Forensic Pathology, Toxicology, And Biology

Introduction: One summer morning, a 38-year-old woman named Anna Garcia was found dead. Anna was found lying facedown in the entry hallway of her home in a pool of blood. Many different pieces of evidence found at the crime scene have been analyzed to determine the manner of Anna’s death: natural, accident, or homicide. The analyzed evidence found at the crime scene includes fingerprints, blood type, shoeprint, hair, unknown substances, blood spatters, and DNA. Anna Garcia’s autopsy report currently contains information on Anna’s toxicology results, external examination results, and physical examination results. The evidence that has been analyzed mainly focuses on the persons of interest: Alex Garcia, Doug Greene, Erica Piedmont, and Lucy

In this case study Forensic Toxicology was used to solve the murder of Robert Curley and obtained the conviction of his wife Joann Curley.

Have certain interrogatories popped in your head repeatedly? How do we know if someone hears us beyond the grave? Can they determine if I died of natural causes or did someone cut my life thread short? Never really  thought about it have you? Well, if you did or not the answer is yes people!!! There are people who are adamant about understanding what caused our life to take a quick or long turn to the big paradise in the sky or the land of milk and honey as most people heard and proffered. They are the superheroes, advocates for the dead, Forensic Pathologist is the name. They hold the most important jobs in the world, because like I said before they are insistant with knowing what or whom triggered your expiration date?  Ha just a little humor for my comedy readers, yes you may have heard or be familiar of this occupation on Law and Order, Law and Order Criminal Intent, Law and Order SVU, CSI, etc.

In this paper, I will discuss the background of forensic pathology, the pros and cons of forensic pathology, and the similar and different in a forensic pathologist and a coroner. There are various disciplines in Forensic Science that can help with a crime, and solving that crime. One of these various disciplines is Forensic Pathology which the study of disease, and its causes, moreover; it involves the discovering the cause of the death where a death is sudden or suspicion to law enforcement. While a Forensic Pathologist can be helpful to law enforcement, and helpful in assisting in crime investigation, there are cons to being forensic pathologist. Furthermore, forensic pathologist can be confused with coroner even though they do the same

Forensic pathologist have an important role in finding out the cause of the death (Jones & Shepherd , 2014), the presence of the forensic pathologist at the crime scene must have allowed to gather fluid samples from the victims to enabling them to conclude that the cause of death was due to overdose of on a drug called GBH. The analysis of the fluid could have shown result of GBH present in the victim’s blood, from this any drug found at MR Port’s house will also would have been analysed to see if the both samples

Death becomes a part of every single person’s life at some point in time, whether it is in the form of a close relative, parent, spouse, or even one’s own death. While it is not the most pleasant subject, death is something that needs to be addressed to prepare those who will have to manage it when the time comes. Depending on the situation at hand, certain circumstances of demise may not be completely understood, and in these cases, autopsies can provide families with closure by giving them answers needed to clarify any questions that may have come along with the loss of their loved one (“American Autopsy Services”, np). With new advances in technology and new medical diagnostic systems,

When can friendship still be called friendship? Is there a end, or does friendship last a lifetime? According to the Forensic Report and suspect case files it is clear that everyone was involved in the murder of Max Powers except Ray.

forensic fiction. Shows like C.S.I. wouldn't be quite as interesting to the viewer if it

After collecting all of the evidence taking to the forensic lab and analysis the evidence that was collect. When a body come to the lab , the pathologist would” conduct a post-mortem”, examining the body and looking at its external appearance to help identification to determine how the person died, looking for evidence of blows to the body, looking at the size and shape of the wound. Then the pathologist would start a surgical procedures to study the internal organs, (like bruising of the brain, damage to the heart and blood vessels looking for evidence of disease as a cause of death, heart attack, stroke, aneurysm, or infection. Checking the stomach content also if a person is murder or rape then pathologist would take samples under finger nails , sample of semen from vaginal”( Elvidge,

Analyzing different forensic pathologist daily journal, I found it really fascinated what exactly they are doing. Pathologist are the ones who tend to further expand a criminal investigation through all the multiple testing. They will run DNA test and bone test throughout the whole day. Most forensic pathologist have a system when it comes to figuring out the cause of death. Typically, the pathologist will look for evidence to indicate the cause of death like a cut womb. After they will start running DNA test. In some cases pathologists will test blood and tissue to identify the person. Furthermore, pathologists spend most of their time running test in lab. Also, pathologist are able to identify the amount of time a person has been dead. In

The College of Arts and Science and Vanderbilt University offers a wide range of majors and minors that allow a student to explore multiple areas of study to determine what their true passion is. At Vanderbilt, I hope to take advantage of these different content areas to mold myself into a well-rounded student and individual.

Up until my senior year of high school I dreamed of becoming a Cardiovascular surgeon. I loved learning about the human body, I like to help people and I thought it would be a good fit. I took many pre-med classes through school one of them being medical forensics, this class intrigued me. One of the units in my medical forensic class was forensic psychology and I learned to love it more than any other class I had taken thus far.

We encounter scientists in almost everything we read or hear about in the news today. If we watch a nightly news program to check the weather for tomorrow it as created by a meteorologist, a person who studies the atmosphere. A meteorologist uses scientific principles to explain, comprehend, and observe the atmosphere’s effects on the planet, otherwise known as a forecast. While watching the news a reporter might relay a story about how a crime was solved with forensic science, an application of scientific methods to criminal and civil laws. A forensic scientist collects, preserves, and analyzes evidence during the course of an investigation to find out what actually happened. We may see these scientists interviewed in a crime documentary or portrayed as a character in a television show or movie.

From interviewing the Chief Forensic Toxicologist, Bradley Hall, at the Travis County Medical Examiner in Austin, Texas, I learned that working in the lab is just like any other job, time wise. The scientists that work at the lab spend about 8 hours a day, which is about a 40 hour week.

of a bachelor’s degree and at least three years of full-time professional experience in a forensic