Homicide Investigation
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Sharpen the skills that close cases.
SPI's premier 80-hour investigative course — offered continuously since 1955 — provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to conduct competent and complete homicide and death investigations. Delivered over 10 intensive days, participants work directly with court-certified experts, examine real case studies including their own cold cases, and engage in scenario-based exercises covering everything from forensic pathology to criminal profiling and bloodstain pattern analysis.
Duration: 80 Hours (10 Days) | Tuition: $1,625* | KLEC Certified
Upcoming training
- May 4-15, 2026 - Homicide Investigation - Bentonville, AR
- June 1-12, 2026 - Homicide Investigation - Louisville, KY
- July 20-31, 2026 - Homicide Investigation - Davie, FL
- August 10-21, 2026 - Homicide Investigation - Lawton, OK
- September 14-25, 2026 - Homicide Investigation - Des Moines, IA
- October 5-16, 2026 - Homicide Investigation - Saint Paul, MN
- November 30 - December 11, 2026 - Homicide Investigation - St. Augustine, FL
Instructors
- Whitney Collins
- Mary C. Collins-Morton
- Robert J Morton
- William Ralston
- Patrick Welsh
- Erin White
- John Yerardi
NOTE: payment for courses must be rendered 30 days before the start of the program to reserve your seat. If registering after the 30-day mark, payment should be rendered immediately.
Tuition is for course only. Meals, lodging and other expenses are not included.
Additional Information
- Scene Response & Protocol
- Scene Analysis with Student Case Study
- Law Enforcement Tools & Technology
- Case Management & Small Group Case Work
- Suicide Investigation
- Court Preparation & Testimony
- Criminal Profiling Techniques for Homicide Detectives: Introduction
- Application of Methodology Utilized When Analyzing Violent Crimes
- Criminal Investigative Analysis Program
- Equivocal Death Evaluations
- Cold Case Analysis - Forensic Linguistic Examination
- Cold Case Analysis - Missing Persons Case
- Statement Analysis
- Crime Scene Reconstruction - Sexual Homicide
- Legal Issues in Homicide Investigations and Prosecution of Homicide Cases
- Forensic Evidence and Crime Scene Collection
- Trace & Biological Evidence
- Identification of Blood - Small Group Practical
- DNA Evidence
- Bloodstain Pattern: Analysis, Recognition & Classification, Mechanics in the Crime Scene, and Documentation
- Clandestine Graves
- Introduction to Forensic Pathology
- Blunt and Sharp Force Injuries
- Deaths Associated With Fire and Electricity
- Deaths From Asphyxia
- Injury and Death Associated With Gunshot Wounds
- Death in Childhood: SIDS/SUID/SUDI
- Death in Childhood - Common Causes of Accidental and Homicidal Death in Children
Enrollment is limited to law enforcement officers, (uniform or detective), investigators, supervisors, and other authorized officials who are responsible for investigating homicides (crime scene technicians, medical examiner/coroner investigators, military investigators, criminal analysts or prosecutors).
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