Presentation Title
Panel Name
Forensic Science
Location
Lecture Center 3C
Start Date
3-5-2019 3:15 PM
End Date
3-5-2019 4:00 PM
Presentation Type
Oral Presentation
Academic Major
Anthropology
Abstract
This experiment was designed after the release of the Netflix show called the “The Staircase.” A true documentary, a woman’s fall down the staircase results in her death, but the investigators question whether it was an accident or murder. The woman’s husband was initially accused of murder, but after a lengthy trial and the review of additional evidence, it was ruled an accident. In the autopsy results, there was evidence of blunt force trauma (Figure 1) inconsistent with an accidental fall. Therefore this research asks what is the difference in trauma from an accidental fall versus a intentional, assisted descent?
Select Where This Work Originated From
Course assignment/project
First Faculty Advisor
Professor Jessica L. Campbell
First Advisor Email
jcampbell4@albany.edu
First Advisor Department
Anthropology Department
Second Faculty Advisor
Dr. Mercedes Fabian
Second Faculty Advisor Email
mfabian@albany.edu
Second Advisor Department
Anthropology
The work you will be presenting can best be described as
Finished or mostly finished by conference date
Included in
Archaeological Anthropology Commons, Biological and Physical Anthropology Commons, Trauma Commons
Trauma Analysis from Rapid Staircase Descension
Lecture Center 3C
This experiment was designed after the release of the Netflix show called the “The Staircase.” A true documentary, a woman’s fall down the staircase results in her death, but the investigators question whether it was an accident or murder. The woman’s husband was initially accused of murder, but after a lengthy trial and the review of additional evidence, it was ruled an accident. In the autopsy results, there was evidence of blunt force trauma (Figure 1) inconsistent with an accidental fall. Therefore this research asks what is the difference in trauma from an accidental fall versus a intentional, assisted descent?