Season 1 Wrap-up and Blooper Reel

Cheers to a great first season of Coffee with a Criminalist! As we have discussed not all our calls for service are criminal in nature, we will assist with mass casualty scenarios and suspicious circu...

2 Juli 20211h

This week we look at how several cold cases from 1976 helped allow for the retroactive DNA collection of offenders in our state. We explain the important role innocence projects play in exonerations, ...

18 Juni 202144min

In this week’s episode we discuss the 2008 murder of college student Brianna Denison, how YSTR analysis played an import role in connecting this case to several others, and the impact it had on Nevada...

11 Juni 202138min

This week on the podcast we feature Part I of the CODIS series. In this episode we discuss what the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) is and we look at our lab’s first ever CODIS hit in our review of ...

4 Juni 202111min

Consuming alcohol is a popular activity, especially here in the Biggest Little City. Alcohol can be fun, but it can also be dangerous. Driving under the influence is a serious risk to both the driver ...

28 Maj 202150min

We know you are used to us doing the question asking, but this time we are in the hot seat! And no, its not in the court room this time! We were asked to be guests on the podcast "Policing Matters' wi...

21 Maj 202130min

From humble beginnings the field of forensic science has transformed into a regulated field of scientific experts. In the last seventy years there have been major advancements in technology and regula...

14 Maj 202130min