The largest-ever black-box study on the accuracy of bloodstain pattern analysis (BPA), a widely used forensic technique, has found concerning error rates and ...

Anyone who’s a fan of TV police procedurals and true crime knows that many cases hinge on blood pattern evidence. That’s nothing new. The first documented use of bloodstain pattern analysis, or BPA, ...

The work of North Carolina’s bloodstain pattern analysis program doesn’t have the stamp of approval from a national accrediting group, and the man taking over the State Bureau of Investigation wants ...

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 ...

As more people seek to go where no man has gone before, researchers are exploring how forensic science can be adapted to extraterrestrial environments. A new study highlights the behavior of blood in ...

Today, bloodstain pattern analysis is routinely used in murder investigations - analysts draw on chemistry, mathematics and physics to determine the area of origin where an injury occurred. The ...

LOCKWOOD, Mont. - About a dozen members from the Billings Police Department and the Yellowstone County Sheriff's Office are participating in a special training program studying bloodstain analysis ...

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 ...

Blood spatter analysis will likely play a role in the Idaho murders trial involving suspect Bryan Kohberger, according to a former FBI agent. "#bryanchristopherkohberger's defense team also has ...