manner of death - homicide

Article • June 2nd, 2008
Keeping Victims and Survivors In The Loop

Garrett considers victims an integral and important part of the case. The importance of understanding the impact of crime victimization is essential

Article • October 1st, 2007
Just a pinch of cyanide

The basics of homicidal poisoning investigations

Article • October 1st, 2007
Forensic Autopsy--A Body of Clues

A murder victim's body is often a source of invaluable clues to what has happened at a crime scene. It is the job of the forensic pathologist performing a forensic autopsy to discover, collect and document these clues.

Article • August 27th, 2007
Praying for a breakthrough

Solving cold case investigations without DNA evidence is not impossible

Article • August 15th, 2007

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