KINGSTON, R.I. — Oct. 29, 2020 — On Halloween Eve, the 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s annual Forensic Science Seminar Series will feature retired Warwick Police Detective Ed Pierce discussing occult and ritualistic crimes.<\/p>\n
The free lecture, which is available online and in-person to a limited audience, is Friday, Oct. 30, at the Richard E. Beaupre Center for Chemical and Forensic Sciences, 140 Flagg Road, Room 100, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Pierce will focus on law enforcement issues with non-traditional groups, forensic and clinical aspects of ritual crimes, crimes related to Satanism, and the occurrences of such crimes in New England.<\/p>\n
Pierce, who will be addressing the seminar series for the third time, has more than 40 years of experience in forensics and criminal investigation. He has served as a detective and polygraphist for the Warwick Police Department for many years. He has researched numerous issues in the field of occult crime, including \u201cTeenage Suicide: Its relationship to Satanism and the occult.\u201d\u00a0 He has also contributed to various publications, such as \u201cThe New Satanists,\u201d on criminal cases, and \u201cThe Death Investigations Manual,\u201d on ritual homicide.<\/p>\n
Pierce received his bachelor\u2019s degree in administrative science in 1997 at Roger Williams University, and associate\u2019s degree in criminal justice at Salve Regina University. He is certified in polygraph science by the National Training Center of Polygraph Science in New York.<\/p>\n
He has presented lectures on topics related to cults and the occult, and polygraph science at such schools as Brown University; the University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Rhode Island School of Design, and Providence College.<\/p>\n
\u201cEd has an interesting background in law enforcement and he brings a specialty that is not spoken about in the mainstream media,\u201d said Dennis Hilliard, director of the Rhode Island State Crime Laboratory at 溏心vlog免费B站 and adjunct professor of biomedical sciences in the College of Pharmacy. \u201cHis specialty is to get into the minds and understand the people who committed the crime, in terms of occult and ritualistic crimes. It\u2019s something that law enforcement officers need to be aware of. If something unusual is in the crime scene, they know how to research it and investigate it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Prior to the lecture, people interested in attending lectures in person must request permission by email from Hilliard (dhilliard@uri.edu<\/a>) or 溏心vlog免费B站 Chemistry Professor Jimmie Oxley (joxley@uri.edu<\/a>). A maximum of 60 people will be permitted inside the lecture hall, under the university\u2019s COVID-19 safety measures. To view the lecture online, email Hilliard or Oxley to request a live Zoom link to the lecture.<\/p>\n