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Dr.
Richard H. Walton has over thirty-five years of law enforcement experience. Richard
Walton served with the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Department (California) for sixteen years during which time he earned
his Master’s Degree in Education. In 1987 he was promoted to District Attorney Investigator with the Humboldt County
District Attorney’s Office where he gained extensive experience and expertise in homicide, arson, white-collar crime,
elder abuse, and fraud investigations.
He
received his Doctor of Education degree from the University of San Francisco in 2005, writing his academic dissertation on
identification of solvability factors in cold case homicide investigation. Richard has presented on “Cold Case”
homicide investigation for more than 20 years. He has presented this topic to
a number of law enforcement and forensic venues, including the FBI National Academy, The American Academy of Forensic Sciences,
National Institute of Justice, Pennsylvania State Homicide Investigator’s Association and California Criminalists Institute.
Richard Walton is the author of Cold Case Homicides:
Practical Investigative Techniques.
According
to the book description of Cold Case Homicides:
Practical Investigative Techniques, it “provides effective and accessible information to those responsible for
investigating and resolving previously examined - but still unsolved - cold case homicides. The book merges theory with practice
through the use of case histories, photographs, illustrations, and checklists that convey essential, fundamental concepts
while providing a strong, practical basis for the investigative process. It combines proven techniques from forensics, psychology,
and criminal investigation, and focuses on technologies that may not have been available at the time of the crime. This guide
defines the characteristics of a cold case homicide; details various investigative methods used by law enforcement agencies;
explores the actual experiences of detectives in re-opening case files; and presents current technologies such as ViCAP, HITS,
and TracKRS used in the identification of cases related to the re-opened case, or its perpetrator. It also highlights technological
changes that contribute greatly to law enforcement's abilities to solve cold case homicides such as computerized print technology,
the specificity of DNA, and the expanding data banks that enable the linkage of previously unknown suspects to the crimes
they committed. Addressing methods particularly valuable to cold cases, Cold Case Homicides: Practical Investigative Techniques
assists the investigator in being prepared, focused, objective - and successful in obtaining the truth.”
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Dr. Richard
H. Walton has over thirty-five years of law enforcement experience. Richard Walton
served with the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Department (California) for sixteen years during which time he earned his
Master’s Degree in Education. In 1987 he was promoted to District Attorney Investigator with the Humboldt County District
Attorney’s Office where he gained extensive experience and expertise in homicide, arson, white-collar crime, elder abuse,
and fraud investigations.
He received
his Doctor of Education degree from the University of San Francisco in 2005, writing his academic dissertation on identification
of solvability factors in cold case homicide investigation. Richard has presented on “Cold Case” homicide investigation
for more than 20 years. He has presented this topic to a number of law enforcement
and forensic venues, including the FBI National Academy, The American Academy of Forensic Sciences, National Institute of
Justice, Pennsylvania State Homicide Investigator’s Association and California Criminalists Institute. Richard Walton
is the author of Cold Case Homicides: Practical
Investigative Techniques.
According
to the book description of Cold Case Homicides:
Practical Investigative Techniques, it “provides effective and accessible information to those responsible for
investigating and resolving previously examined - but still unsolved - cold case homicides. The book merges theory with practice
through the use of case histories, photographs, illustrations, and checklists that convey essential, fundamental concepts
while providing a strong, practical basis for the investigative process. It combines proven techniques from forensics, psychology,
and criminal investigation, and focuses on technologies that may not have been available at the time of the crime. This guide
defines the characteristics of a cold case homicide; details various investigative methods used by law enforcement agencies;
explores the actual experiences of detectives in re-opening case files; and presents current technologies such as ViCAP, HITS,
and TracKRS used in the identification of cases related to the re-opened case, or its perpetrator. It also highlights technological
changes that contribute greatly to law enforcement's abilities to solve cold case homicides such as computerized print technology,
the specificity of DNA, and the expanding data banks that enable the linkage of previously unknown suspects to the crimes
they committed. Addressing methods particularly valuable to cold cases, Cold Case Homicides: Practical Investigative Techniques
assists the investigator in being prepared, focused, objective - and successful in obtaining the truth.”
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