Fascinating Forensic Facts – what crime writers need to know about blood pattern analysis

Being a crime writer involves researching some very gruesome things but also some very interesting forensic aspects of crime.





For my crime novels I’ve research gunshot wounds, death by
crossbow, poisons (a favourite of Agatha Christie’s), blunt force
trauma, suffocation, fire and more. I am incredibly grateful to all the
forensic scientists, Hampshire police officers and the Hampshire
Fingerprint Bureau and crime scene investigators who have assisted me.



I thought I would share some information on blood pattern analysis I
gleaned for both my Detective Inspector Andy Horton crime novels set in
Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight (14) and for my Art Marvik mystery
thriller series (3) set along the South Coast of England.




What do Blood Pattern Analysts do?