The people at Sorenson Forensics can do DNA samples in record time and are very patient explaining the process to authors.

This company produces artificial bones for training and study. They also make the realistic looking skeletons seen on CSI, including any gunshot wounds, abrasions, breaks, deformities or lacerations called for by the script.

This is where CSI people congregate to talk about the latest in forensics. In addtion to papers about new developments, there were papers and slideshows about the forensics of famous cases such as the Beltway Sniper and even a 19th century serial killer in Austin Texas who fled to London and may have become Jack the Ripper.  I was there to research my next book, which is about a forensics pioneer and the development of crime detection in the 20th century.

The conference was attended by over 2,000 forensics people from all over the world, including people involved in famous cases you see in the news.

Blood detection and typing can be done various ways. This company has a way of filtering out false positives.