Buried Body & Surface Skeletons
Date/Time
3/3/2025 - 3/7/2025
8:00 AM - 5:30 PM Eastern
8:00 AM - 5:30 PM Eastern
Event Type(s)
Training
Event Description
Course Description:
This comprehensive 40-hour course is designed for crime scene investigators, detectives, crime laboratory analysts and others in the field of forensic science that need the basic training and techniques for the buried body or surface skeleton crime scene examination and recovery. This course will assist you in connecting all of the forensic pieces for the purpose of crime
scene reconstruction. Mock scenes for this course are designed to assist the student in the importance of scene documentation and to obtain the maximum correct information for the ultimate crime scene reconstruction of both surface skeleton cases and more complex buried human cases. Attendees will be assigned to a crime scene team and will be responsible for the entire scene investigation with a presentation of their findings on the final class day. The teams will be graded on the amount of physical evidence (clues) they recover from their scenes. The attendees will have a working knowledge of the techniques required to examine a surface skeleton and a buried body crime scene to include: protocols, potential physical evidence
awareness, equipment needs, bone identification & inventory, preservation of human remains procedures, search & documentation techniques as well as courtroom case presentation experience.
Course Topics:
❖Planning, Management & Equipment for Grave Sites
❖ Scene Security & Search Techniques
❖ Excavation Techniques: Collection & Preservation of Remains
❖ Victim(s) Identification: Race, Stature, Age & Sex
❖ Time of Death Estimation
& Cause of Death Determination
❖ Crime Scene Documentation: Photography & Video
❖ Note Taking, Report Writing & Expert Testimony
This comprehensive 40-hour course is designed for crime scene investigators, detectives, crime laboratory analysts and others in the field of forensic science that need the basic training and techniques for the buried body or surface skeleton crime scene examination and recovery. This course will assist you in connecting all of the forensic pieces for the purpose of crime
scene reconstruction. Mock scenes for this course are designed to assist the student in the importance of scene documentation and to obtain the maximum correct information for the ultimate crime scene reconstruction of both surface skeleton cases and more complex buried human cases. Attendees will be assigned to a crime scene team and will be responsible for the entire scene investigation with a presentation of their findings on the final class day. The teams will be graded on the amount of physical evidence (clues) they recover from their scenes. The attendees will have a working knowledge of the techniques required to examine a surface skeleton and a buried body crime scene to include: protocols, potential physical evidence
awareness, equipment needs, bone identification & inventory, preservation of human remains procedures, search & documentation techniques as well as courtroom case presentation experience.
Course Topics:
❖Planning, Management & Equipment for Grave Sites
❖ Scene Security & Search Techniques
❖ Excavation Techniques: Collection & Preservation of Remains
❖ Victim(s) Identification: Race, Stature, Age & Sex
❖ Time of Death Estimation
& Cause of Death Determination
❖ Crime Scene Documentation: Photography & Video
❖ Note Taking, Report Writing & Expert Testimony
Location
ST. JOHN'S COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
911 LAW ENFORCEMENT WAY
BUILDING 1
SAINT AUGUSTINE, FL 32092
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911 LAW ENFORCEMENT WAY
BUILDING 1
SAINT AUGUSTINE, FL 32092
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Contact Person
Stefanie Wittington
(phone: (904) 209-3994)
(phone: (904) 209-3994)
Details
Price Per Student: $695
WHAT TO BRING TO CLASS:
Very casual attire including a hat, work shoes or boots suitable for working outside in the field, work gloves and knee pads. A digital camera with macro capabilities is preferred. A laptop computer for your courtroom presentations would be highly recommended but is not necessary.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
This is a hands-on course that is specifically designed for crime scene officers with or without experience. This course is taught in a manner in which the crime scene officer can easily
understand the forensic process.
WHAT TO BRING TO CLASS:
Very casual attire including a hat, work shoes or boots suitable for working outside in the field, work gloves and knee pads. A digital camera with macro capabilities is preferred. A laptop computer for your courtroom presentations would be highly recommended but is not necessary.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
This is a hands-on course that is specifically designed for crime scene officers with or without experience. This course is taught in a manner in which the crime scene officer can easily
understand the forensic process.
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