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Instructor: Bonnie Wilder-Estes, CBPA, CSCSA, CLPE

Course length: 40 Hours

This week-long Basic Bloodstain Pattern Analysis course is designed to give the attendees a unique opportunity to acquire first-hand knowledge of bloodstain pattern analysis through lectures on theory and practical laboratory exercises. The purpose of the course is to provide a fundamental understanding of the underlying scientific principles related to bloodstain pattern analysis and their application to actual casework. Upon completion of this course, participants will have acquired an understanding of how bloodstain pattern analysis will assist in their investigation of crime scenes where blood has been shed.

This course will be useful to crime scene investigators, laboratory personnel who analyze bloodstained evidence, detectives who interview individuals involved in scenes of bloodshed, medico-legal investigators, and prosecutors who should have an understanding of the discipline before presenting bloodstain pattern evidence in court. This course is not designed to make "instant experts" out of those in attendance. Rather this course will give those in attendance a firm foundation in which they can build expert knowledge and qualifications.

Course Objectives:

Upon completion of this course on bloodstain pattern analysis, students should:

  • Understand the development, history, and advancement of bloodstain pattern analysis.
  • Understand the inherent limitations of bloodstain pattern analysis.
  • Be able to recognize, document, collect, preserve, and examine bloodstain pattern evidence.
  • Understand the underlying scientific principles related to bloodstain pattern analysis.
  • Understand how bloodstain pattern analysis interrelates to other forensic disciplines and information.
  • Be able to recognize and interpret the mechanism by which basic bloodstain patterns are created.
  • Have acquired first-hand knowledge of how blood reacts under various known conditions.
  • Have an understanding of the mathematical relationships, which apply directly to bloodstain pattern analysis specifically, angle of impact determination(s), and three-dimensional determinations.
  • Be acquainted with the practical aspects of bloodstain pattern analysis.
Bonnie Wilder-Estes

Bonnie Wilder-Estes

Specialties

Bloodstain Pattern Analysis

TFT Courses Taught

Basic Bloodstain Pattern Analysis

About Bonnie Wilder-Estes

Bonnie Wilder-Estes is a Senior Forensic Scientist at the Utah Bureau of Forensic Services (State of Utah Crime Lab). She has worked there since 2006. She has been active in training others throughout her career.  To date she has taught thousands of officers, crime scene personnel, and evidence technicians. She is the manager of the Bureau's crime scene response team, which responds as an aid for all police agencies throughout the state of Utah. She has responded to many high-profile crime scenes and testified to some of the cases.

​She is certified through the International Association for Identification as a Crime Scene Analyst, Latent Print Examiner, and Bloodstain Pattern Analyst.  

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