The Week 108 Forensic Science Geek of the Week Winner is Announced

The Forensic Science Geek of the Week

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The week 108 “www.TheTruthAboutForensicScience.com Forensic Science Geek of the Week” honors goes to: George Schiro



According to his website:

George Schiro, MS, F-ABC is a consulting Forensic Scientist operating a consulting company called “Forensic Science Resources” located in Cade, LA. He received a Master of Science in Industrial Chemistry-Forensic Science which included five hours of credit in Forensic DNA Analysis of Biological Materials and accompanying lab course, three hours of credit in Quality Assurance and Bioinformatics, three hours of credit in Biochemistry, two hours of credit in Forensic Analysis of DNA Data, and three hours of credit in Experimental Statistics University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL. He received his Bachelor of Science in Microbiology including three hours of credit in Genetics from the Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA. He holds a certificate of Professional Competency in Criminalistics, and is Fellow of the American Board of Criminalistics, Specialty Area: Molecular Biology.

George Schiro is a forensic scientist with over 25 years experience. He has been court qualified as an expert in crime scene investigation/reconstruction, DNA analysis, shoeprint identification, blood spatter interpretation, latent fingerprint development, serology, forensic science, trajectory reconstruction, fracture match analysis, and hair comparison. He has qualified over 160 times in 30 Louisiana parish courts, two Louisiana city courts, federal court, and county courts in Arkansas, California, Florida, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New York, Texas and West Virginia. He has also consulted on cases in 24 states, for the United States Army and Air Force, and the United Kingdom. Throughout his career he has worked approximately 3200 cases.

His work has been featured on TV shows and in books. He regularly consults with TVs and movies.

The CV of our Geek of the Week can be found here.

Congratulations to our Forensic Science Geek of the Week winner

OFFICIAL QUESTION:

1. Who is this?

2. Why i she notable in the history of forensic science?

Our Geek of the Week answered:

1. This is Dr. Joseph Bell.

2. Dr. Bell would observe small details about a person to make medical diagnoses and also make determinations about the person’s occupation and lifestyle. A young Arthur Conan Doyle was his clerk and he based, at least in part, the character of Sherlock Holmes on Dr. Bell. He is considered a pioneer in forensic pathology.

[BLOGGER’S NOTE: There were 3 honorable mentions this week

Steven Hernandez, Esquire who wrote: “This man is Dr. Joseph Bell. He was a pioneer is forensic pathology. He is noted for observing people and makinf [sic] [making] deductions about thier habits and occupation. He is an inspiration for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes.”

Laura Magnuson wrote: “Dr. Joseph Bell. He was the inspiration behind the character Sherlock Holmes. Bell was a master of the differential diagnosis through close observation, using all senses to identify the cause of one’s illness. He possessed spectacular gifts of observation, analysis and inference. He advised his students: ‘Do not just look at a patient, but feel him, probe him, listen to him, smell him.'”

Okorie Okorocha who wrote: “WHO IS THE REAL SHERLOCK HOLMES? He was the inspiration for Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous detective, Sherlock Holmes .And his name is Dr.Joseph Bell. Considered by many to be the Father of Forensic Science, Dr.Bell was born in Scotland on 02 December,1837 and died in 1911. He was a lecturer at the medical school of the University of Edinburgh in the 19th century. Conan Doyle met him in 1877 and he became Dr.Bell’s clerk in Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. Here, Doyle was able to observe the good doctor in action, learning about his techniques and using it as the method by which Sherlock Holmes, his character, solved criminal mysteries.” and he also shared with us “Joseph Bell, JP, DL, FRCS (2 December 1837 – 4 October 1911) was a famous Scottish lecturer at the medical school of the University of Edinburgh in the 19th century. He is perhaps best known as an inspiration for the literary character Sherlock Holmes. He was a great-grandson of Benjamin Bell, a forensic surgeon. In his instruction, Bell emphasized the importance of close observation in making a diagnosis. To illustrate this, he would often pick a stranger and, by observing him, deduce his occupation and recent activities. These skills caused him to be considered a pioneer in forensic science (forensic pathology in particular) at a time when science was not yet widely used in criminal investigations.”]

The Hall of Fame for the www.TheTruthAboutForensicScience.com Forensic Science Geek of the Week:

Week 1: Chuck Ramsay, Esquire

Week 2: Rick McIndoe, PhD

Week 3: Christine Funk, Esquire

Week 4: Stephen Daniels

Week 5: Stephen Daniels

Week 6: Richard Middlebrook, Esquire

Week 7: Christine Funk, Esquire

Week 8: Ron Moore, B.S., J.D.

Week 9: Ron Moore, B.S., J.D.

Week 10: Kelly Case, Esquire and Michael Dye, Esquire

Week 11: Brian Manchester, Esquire