Katherine Montenegro (Sergeant Kiba)
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Okay, so during the time of homicide, obviously you have to do a lot of training. I went to a death investigation class at the medical examiner's office. For those people that don't know what the medical examiner's office is, basically where we take the dead and they do the autopsies and they try to figure out the cause of death of a person. So they teach about all the types of death of people.
Okay, so during the time of homicide, obviously you have to do a lot of training. I went to a death investigation class at the medical examiner's office. For those people that don't know what the medical examiner's office is, basically where we take the dead and they do the autopsies and they try to figure out the cause of death of a person. So they teach about all the types of death of people.
Okay, so during the time of homicide, obviously you have to do a lot of training. I went to a death investigation class at the medical examiner's office. For those people that don't know what the medical examiner's office is, basically where we take the dead and they do the autopsies and they try to figure out the cause of death of a person. So they teach about all the types of death of people.
One of the things that they teach you there is about bite marks and how you testify on bite marks and how bite marks became part of something that you can bring into court as evidence and that they're very unique to a person just like fingerprints. Wow. They're a unique identifier. So this very elderly man comes and he starts talking to us about bite marks.
One of the things that they teach you there is about bite marks and how you testify on bite marks and how bite marks became part of something that you can bring into court as evidence and that they're very unique to a person just like fingerprints. Wow. They're a unique identifier. So this very elderly man comes and he starts talking to us about bite marks.
One of the things that they teach you there is about bite marks and how you testify on bite marks and how bite marks became part of something that you can bring into court as evidence and that they're very unique to a person just like fingerprints. Wow. They're a unique identifier. So this very elderly man comes and he starts talking to us about bite marks.
They're like, hey, we're going to go to the morgue. You know, he gets, you know, a cadaver. And he brings like this like mold of like teeth, but they're like attached to like a clamp. Right. So he grabs the, you know, the cadaver's arm and he bites it like really hard.
They're like, hey, we're going to go to the morgue. You know, he gets, you know, a cadaver. And he brings like this like mold of like teeth, but they're like attached to like a clamp. Right. So he grabs the, you know, the cadaver's arm and he bites it like really hard.
They're like, hey, we're going to go to the morgue. You know, he gets, you know, a cadaver. And he brings like this like mold of like teeth, but they're like attached to like a clamp. Right. So he grabs the, you know, the cadaver's arm and he bites it like really hard.
You can hear the crunch when he closes it because he's supposed to have like the same amount of pressure than, you know, like an actual bite.
You can hear the crunch when he closes it because he's supposed to have like the same amount of pressure than, you know, like an actual bite.
You can hear the crunch when he closes it because he's supposed to have like the same amount of pressure than, you know, like an actual bite.
He starts talking about the indentation, how it looks, you know, on the person that is deceased. So he's like, now I need a live volunteer. And I was like, me right here all day. Bite me, sir. Yeah. So why did I do it? I have no idea. He does the same clamp on my arm. It hurt. All I could think, I was like, I cannot cry in front of everybody. I'm not going to cry in front of everybody.
He starts talking about the indentation, how it looks, you know, on the person that is deceased. So he's like, now I need a live volunteer. And I was like, me right here all day. Bite me, sir. Yeah. So why did I do it? I have no idea. He does the same clamp on my arm. It hurt. All I could think, I was like, I cannot cry in front of everybody. I'm not going to cry in front of everybody.
He starts talking about the indentation, how it looks, you know, on the person that is deceased. So he's like, now I need a live volunteer. And I was like, me right here all day. Bite me, sir. Yeah. So why did I do it? I have no idea. He does the same clamp on my arm. It hurt. All I could think, I was like, I cannot cry in front of everybody. I'm not going to cry in front of everybody.
But in the inside, I was crying because all I could hear is like the crunch of my arm. And then he starts showing like obviously the difference, you know, because you have the blood flow, how it turns red, how it turns purple, et cetera, et cetera, because... We leave.
But in the inside, I was crying because all I could hear is like the crunch of my arm. And then he starts showing like obviously the difference, you know, because you have the blood flow, how it turns red, how it turns purple, et cetera, et cetera, because... We leave.
But in the inside, I was crying because all I could hear is like the crunch of my arm. And then he starts showing like obviously the difference, you know, because you have the blood flow, how it turns red, how it turns purple, et cetera, et cetera, because... We leave.
When we come back from lunch, he's putting the presentation of the biggest case that has to do with bite marks, which is Ted Bundy. Ted Bundy got indicted over a bite mark. He was the first case ever that a bite mark was introduced into evidence in court, and that's what got him indicted, his bite mark.
When we come back from lunch, he's putting the presentation of the biggest case that has to do with bite marks, which is Ted Bundy. Ted Bundy got indicted over a bite mark. He was the first case ever that a bite mark was introduced into evidence in court, and that's what got him indicted, his bite mark.