{"id":70699,"date":"2002-11-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2002-11-06T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/maggots-and-murder-forensic-entomology-topic-of-forensic-science-seminar-nov-7\/"},"modified":"2002-11-06T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2002-11-06T00:00:00","slug":"maggots-and-murder-forensic-entomology-topic-of-forensic-science-seminar-nov-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2002\/11\/maggots-and-murder-forensic-entomology-topic-of-forensic-science-seminar-nov-7\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Maggots and Murder: Forensic Entomology\u2019 topic of Forensic Science Seminar, Nov. 7"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I. — November 4, 2002 \u2013 An expert in the role of arthropod and insect evidence in criminal investigations will be the speaker at the äçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBÕ¾\u2019s Forensic Science Seminar Series on Thursday, Nov. 7 at 4 p.m.
\nJason Byrd, the lead faculty member for the Virginia Commonwealth University Bachelor of Science in forensic science program, will speak in Pastore Hall, Room 124. His talk is free and open to the public.
\nAn assistant professor of forensic science and biology at VCU, Byrd will discuss “Maggots and Murder: Forensic Entomology.”
\n\tHis presentation will focus on the various applications and uses of arthropod and entomological evidence in legal investigations, such as the establishment of the time of death, indicators of pre-death abuse and trauma, and the recovery of human DNA from blood feeding arthropods.\t
\nByrd is a board certified forensic entomologist and chairman of the American Board of Forensic Entomology. Byrd is also a faculty instructor for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, National Academy in Quantico, Va. and serves as a faculty member for the Virginia Institute of Forensic Science and Medicine.
\nByrd has combined his formal academic training in entomology, forensic science, criminal justice, and law to serve as a consultant in both criminal and civil legal investigations throughout the United States. He specializes in the education of law enforcement officials, medical examiners, coroners, attorneys, and other death investigators on the use and applicability of arthropods in legal investigations.
\nHe has published numerous scientific articles on the subject of forensic entomology, and has also published the Forensic Insect Identification Cards and Forensic Entomology: The Utility of Arthropods in Legal Investigations.\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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