Development of soil forensic methods and databases from targeted locations in Tasmania to assist Police

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Across Australia, Police rely heavily on DNA evidence and witness testimony to solve crime. Historically, this provided enough evidence to charge an offender. But in recent major crime investigations, soil evidence compared and characterised using the approach and methods outlined by CAFSS (Fitzpatrick and Raven 2012), has proved crucial in successfully assisting police and convicting offenders in Australian Courts of Law. However, most Police forensic laboratories are ill-equipped to analyse forensic soil evidence. A rising tide of unsolved cold case major crime, with no DNA evidence or reliable witnesses, is gathering dust on Police books. With assistance from Tasmania Police, forensic soil data from specific soil types at the following targeted locations will be gathered, to assist with new avenues of inquiry: Key soil catenary sequences near Richmond, Hobart will be used to test distinctness of mixed pit spoil and single pit spoils via credible scenarios of crime scene approach. Hu

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