MAIN STREET. THE SUSPECT WAS SEEN DRIVING A WHITE WORK VAN WITH NORTH
CAROLINA PLATES.
THESE
COULD BE THE KEY TO FINDING
MISSING PEOPLE IF THAT GOT YOUR
ATTENTION WELL, IT’S ONE OF
MANY INTERESTING RESEARCH
PROJECTS GOING ON RIGHT HERE
IN VIRGINIA.
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY HAS
WHAT’S CALLED A BODY FARM, IT’S
NEW AND IT’S ONE OF ONLY A FEW
ACROSS
THE COUNTRY.
10 NEWS ANCHOR JENNA ZIBTON GOT
AN INSIDE LOOK AT THE PROCESS
IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA
AND HOW YOU CAN BE A
PART OF THE RESEARCH HELPING
INVESTIGATORS SOLVE MURDERS NOW
AND IN THE FUTURE.
>>THESE HELPING INVESTIGATORS WORK MURDER CASES. >>THESE LITTLE SCIENTISTS WITH
WINGS ON THEM THEY’RE GOING TO
BE ABLE TO TAKE US TO
THE BODY.
THEY’RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO
TELL US WHERE SOMEONE HAS BEEN
DUMPED WHERE SOMEONE IS LAYING
OUTSIDE IN
AND DECOMPOSING.
>>MARY ELLEN O’TOOLE RETIRED
FROM THE FBI AFTER NEARLY
3 DECADES.
HER WORK INCLUDES UNDERSTANDING
SERIAL KILLERS AND OTHER HIGH-PROFILE CASES LIKE THE DISAPPEARANCE OF ELIZABETH
SMART AND
NATALIE HOLLOWAY.
>>WORKING A SERIAL MURDER CASE
OBVIOUSLY IS ONE OF THE
GREATEST CHALLENGES BECAUSE
OFTEN TIMES THE VICTIMS ARE
FOUND OUTSIDE.
>>SHE NOW OVERSEES THE FORENSIC
SCIENCE PROGRAM AT GEORGE MASON
UNIVERSITY.
>>NOW WE HAVE THE SPOTTY FAR
MORE
WERE STUDYING THE VERY THING
THAT I WORKED ON IN THE FBI
OUTDOOR
HOMICIDE SCENES.
>>THE SCHOOL NOW HAS JUST THE
8TH BODY FARM IN THE COUNTRY
AND THE ONLY ONE IN THIS
REGION.
THE BODY FARM HERE IS
MY DREAM, EMILY RANK
OR IS A FORMER POLICE CRIME
SCENE SPECIALIST I WOULD FIND
HUMAN REMAINS.
IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT.
2 PINPOINT THE TIME
SINCE DEATH AND
SO I ALWAYS WOULD WANT TO BRING
SOME ANSWERS TO THE FAMILY OF
THE CASES THAT WE WERE WORKING
ON AND SOMETIMES WE COULDN’T DO
THAT THAT’S BECAUSE WHAT
HAPPENS TO A BODY, DEPENDS A
LOT ON
THE ENVIRONMENT SOIL TYPE
AND MORE.
THE RESEARCH THEY CAN DO HERE,
WE’LL
BRING ANSWERS SO WE WILL HAVE
BODIES THAT WILL BE PUT OUT
HERE IN THE SUMMER MONTHS IN
THE WINTER MONTHS IN
THE FALL.
WE WILL ALSO HAVE DIFFERENT
SCENARIOS THAT WE CREATE WITH
THE BODIES WE MIGHT TAKE A BODY
AND WRAP IT UP
IN CARPET AND LEAVE IT ON THE
GROUND OF THE FACILITY WE WANT
TO BRING ANSWERS FOR THESE FAMILIES WE WANT TO GIVE A VOICE TO OUR VICTIMS WHO CAN
NO LONGER SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES
ANYMORE.
AND WE WANT TO BRING ALL THIS
TOGETHER AND COLLECT THE DATA
SO WE CAN HELP THE FUTURE
GENERATIONS THAT ARE WORKING AS
CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATORS.
>>THESE ARE ALSO PART OF THE
RESEARCH.
>>IF A HUMAN BODY IS
DUMPED OUTSIDE.
THEY BEGAN TO DECOMPOSE AND
HONEY BEES JUST BY VIRTUE OF
HOW THEY ACT
IN NATURE, THEY FLY AROUND THE
MAINLAND ON FLOWERS AND OTHER
THINGS AND THEN THEY TAKE THAT
BACK TO THEIR HIVES.
>>SO WHEN SOMEONE
GOES MISSING.
INVESTIGATORS CAN CONTACT A
BEE KEEPERS TEST THEIR BEE
HIVES FOR
BODY DECOMPOSITION AND
DRASTICALLY NARROWED DOWN THE
SEARCH AREA.
>>IF THAT TEST POSITIVE THEN WE
CAN
ESTIMATE THAT THE BODY IS
LIKELY WITHIN 2 TO
5 MILES OF THOSE HIGHS WHERE
THE FEES ARE WE’RE TALKING
ABOUT
NARROWING DOWN COULD BE A 100
MILES IT COULD BE
50 MILES BUT FROM AN
INVESTIGATIVE PERSPECTIVE
THAT’S A BIG AREA TO COVER TO
BE ABLE TO DETERMINE IS
SOMEBODY OUT HERE
SO THEY’RE GOING TO BE LITTLE
SCIENTISTS ON OUR BEHALF AND I
THINK THAT’S GOING TO BE
REMARKABLE.
>>ONE OF THE LIMITATIONS TO HOW
MUCH RESEARCH THEY CAN DO IS
MONEY.
THEY HAVE TO HAVE PEOPLE
CHECKING THE BODIES SOMETIMES
MULTIPLE TIMES A DAY.
RAIN COURSE AS YOU CAN MAKE A
DONATION TO HELP WITH THIS
RESEARCH
JENNA ZIBTON 10 NEWS WORKING
FOR YOU.
>>THIS IS JUST ONE PART
OF OUR SOLUTION ARIE STORIES
INTO HOW INVESTIGATORS CAN
SOLVE CRIMES FASTER AND GET
JUSTICE FOR FAMILIES YOU CAN
SEE HOW DONATING YOUR BODY TO
SCIENCE IS VITAL FOR THE