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Featured Commentary (November): Findings in Expert Consultations of Death and SBI
This commentary comes from many conversations we have with families in discussing our
process in reviewing the death of their loved one. Most often their concerns are founded -
such as being suspicious due to some unusual circumstances in how the body was when
found. However, their reasoning for these suspicions are actually a digression from facts and
evidence - perhaps the same as some juries have when thinking of the fading CSI effect from
the genre of television and movies.

Our goal, and passion, is to sort through everything from the official records, reports, and
photographs to the questions the family has - and bring both answers and closure, no matter
the findings or expectations. The same holds true of all of our legal investigations and expert
consultations, not just death - but serious bodily injury, and also in civil, criminal and even
probate litigation. -- continued below (see this month’s Case Study for a real-life example)

Agency Information & Principals' CVs - Expert Analysis / Consultations
Current information on our primary agency website for services, forms, and CVs.
-- Your Investigators - www.DeathCaseReview.com/Principals-Bios
-- Dean's CV - http://dab-cv.DeathCaseReview.com (updated July 2024)
-- Karen's CV - http://ksb-cv.DeathCaseReview.com (updated July 2024)

We bridge the crime scene and autopsy with Expert Medicolegal Consultations in Civil, Criminal
and Insurance Interpleader litigation, as well as Family Questioned Deaths. Forensic and
Medicolegal Death Investigations reviewing and analyzing "the totality of the circumstances of
the fatal or non-fatal event and the competency of the official investigation, with respect to
death investigation protocol and standards."

This 3-minute video will show you, “How we can help you and your clients – today!” - https://youtu.be/7auubrNZYb4

Together We’re Better!

Featured Case Study: Not an Execution / 1st Degree Murder (Expert Consultation)
Our agency was retained by the defendant's attorney to assist in the criminal defense of fatal shooting. The defendant
was charged with first-degree homicide in 2019. The lead law enforcement detective testified before a grand jury, less
than two weeks post-event, the defendant executed the decedent with four gunshot wounds to back as he lay
unconscious on the floor; he had no findings for why the decedent was unconscious. He further testified he had not
attended the autopsy or read the report, available before and at his testimony. When a grand jury member presented
the question of what evidence there was of an execution-style murder, the detective's testimony was the grouping and
trajectory of the four gunshot wounds to the back and head.

What were our findings? Follow the link for details. We will add this – following the presentation of our report of
findings to the prosecution, the (now retired) lead detective was asked to respond and issue a new report. He didn’t.

What were the circumstances? What was the evidence? What were the findings?
Details at www.DeathCaseReview.com/sample-cases

This is a case of “Believe the Totality of the Evidence”

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