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 ...

Computers have found their way into a variety of areas in the forensic laboratory and the crime scene investigation process. One such area is bloodstain spatter analysis. The pattern of bloodstains at ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

As the long-awaited double homicide trial against former South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh began on Monday, his defense lawyers were making one final plea to the judge: Don’t let the prosecution ...

The Chatham Community Players continues its 93rd Season of producing local theater with Neal Bell's play, Spatter Pattern. This play will run from March 6-21 at the Chatham Playhouse, 23 North Passaic ...