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BARE BONES CONSULTING, LLC
Committed to Scientific Truth
Karen Smith is a Forensic Specialist and regular guest on CNN, HLN and Nancy Grace's Crime Stories
Back spatterGun used in a murder/suicide | Homicide sceneWorking a homicide. | |
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Dr. Bill BassUniversity of Tennessee | Bloodstain Pattern Analysis CourseStudents learn about gravitational drops | Experiments with blood |
BluestarBlood in a truck bed after application of chemiluminescent reagent Bluestar. | Skeletal remainsUniversity of Tennessee | Ballistics TrainingAR-15 rifle rounds |
Butterfly patternA knife was wiped front and back with this jersey, resulting in a mirror pattern. | Fluorescent Powders Training | Anthropological Research FacilityThe Body Farm |
Mechanical fitTwo pieces of a vehicle from two separate crime scenes, linking the vehicle to the site of the crash. | How Sherlock Changed the WorldFilming for PBS and BBC | Testimony |
Amido blackPartial shoe impression in blood enhanced with amido black protein stain. | Print on metalA fingerprint in blood on a metal tube. Enhanced with a light source. | Instructing for FDIAI |
ALS and studentA UF student learns how to enhance latent prints with the ALS. | AnthropologyStudents uncover a skeleton in Forensic Anthropology class. | Belt buckleSmall droplets of blood on a belt buckle. |
Bloodstains on Clothing Course | Gun smokeGunpowder and soot from a revolver. | Bleached hairLight source application shows fluorescence of bleached hair. |
Laser trajectoryDemonstration |
PROJECTS
Past projects include crime scene and bloodstain pattern analysis for LAPD, Miami PD, Knoxville PD, Jacksonville Sheriff's Office and Florida's 4th and 8th and 18th Judicial Circuit Courts. Current projects include a multiple scene homicide and a 51 year-old cold case from North Carolina which has been reopened based upon newly discovered forensic evidence.
COLD CASE ANALYSIS
TESTIMONIAL
"If you wish to use my name and former position as a retired New York State Supreme Court Justice as a reference please fell free to do so. My recommendation is based on the video I saw of your testimony at trial, which I felt worthy of my recommendation. Good luck."
~Judge Lou Benza, Retired New York State Supreme Court Justice
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