Pre-registration Required

Tuesday, July 22, 2008       Time: 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

#9 Forensic Investigation of Fire Deaths
        - Accidental and Homicide

Faculty

Elayne J. Pope, PhD University of Arkansas 330 Old Main Fayetteville, AR 72701

Restricted Audience Size: 35

This presentation will illustrate how the human body burns for arson and death investigators. The lecture will cover topics of accidental fires and normal burn patterns as it applies to forensic casework, and features of homicide, particularly identification of traumatic injury (ballistic, blunt force, and sharp force trauma) for differentiating manner of death between accidental or criminal attempts to destroy evidence of the body with fire.

Dr. Pope has lectured to state chapters of the International Association of Arson Investigators for New York, Florida, Arizona, Oregon, Connecticut, South Carolina, North Carolina, Indiana, Colorado, and Arkansas. She has taught Forensic Anthropology, Criminalistics, and Forensic Taphonomy at the University of Arkansas in the Anthropology Department, Northwest Arkansas Community College, and consults on forensic cases involving skeletal or burned human remains for the Arkansas State Medical Examiner’s Office.