Clandestine Graves: Bugs, Bones, Bodies & Genealogical DNA (Sept 10-12, 2024) Sirchie HQ
$595.00
SKU
CGR200-240910
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This class will be held at Sirchie's Headquarters in Youngsville, NC September 10-12, 2024.
SIRCHIE is offering a 3-day training class on searching for and properly investigating and recovering remains from a clandestine grave site. This is a special edition of the class because it will also include DNA from the genealogy perspective.
The legal term corpus delicti means no one can be charged of a crime if there is no evidence a crime has been committed. In a homicide, the key piece of evidence for the case is the body. Perpetrators will go to great lengths to conceal a body, dumping them in remote locations, hiding the body under cover, and many times burying the bodies to conceal the crime. This course will teach the various techniques for search and recovery of remains from clandestine graves. Principles of search and rescue, death investigation, forensic archaeology and anthropology, and entomology will be taught and used in hands-on exercises. Students will learn how to conduct effective searches, proper protection and documentation of discovered sites, and proper recovery methods and techniques for remains. Learn how DNA derived from the body and the evidence in the grave can be used to identify the body and the perpetrator through genealogical methods of using DNA.
The graves have already been prepared for this class. Due to the hands-on nature of this class, there is a limited number of openings available. Reserve your seat today!
What You Will Gain from this Course:
- The various techniques for search and recovery of remains from clandestine graves.
- The principles of search and rescue, death investigation, forensic archaeology and anthropology, and entomology as well as how they are used in hands-on exercises.
- How to conduct effective searches, proper protection and documentation of discovered sites and proper recovery methods and techniques for remains.
- How DNA derived from the body and the evidence in the grave can be used to identify the body and the perpetrator through genealogical methods of using DNA.
Curriculum
Day 1 Lecture / Hands-On Activity (8:00 am - 4:30 pm)
- Registration / Introduction
- Fundamentals of Clandestine Activity
- Search methods
- Documentation
- Evidence recovery methods
- Hands-On Practical: Field Search Activity
Day 2 Hands On Lesson / Activity (8:30 am - 4:30 pm)
- Review of Student Field Recovery Kit
- Search and Discovery
- Setup, identification, documentation of grave
- Excavation and evidence collection of grave
Day 3 Hands On / Report and Presentation (8:30 am - 4:30 pm)
- Excavation and evidence collection continued
- Report Writing
- Preparation of Presentations
- Peer reviewed presentations
Your Instructor
Dr. Bryan Brendley is a Professor in the Forensic Science Program at Methodist University. Prior to coming to North Carolina he served as a sworn state conservation officer in Pennsylvania. Bryan teaches classes on Forensic Anthropology, Forensic Cell Biology/Histology, Cold Case Analysis, Bloodstain Patterns, Ballistic Trauma, and Drowning Investigations. He regularly guest lectures at both Campbell University School of Law on expert testimony and at Elon University School of Law on Crime Scene Analysis. He graduated from the College of William and Mary with degrees in biology and history, and holds an earned doctorate from The Pennsylvania State University. He is a member of the AAFS, NCIAI and the NCHIA. Bryan also has “served” as a US Navy spouse for over 21 years and volunteers his time regularly at the High Point Police Crime Lab.