A Thread of Evidence – America Out Loud News

A Thread of Evidence – America Out Loud News


September 12, 2018

While officer-involved shooting deaths take up all the media-air in the room, the investigations of in-custody jail deaths are equally important. But what are the standards of care and what types of evidence do forensic experts need to review to determine what went wrong in those cases?

World travelers DrRon Martinelli and Forensic Death Investigations Team member and corrections expert Bob Prevot delve into this special investigations environment from Vienna, Austria. DrRon and Bob discuss how prisoners are processed into jails after arrest, the medical, psychological and classification procedures and the specific evidence to be recovered and analyzed. Finally, the pair unpack the files of a couple of their complicated jail death cases and reconcile the evidence for you. Tune in for this interesting and unique forensic adventure as we investigate jail in-custody deaths.