Bad news to report – I’ve been convicted by a crack group of crime scene investigators, many of which have not yet reached their 12th birthday. The group was investigating the theft of a backpack from the Robert R. McCormick Boys & Girls Club of Chicago.  Plenty of evidence was left at the scene: fiber, blood, fingerprints, and a ransom note. (Read more…)

Science Club – an after school science engagement program that I run with Carolyn Jahn at the Robert R. McCormick Boys & Girls Club – had a special guest last week.  Ms. Lisa Gilbert from the Illinois State Crime Lab visited the club to tell the kids about her work as a latent fingerprint examiner. She handles more than 250 cases per year, collecting prints, analyzing them, and in some cases, presenting the evidence at trial. (Read more…)