The Secret of Blood: From Spatter to Science

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What mysteries can our blood reveal? From injury, intoxication and infection, our blood tells us a lot about a crime. Learn about presumptive blood testing at the scene, and analyze blood spatter pattern clues to unravel the ‘how’ and ‘why’ of a homicide. This interactive workshop includes a blood spatter assessment activity that allows participants to chemically identify “unknown” stains for traces of blood, and interpret spatter patterns. Please be aware that this workshop utilizes visual images of blood, as well as real blood samples.

Facilitator: Murray Clayton

This workshop is appropriate for ages 16 and up. Maximum 25 participants. First come, first served.

Murray Clayton

Murray Clayton is the Program Officer and Outreach Coordinator for the Forensic Science Program at the University of Toronto, having graduated with a Master of Science in Evolutionary Anthropology in 2016, focusing on the use of elemental analysis on human bone for the purposes of assessing age-at-death in the identification process. He combines his forensic case experience with pedagogy to deliver informative and engaging workshops for communities interested in seeing ‘behind the scenes’ of criminal investigation.

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