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, ...

In general, bloodstain pattern analysis (BPA) refers to the collection and subsequent forensic analysis investigation of the size, shape, and distribution patterns of bloodstains found at a crime ...

David Camm lost 13 years of his life to eight drops of blood. In 2000, the Indiana state trooper was charged with murder after finding his wife and two children shot to death in their home. During the ...

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 ...

The National Institute of Justice gave more than $1 million to the state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension to study handwriting characteristics and bloodstain patterns, the BCA said Monday. These two ...

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 ...

Blood spatters are hydrodynamic signatures of violent crimes, often revealing when an event occurred and where the perpetrator and victim were located, and researchers have worked toward better ...