Soon SRI will be celebrating our 23rd year in business. When I formed this company my goal was to have the best trained investigators and to stay on the forefront of technology. 23 years later that is still our goal. Today Becca Stidham completed her fourth week of training to become a traffic collision reconstructionist.…
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We hope everyone had a safe, healthy and happy New Year! In honor of ringing in another year, we thought we would take a trip down memory lane recapping where we’ve been, where we are and where we are headed. From training and certifications to updated technology and programs, we are proud of the journey…
Shelly Rice, our crime scene reconstructionist, testified in a murder case in Rowan County Monday to describe and identify physical evidence in the case that was misinterpreted by the police and the State Medical Examiner. After deliberation the Jury found Randy Parmely NOT GUILTY of all charges. We would like to thank Attorney Sebastian Joy…
SRI team member Jeremy Woods at IPTM (Institute of Police Technology and Management) in Jacksonville, FL in a Crime Scene Reconstruction Class. When he completes this training, he will join Shelly Rice to form SRI’s crime scene reconstruction team. Our lab is also being updated giving our team the most advanced tools available at…
SRI is a well-rounded private investigation company with specially trained team members with different certifications that set SRI apart from any other private investigation and accident reconstruction company. Our experts work with specialized technology that enable them to work on private, digital and crime scene investigations along with traffic collision reconstruction. Our crime scene…
As I drive from case to case around Kentucky, I think about and reflect on where we started, our growth and the current capabilities of Stidham Reconstruction Investigation. I want to thank those who have been a part of the ride along the way and those who’ve trusted us with finding their answers. I…
We are excited to celebrate our 20th anniversary this month! We often share our top of the line technologies and training certifications but on this special anniversary I wanted to share the story of our humble beginnings to where we are today. SRI was founded in July 1998 and by the end of…
Blood is not always visually detectable. While gathering evidence, photographs and investigative reports are provided and documented even though NO BLOOD may have been observed in the expected area surrounding the incident. Blood evidence, as fingerprints, may not be visible to the naked eye, requiring a method of blood enhancement to develop its presence. The…
In 2015, 140 people were released after being wrongfully convicted. That number has grown from 61 people only 10 years earlier. If even 1% of the total amount of people incarcerated in the United States were wrongfully convicted, that number would be approximately 20,000 people! 1 wrongfully convicted person is too much. The story…
SRI is routinely commissioned to provide assistance in crime scene investigations in Kentucky and on a national level. This blog entry summarizes how our crime scene reconstructionist, Shelly Rice, was instrumental in presenting new details that reversed the Lawrence Circuit Court’s order denying relief and remand for a new trial of a man convicted of…
Over the past several months SRI assisted Jerry Cox Esq. and Jim Cox Esq. to defend Dwight Hughes against the charges of Murder and Assault in the 1st degree. With the help of SRI’s crime scene reconstruction team and the physical evidence, Mr. Hughes was found not guilty on Friday, March 18, 2016 on all…
In the past 40 days, SRI’s crime scene re-constructionist, Shelly Rice has had two criminal cases dismissed against our clients by motion of the Commonwealth Attorney. This is virtually unprecedented in criminal cases throughout Kentucky. The latest case involved an attempted murder charge against our client where the police charged him with shooting another man…
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…