A Forensic Neuropsychologist In Los Angeles Identifies The Guilty Party For Court System

By Marci Glover


In many court cases, from murder one to manslaughter, a forensic expert is needed to assist the prosecutor or the defense attorney. The accused and defense witnesses may choose to lie and a jury may choose to believe them. There are ways to provide concrete evidence. The facts as provided by a forensic neuropsychologist in Los Angeles are indisputable.

The trained scientist can take samples of blood, semen and other bodily fluids to match them to the victim and the defendant. The facts provided by blood evidence cannot be denied and they are always available. A car can leave tire tracks in the mud where someone leaves a body and these can be matched to the vehicle. Footprints can be matched to a pair of shoes.

There may be many such shoes in the same size worn by many people. However, each person has an individualized wear pattern and the sole will reveal that if compared to another pair owned and worn by the suspect. The same is often true of tires.

Some plant life or other residue can be left on the undercarriage of a car. Perhaps it is something that only grows in a few places. If what is trapped under the car can be matched to the place where a body was dumped, that will indicate the guilt of the automobile owner.

The police can get a search warrant for a car if there is a good reason to suspect the owner. The interior and the trunk may have blood evidence. Blood can always be detected by using a substance called Luminol. When sprayed on a surface it illuminates the blood evidence.

Blood might be typed and proven to match the victim. If there are pet hairs on the victim, those can be transferred into the car and matched to the pet owned by the victim. A bullet is another clue. It will match the gun it was fired from. If the owner of the car also owns the gun, he is implicated in the murder.

Blood, even that extracted from bone marrow of skeleton remains, can be typed and matched. A skeleton can reveal age, gender and the ethnic background of the victim. Teeth can be matched to dental records. A healed bone can be matched to medical records.

A trained neuropsychologist can put together a verbal description of a brain, or create an animation of the areas of that brain and the damage it shows. A brain scan of the suspect can be used to support an attorney claiming a client is not legally responsible for the crime. Such information can clear a suspect or help convict him or her of murder.

Among the services provided by this highly-educated scientist are testifying in court as an expert witness, doing neuropsychological evaluations, reviewing cases, conducting medical evaluations and private consultation as an attorney prepares a case. The creation of a customized brain animation is a pictorial representation of what happened. A non-scientist can often gain a clearer understanding of the relevant facts when able to view this visual presentation.

The animation labels the parts of the brain and describes how the damage caused aberrant behavior. This assists the judge, jury and all interested parties to understand the facts. It is true that sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words.




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