This story is Part 3 of an ongoing series that runs through Monday. To catch up on stories published so far, go to News-Leader.com/ConvictedByBlood. A record number ...

image: Blood spatters are hydrodynamic signatures of violent crimes, often revealing when an event occurred and where the perpetrator and victim were located, and researchers have worked toward better ...

New findings by state forensic experts have indicated that the bloodstain pattern analysis that was instrumental in convicting a former high school principal in Texas of murdering his wife in 1985 was ...

To secure a guilty verdict, prosecutors needed to tie the flashlight to the crime scene. Based on his assessment of photographs of the flashlight, Thorman testified that the flecks of blood on its ...

AMES, Iowa – Daniel Attinger paused before handing over a photo of a crime scene. “Are you bothered by the sight of blood?” There was good reason for his question: The photo showed blood pooled and ...

WASHINGTON, April 25, 2023 – Often left on the surfaces of a crime scene or on the clothes of an accused criminal, blood back spatter can be used as evidence for forensic scientists to reconstruct ...

Inspired by a famous murder case, a team of researchers has figured out how the gas coming from a gun that has just fired can affect blood spatter in close-range shootings. Not only can this vortex of ...

A crime scene investigator who has worked more than 3,000 deaths uses his own blood on social media to teach the world how to approach the job. Jeffrey Gentry, 40, is a certified bloodstain pattern ...

DELPHI — Monday marked exactly two years since accused Delphi suspect Richard Allen was arrested in alleged connection to the February 2017 deaths of teenagers Abby Williams and Libby German. And ...

When "Dexter: New Blood" premieres on Showtime on Nov. 7 — the show's first new episodes since the original series ended in 2013 — the titular character will have a new name (Jim Lindsay) and a new ...