Article: SKYDIVING 'ACCIDENT' TESTS CSIS AT UT FORENSIC ACADEMY

The University of Tennessee Institute for Public Service issued the following news release:

Was it an accident or was it murder?

That was the mystery crime scene investigators at the National Forensic Academy had to solve by using their evidence evaluation skills at a simulated skydiving accident staged by NFA staff and supported by NFA benefactor and author Patricia Cornwell.

Eighteen CSIs, representing law enforcement agencies from Alaska to Georgia, participated in NFA Session XVII at the University of Tennessee. The 10-week session concluded March 16.

To stage the final exam-the skydiving accident-NFA staff created a life-size ballistics gelatin dummy, complete with organs and bones, ...

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