MURDER ONE -- 2008 May

Class Description

Death Scene Investigations: Facts and What to Expect. From the Coroner’s Investigator point of view - I will give an interactive workshop on what to expect from the scene and how to handle it – from working with the police, family and pathologists. How does a Medical Examiner / Coroner handle the body at the scene? Find out in this fun and sometimes ‘gross’ workshop! This will include a spelling booklet of frequently used medical and corner terms.

Instructor - Bio

While employed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation at the tender age of nineteen, Phyllis Middleton was trained in the Science of Fingerprints. This training included the classification, comparison and search methods used by FBI and known throughout the USA. Once returning to her home in Colorado, she was a Deputy Sheriff for the Pueblo County Sheriff’s Department and specialized in crime scene investigation and evidence processing. Certified in Pueblo District and County Courts, Phyllis testified in a number of cases as an expert in the field of fingerprints. While as the Sheriff’s Department, she branched out in Patrol and Investigations; as well as being a member of the Search and Rescue Squad, State Disaster Team and becoming an Emergency Medical Technician and Certified Police Instructor. Phyllis also worked as a Kentucky Police Officer and finally rounding out twenty years as a Senior Criminal / Civil Investigator with the Denver Coroner’s Office her last six years of active service. Since marrying and moving to Texas, Phyllis no longer works as an active law enforcement officer, although volunteers her time to her local police department. She presently works security on a chemical dock and writes mystery / suspense / action adventure with romantic elements.