Insect Clues: Forensic Entomology:VIDEO, Between 1985 and 1988, several transients were choked, sexually assaulted, and left for dead in the desert of California. In this program,entomologist David Faulkner, of the San Diego Natural History Museum, painstakingly identifies maggot eggs on the decaying corpse of Sandra Cwik from among 900,000 known species to establish the victim’s time of death. Once the time was determined, the suspect who had no alibi was convicted of second-degree murder.

Criminology

Insect Clues: Forensic Entomology

Between 1985 and 1988, several transients were choked, sexually assaulted, and left for dead in the desert of California. In this program, entomologist David Faulkner, of the San Diego Natural History Museum, painstakingly identifies maggot eggs on the decaying corpse of Sandra Cwik from among 900,000 known species to establish the victim’s time of death. Once the time was determined, the suspect who had no alibi was convicted of second-degree murder. Contains imagery that may be too strong for some viewers. (24
minutes)

Copyright date: ©1996

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