He spent years studying and testing how blood behaves, pioneering a vital new tool that is now a part of any criminal investigation. When Rod Englert began his career in law enforcement, virtually no police force in the world knew how to correctly examine blood spatter. Blood Secrets is a fascinating book.' Ann Rule, from the foreword Review ' has transcended his own distress and sorrow at man's (or woman's) inhumanity to man to offer remarkable insights into what the dead can tell us, even after they can no longer speak. Simpson, Robert Blake, and many others.įilled with fascinating details of forensic science and real-life CSI stories, Blood Secrets shows the techniques and tools used to decipher blood spatter's code.

How can the police tell what type of murder weapon was used when the body is missing and all that's left is a trace of gore? How can they tell if a victim was moved, or which person in a room fired the fatal shot? Englert lays out what he's learned on a variety of intriguing cases, from puzzling murders in tiny, remote towns to the highest-profile celebrity trials, including O. In Blood Secrets he demonstrates how detectives and forensic experts use blood-spatter analysis to solve real cases. Blood Secrets reveals how forensic experts read the story of a murder told in the traces of blood left behind, providing crucial evidence that has helped convict criminals who might have otherwise walked free.

Blood secrets by rod englert