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Homicide

Death and Homicide Investigation

Length of Seminar: 3 Days
Instructor: David D. Taylor

Course Overview:
The sudden or unexplained death of an individual has a profound impact on family and friends of the deceased and places a significant responsibility on the investigator(s) and agency(s) tasked with determining the cause of death/homicide and person or persons involved.

This three (3) day training module will assist in providing the knowledge and skills required to put the pieces of the puzzle together through understanding the manner of death, evidence and the crime scene, cause of death, time of death, rigor mortis, autopsy and suspects involved in a suspicious, unexpected, unusual, violent or sudden death/homicide.

Upon Completion:
Attendees will have been provided the specific skills to:

  • Understand the purpose and investigative information provided by an autopsy
  • How to estimate the time of death
  • Establish the identity of the deceased
  • Modes of Injury and death/homicide
  • First officer’s duties
  • Considerations for the homicide crime scene
  • Crime scene processing
  • Collection of evidence
  • Sexual related homicides
  • Drug related homicides
  • Criminal personality profiling
  • Child death and SIDS
  • Notification of family
  • Police/prosecutor and medicals roles

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