Virtually every car sold in the United States today has an airbag control module (“ACM”) that records data and speeds in the seconds leading up to a collision – in the event that the airbag is deployed. SRI was recently involved in a case where the ACM was damaged to the point that it could…
Joey Stidham, Owner of Stidham Reconstruction and Investigation, and Shelly Rice, Crime Scene/Incident Scene Reconstructionist, conducted training Monday at the 43rd annual Public Defender Education conference at the HYATT Regency Downton Lexington, KY regarding the scientific analysis of forensic evidence from a shooting incident to determine the most probable sequence of events. The session included…
During our investigation of an assault case a few months ago, our client told us that he absolutely did not commit the crime and gave us the name of two individuals that he thought had actually committed it. In the course of our investigation, we learned that these two individuals had pawned their cell phone…
SRI was recently hired in a nursing home abuse/neglect case where a family’s loved one was consistently malnourished and dirty when the family visited. By placing a radio containing a video camera and DVR to record all movement in the loved one’s room, SRI was able to prove that the nursing home was coming into…
A few months ago, we received a call from a client requesting our digital investigator to review a computer as she suspected that her spouse was cheating. The computer was delivered to SRI, and our digital investigator, Jason Woods got to work. Jason discovered that the computer contained an SD card in one of drives. …
Today, most vehicles on have an onboard computer system, which constantly monitors your driving. In the event that you are involved in a traffic collision, this computer can be imaged and its data used to prove what you were doing when the collision occurred. Retrieved data can include, but is not necessarily limited to: speed,…
In our blog post of January 18, 2015, (click HERE to read) we initially reported on serious issues surrounding the KASPER (Kentucky All Schedule Prescription Electronic Reporting) system that we uncovered during our investigation in the case of United States v. James Dustin Chaney. Dr. James D. “Dusty” Chaney is an Eastern Kentucky physician. Relied…
This photograph was taken while observing this vehicle – a critical piece of evidence – being removed from a crime scene involving a shooting. Given the varying angle of impacts created by the projectiles, an expert reconstructionist can use this photograph to determine that the bullet trajectories indicate movement during the shooting, either by the…
SRI owner, Joey Stidham on the job. SRI provides crash, collision and accident investigation and reconstruction services, including solving impacts speeds, determinations of point of impact, 3D animations and all other related accident reconstruction services. We only use state of the art methods and procedures. We are certified in the field of crash reconstruction in…
To some, this is an ordinary crime scene photograph. But, to an expert with and Interpretation training, knowledge and experience, these photographs reveal much more. Although highly recognized, Bloodstain Pattern Analysis and Interpretation (BPAI) is NOT generally utilized in the investigation of most crime scenes. SRI, however, realizes that BPAI is essential to the reconstruction of…
When a major accident or crime occurs, of utmost importance is quick response to properly document scene evidence. That’s why SRI has a mobile forensic unit, outfitted to respond at a moment’s notice to major accident or crime scenes. Available around the clock for urgent requests, SRI’s experts stand ready and able to get to…
A man came to our office a few months ago asking us to help with a situation at his business. He suspected one of his employees was scamming him on work time, in a work vehicle. We discussed his options and he opted to put a GPS tracker on the work vehicle his employee was…
Have you been involved in a situation where you’ve been charged with a crime and you know you simply did not do what you have been accused of? You hired an attorney, the attorney may not know who to call and tell you…look at all the evidence against you. The question we have for you…
As a former KY State trooper and a private investigator for 16 years….it always amazes me when a client calls and begins to tell their story and I ask…what you have done to prove your side of the case? They tell me…they’ve relied on the police investigation. The simple facts are…the police investigates an event…
Over the past 24 years I’ve worked and or reconstructed countless traffic collisions involving commercial motor vehicles. I’ve read hundreds of not thousands of depositions of truck owners and drivers. One thing that has become abundantly clear is that virtually no one out there understands the regulations when it comes to truck inspections. This blog…