Forensic Scientist

Forensic Scientist

LIsa Black

Cape Coral, FL

Female, 49

I spent the five happiest years of my life in a morgue. As a forensic scientist in the Cleveland coroner’s office I analyzed gunshot residue on hands and clothing, hairs, fibers, paint, glass, DNA, blood and many other forms of trace evidence, as well as crime scenes. Now I'm a certified latent print examiner and CSI for a police department in Florida. I also write a series of forensic suspense novels, turning the day job into fiction. My books have been translated into six languages.

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Last Answer on July 21, 2022

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If a person dies at home, is it necessary to do an autopsy to determine the cause of death?

Asked by Jorge Leonel Bailon Carreras over 1 year ago

 

Writing a thriller...what telltale signs would a body display that had been frozen several months up to a year and then put in a fire? I need it to be accurate with what might be found in the charred tissues, etc.

Asked by Rebecca Kohles over 1 year ago

 

Does the semen leak to the victim’s auns after death and then detect the sperm during semen analysis?

Asked by Mahmed GHamudi over 1 year ago

 

i want to be a forensic scientist but i don’t know what to major in for my undergrad, i don’t want to fs as a major bc i heard i wont be able to get a job after so i want to get my bs in biochem and then my masters in forensic science. is that good?

Asked by bre over 1 year ago

 

Trying to prove a point to my friends- if a cadaver were put under magnetic influence, would the magnetism have any effect on the cadaver's decomposition?

Asked by Max over 1 year ago

 

Would it be smart to go looking for internships and then working on a Bachelors degree, or working on the Bachelors degree as soon as possible after completing an Associates Degree?

Asked by Briar about 1 year ago

 

How would a forensic specialist be able to determine that blood in a bad such as a donor blood bag might be different from that of a victim at a murder scene

Asked by Shereen almost 1 year ago