Wichita Falls Police Department and Wichita County District Attorney’s Office have added a foster+freeman Crime-lite AUTO to their forensic toolkit. Jointly funded by the two agencies, this new acquisition will empower examiners to undertake crime scene analysis more efficiently, speeding up processes and freeing up valuable time.

The Coroner's Court in the inquest into the death of Zara Qairina Mahathir has been told that 21 police case evidence bags containing handwritten documents related to the case have now been transferred to the Chemistry Department in Petaling Jaya for further forensic analysis, including sheets of paper containing handwriting, exercise books, workbooks, and notebooks belonging to the late Zara Qairina.

A study by the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) and Virginia Department of Emergency Management (VDEM), published this year in the Journal of Forensic Sciences, provides an interesting assessment of the effectiveness of alternate light sources in the search for skeletal remains.

In a recent feature from Germany’s MDR Wissen, experienced forensic investigator Michael Ulrich discusses developments in forensic technology over the last 30 years, while demonstrating the capabilities of the Crime-lite AUTO and Crime-lite LASER.

This summer, the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands’ (RCE) mobile laboratory - “Lab on the Road” – visited the Netherlands Silver Museum in Schoonhoven, bringing with it extensive expertise and powerful specialist equipment, including the foster+freeman Crime-lite AUTO.

In a recent interview with Canada’s CBC News, Royal Newfoundland Constabulary (RNC) Director of Forensics and Property Control, Kathryn Rodgers, praised the effectiveness of the Crime-lite AUTO for the identification of substances, including blood, saliva, and gunshot residues.