Between 1986 and 1999, I acted as a consultant in forensic archaeology to the Office of Chief Medical Examiner and Division for Criminal Investigation, Vermont State Police.  My activities included providing advice to crime scene supervisors, directing survey efforts, excavating both skeletonized and non-skeletonized human remains and providing documentation at homicide scenes in the towns of Milton, Glover, Island Pond, Fairhaven, Charlotte, Westford, Middlesex, Johnson, Canaan, Huntington, Richmond, Jericho, Newport, Vernon, Marshfield, Greensboro, East Montpelier, Jericho and Northfield.  I also provided consultation to UVM campus police, UVM administration and Chief Medical Examiner's Office on skeletal remains found during renovations of Pomeroy Hall, UVM's former medical school on campus, and directed salvage excavations, January 9-14, 1997. I was recognized by Vermont courts as an expert witness in forensic archaeology.

Related activities included:

Provided training in crime scene investigation to Division for Criminal Investigation, Vermont State Police.

• • "Archaeology and Crime Scene Investigation", invitational paper presented at a Conference for medical examiners and law enforcement officers sponsored by the Office of Chief Medical Examiner, November 6, 1985.

  • "Buried Evidence: Location, Excavation and Identification", seminar session presented at the State Police Academy, sponsored by the Vermont Criminal Justice Training Council and Consultants in Forensic Medicine, August 7, 1990. 

  • "Establishing Protocol, Locating Buried Evidence and Excavation at a Crime Scene", all-day workshop in Forensic Archaeology for the Vermont State Police, August 1992. [Buried human manikin was located, excavated and documented during this simulation.]

  • Seminar for Vermont State Police, Division for Criminal Investigation, "Grave Identification and Excavation", St. Johnsbury, October 29, 1994.

  • Buried Evidence and Skeletal Remains: Location, Excavation and Documentation.  Chapter 5 in Death Investigation: A Seminar Manual.  Vermont Criminal Justice Training Council, Consultants in Forensic Medicine, 1991.  (see below)

Other:

• "The Use of Dental Impression Techniques to Preserve Characteristic Injuries in Skeletonized Remains".  Poster session prepared with David Averill, DDS and Paul L. Morrow, M.D. for the annual meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, February 1988.

• Commendations;

  • Commendation from the Commissioner of Public Safety and Governor of Vermont for assistance in homicide cases, 1987.

  • "Community Recognition Award", Burlington Crime Stoppers.  (Nominated by Vermont State Police, Division for Criminal Investigation, and Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for professional assistance related to homicide cases over many years, November 1998.)