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Surface Skeleton and Buried Body Recovery Seminar

Instructed by Dr. Laura C. Fulginiti & Det. Frank Di Modica – Ret.

Next class scheduled for Spring of 2026

Registration is $500 per student ($20.80/hr CE) Course is approved for 24 hours of continuing education by AZPOST and ABMDI The Surface Skeleton and Buried Body Recovery Seminar is a 3 day, hands-on, course designed to orient detectives, crime scene investigators and medico-legal death investigators to the proper techniques for processing surface skeleton and buried body scenes. The course includes the following topics in a combined classroom instruction and actual buried body recovery exercise:
  • Forensic Anthropology in the Medico-Legal System
  • Determination of Age-at-Death, Sex, Ancestry and Stature
  • Assessment of Bony Trauma
  • Positive Identification on Unknown Human Remains
  • Period Since Death
  • Crime Scene Investigation on Unknown Human Remains
  • Techniques for the Proper Recovery of Scattered and Buried Human Remains
  • Determination of Human vs. Non-human Remains
  • Forensic Odontology
  • Forensic Entomology
  • The Use and Abuse of Cadaver Dogs (with demonstration)
  • Forensic Art and Unknown Remains
Hands-on excavation of homicide scenario in small groups with briefing after. This course is a lot of fun and consistently receives high marks from the students. Please contact Detective Frank Di Modica – Ret. at az4n6training@yahoo.com for more information or to inquire about becoming a host agency for the seminar.