Forensic Consultant Services

• Bloodstain and Spatter Pattern Analysis
• Crime Scene Investigation
• Crime Scene Reconstruction
• Expert Witness Testimony
• Evidence Presentation & Display Techniques
• Forensic Evidence Evaluation
• Fingerprint Analysis
• Trial Preparation & Case Review
• Death Scene Investigations
• Forensic Photography

Thirty-eight years experience in forensic examination. Strong technical experience in all phases of crime scene, physical evidence investigation and expert witness testimony.  Work cooperatively with federal, state and local criminal justice agencies throughout the western United States. Provide private forensic identification and analysis in civil and criminal cases.

• Review and analysis of physical evidence in criminal and civil cases
• Expert Witness Testimony

• Responsible for supervision of city operations and personnel issues 

2005-May 2006  Lane County District Attorney, Eugene, Oregon

• Responsible for on-call death scene investigation in compliance with Oregon State Statutes (146.085 Death Inv.)     

1978-2005  Eugene Police Department, Eugene, Oregon

• Responsible for major crime scene investigations, evidence identification and
  examination.  Function as the technical representative to the Western Identification Network (WIN) Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS)
• Developed examination skills in latent print identification, footwear comparison, bloodstain
  pattern analysis, presumptive chemical tests, digital imaging, computerized reconstruction techniques, crime scene reconstruction, tool mark and firearm examination/comparison
• Qualified as an expert witness in circuit courts of Oregon, Washington, California and Utah, federal court in Oregon and Fort Lewis, Washington. 

• B. S. (Criminology), Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana -1973
• Undergraduate classes in chemistry, biology, computer science, criminalistics and photography, University of Oregon and Lane Community College, Eugene, Oregon -1975 through 1983
• M. S. (Business Management), Marylhurst College, Marylhurst, Oregon-1987              

• Crime scene reconstruction / Bloodstain pattern analysis / Shooting reconstruction
• Forensic Ridgeology
• Latent print processing, comparison and examination
• Automated Fingerprint Identification system (AFIS) operation and technical support
• Footwear evidence examination
• Video analysis
• Videography
• Presumptive blood test including species determination
• Firearms and tool mark / pattern examination
• Microscopy (general)
• Photo microscopy
• Microscopical examination and identification of explosives
• Microcrystalline and spot plate test for controlled substances
• Digital photography and enhancement techniques
• Police photography
• Physical matches / Impression tool marks
• Serial number restoration
• Trace Evidence collection and examination (hair and fiber)
• Glass examination
• Sexual assault evidence collection, examination and identification
• Evidence packaging, integrity and custody
• Expert witness testimony / Evidence presentation methodology

• Co-Author-“Alternative Resources for Bloodstain Pattern Analysis", Journal of Bloodstain Pattern Analysis, Vol. 27, No. 2, June 2011
• Author-“Alternative Crime Scene Reconstruction”, The Oregon Defense Attorney, May/June 2011 
• Author-“The Development of an Alternative Crime Scene Reconstruction”, Professional Investigator Magazine, August 2010
• Author-“The Development of an Alternative Crime Scene Reconstruction”, Expertpages.com, Expert Articles Library, March 2010
• Contributor-“From Film to Digital”, Evidence Technology Magazine, February 2004
• Contributor- Bloodstain Pattern Analysis: With an Introduction to Crime Reconstruction, Bevel & Gardner, CRC Press, Inc., 1997, 2002, 2008 
• Contributing author-Interpretation of Bloodstain Evidence at Crime Scenes, Eckert & James, Elsevier Publishing Company, 1989           
• Author-"Measurement and Directionality of Individual Bloodstains Utilizing Instant Photography", The ABPA NEWS, 1989 
• Coauthor-"Geometric Bloodstain Pattern Interpretation Using a Computer Program", in the CRIME LABORATORY DIGEST, FBI, V14, 3, July 1987 

The following is a list of agencies and associations that have requested my assistance in crime scene investigation/bloodstain pattern interpretation, forensic examination or have invited me to teach.

• United States Army, Fort Lewis, Washington  (crime scene and bloodstain pattern analysis) 
• United States Attorney’s Office, Eugene, Oregon (digital photography, video analysis, latent print identification)
• Washington State Coroner and Medical Examiner Association  (Instructor-bloodstain pattern analysis)
• Yavapai County Attorney’s Office, Prescott, Arizona  (Consultant –bloodstain pattern analysis)
• Federal Bureau of Investigation, Washington, D.C.  (Consultant, IAFIS, latent tracing)
• Lockheed Martin Corporation, Orlando, Florida (Consultant, IAFIS, latent tracing)
• Oregon State Council of Perioperative Nurses   (Instructor-evidence collection, preservation and bloodstain analysis)
• Oregon State Police Forensics Laboratory, Springfield, Oregon  (Consultant- bloodstain pattern analysis, Instructor-shoe print collection and photography)
• Oregon State Police Forensics Laboratory, Coos Bay, Oregon   (Consultant-bloodstain pattern analysis)  
• Lane County Sheriff’s Office, Eugene, Oregon  (Consultant-bloodstain pattern analysis and digital photography)
• Lane County Medical Examiner’s Office  (Forensic photography, bloodstain pattern analysis, fingerprints, digital facial reconstruction)
• Lane County District Attorney, Eugene, Oregon  (Consultant-bloodstain pattern analysis, evidence presentation methodology)
• Coos County District Attorney, Coquille, Oregon  (Consultant-bloodstain pattern analysis)
• Public Defenders Services of Lane County   (Instructor-rideology, crime scene reconstruction, latent analysis)
• Reserve Officer Program, Lane County Oregon   (Instructor)                   
• Recruit Training Program, Eugene Police   (Instructor)
• Lane Community College, Eugene, Oregon   (Guest Lecturer-forensics, bloodstain pattern analysis)
• Linn-Benton Community College, Albany, Oregon  (Guest Lecturer-forensics, bloodstain pattern analysis)
• University of Oregon, Department of Chemistry  (Guest Lecturer-forensics, bloodstain pattern analysis)
• Bush Veterinary Animal Hospital, Eugene, Oregon   (Animal abuse-gun shot wound examination)
• Lane Community College Cottage Grove, Oregon  (Instructor-ridgeology, bloodstain pattern analysis) 
• Oregon Association of Licensed Investigators   (Instructor-ridgeology, bloodstain pattern analysis)
• Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyers Association   (Instructor-ridgeology, bloodstain pattern analysis) 
• Lane County Defense Consortium  (Instructor-ridgeology)
• Southern Oregon Public Defenders, Inc.   (latent print analysis, processing, shooting reconstruction)
• Navajo County Arizona Public Defender   (shooting reconstruction, bloodstain pattern analysis)
• Montana State Public Defender   (latent print analysis)
• Marion County Oregon Public Defender   (latent print analysis)
• Clark County Washington Indigent
  Defense   (shooting
  reconstruction, latent print analysis)
• San Francisco County Public Defender (latent print analysis)
• State of Alaska Public Defender Agency (Bloodstain pattern analysis, crime scene reconstruction)
• Pima County Arizona Public Defender (bloodstain pattern analysis) 

• Bloodstain pattern analysis and crime scene reconstruction
• Crime scene investigation
• Latent print identification and processing
• Shooting reconstruction (bullet flight path determination and documentation)
• Footwear impression identification and processing
• Death Investigation
• Serial number restoration
• Firearms operation (test firing) and identification
• Presumptive blood test
• Marijuana identification
• Digital photography
• Evidence integrity and chain of custody procedures