Shannon Barry O’Grady recently received as rich a compliment as any novice director could want. O’Grady was directing a scene from “Spatter Pattern,” a thriller being presented by Chatham Community ...

This story is Part 3 of an ongoing series that runs through Monday. To catch up on stories published so far, go to News-Leader.com/ConvictedByBlood. A record number ...

Critical bloodstain evidence that might not have been fully analyzed in the past now can be analyzed thanks to the speed and tenacity of the computer. Computers are affecting every phase of our lives ...

During the 2007 murder trial of music mogul Phil Spector, forensic experts for the defense and prosecution disagreed on how to interpret the blood spatter patterns on clothing worn by both Spector and ...

Prosecutors focused on blood spatter Tuesday at the trial of an Orland Park man accused of fatally shooting his wife in 2010. Allan Kustok, 63, is charged with killing his wife, Anita "Jeanie" Kustok ...

image: Blood spatters are hydrodynamic signatures of violent crimes, often revealing when an event occurred and where the perpetrator and victim were located, and researchers have worked toward better ...

Physicists continue to contribute their unique insight into the forensic analysis of blood spatter patterns with two recent papers. The first, published in Physics of Fluids, offers a useful ...

In last month's forensic column I described a scene where two officers responding to crime scene find several victims apparently murdered in a private home. One officer has entered at the front of the ...

A blood spatter pattern on the jeans Idelfonso Velez wore the night Angel Ortiz and Trisha Bennett were murdered could have been caused by Velez flicking blood onto his pants, a forensic analyst told ...

Playwrights Horizons has announced a one week extension for its production of Neal Bell's Spatter Pattern or, How I Got Away With It. The show, directed by Michael Greif, will now run at the Peter Jay ...