Forensic Science Publications

(bold indicates current affiliation with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln)

Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications

Carter DO, Yellowlees D, Tibbett M (in press) Temperature affects microbial decomposition of cadavers (Rattus rattus) in contrasting soils. Applied Soil Ecology. doi:10.1016/j.apsoil.2008.03.010

Meier DK, Reinhard KJ, Carter DO, Brooks DW (in press) Simulations with elaborated worked example modelling: beneficial effects on schema acquisition. Journal of Science Education and Technology. doi:10.1007/s10956-008-9096-4

Carter DO, Yellowlees D, Tibbett M (2008) Using ninhydrin to detect gravesoil. Journal of Forensic Sciences 53:397-400.

Huntington TE, Carter DO, Higley LG (2008) Testing multigenerational colonization of carrion by blow flies in the Great Plains. Great Plains Research 18:33-38.

Huntington TE, Voigt DW, Higley LG (2008) Not the usual suspects: human wound myiasis by phorids. Journal of Medical Entomology 45:157-159.

Carter DO, Yellowlees D, Tibbett M (2007) Cadaver decomposition in terrestrial ecosystems. Naturwissenschaften 94:12-24.

Huntington TE, Higley LG, Baxendale FP (2007) Maggot development during morgue storage and its effect on estimating the postmortem interval. Journal of Forensic Sciences 52:453-458.

Nabity PE, Higley LG, Heng-Moss TM (2007) Light induced variability in development of forensically important blow fly Phormia regina (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Journal of Medical Entomology 44:351-358.

Reinhard KJ, Byrant, Jr. VM, Vinton SD (2007) Reinterpreting the pollen data from Dos Cabezas. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 17:531-541.

Carter DO, Tibbett M (2006) Microbial decomposition of skeletal muscle tissue (Ovis aries) in a sandy loam soil at different temperatures. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 38:1139-1145.

Nabity PE, Higley LG, Heng-Moss TM (2006) Effects of temperature on development of Phormia regina (Diptera: Calliphoridae) and use of developmental data in determining time intervals in forensic entomology. Journal of Medical Entomology 43:1276-1286.

Tibbett M, Carter DO (2004) Author’s response. Journal of Forensic Sciences 49:1135-1136.

Tibbett M, Carter DO, Haslam T, Major R, Haslam R (2004) A laboratory incubation method for determining the rate of microbiological degradation of skeletal muscle tissue in soil. Journal of Forensic Sciences 49:560-565.

Tibbett M, Carter DO (2003) Mushrooms and taphonomy: the fungi that mark woodland graves. Mycologist 17:21-26.

Carter DO, Tibbett M (2003) Taphonomic mycota: fungi with forensic potential. Journal of Forensic Sciences 48:168-171.

Meyers J, Okoye M, Kipple D, Kimmerle EH, Reinhard K (1999) Three Dimensional (3-D) Imaging in post-mortem examinations: elucidation and identification of cranial and facial fractures in victims of homicide utilizing 3-D computerized imaging reconstruction techniques. International Journal of Legal Medicine 113:33-37.

Okoye M, Kimmerle EH, Reinhard K (1999) An analysis and statistical report of custodial deaths in Nebraska, USA. Journal of Clinical Forensic Medicine 6:77-84.

Ghazi AM, Reinhard KJ, Holmes MA, Durrance E (1994) Brief communication: further evidence of lead contamination of Omaha skeletons. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 95:427-434.

Reinhard KJ, Fink TM (1994) Cremation in southwestern North America: aspects of taphonomy that affect pathological analysis.  Journal of Archaeological Science 5:597-605.

Reinhard KJ, Geib PR, Callahan MM, Hevly RH (1992) Discovery of colon contents in a skeletonized burial: soil sampling for dietary remains.  Journal of Archaeological Science 19:697-705.

Reinhard KJ, Sandness KL (1992) Vertebral pathology in prehistoric and historic skeletons from northeastern Nebraska.  Plains Anthropologist 141:299-309.

Reinhard KJ, Ghazi AM (1992) Evaluation of lead concentrations in 18th-Century Omaha Indian skeletons using ICP-MS. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 89:183-195.

 

Books and Book Chapters

Hall RD, Huntington TE (in press) Medicocriminal entomology. In: Haskell NH, Williams RE (eds), Entomology and Death: A Procedural Guide, 2nd Edition. Joyce's Print Shop, Clemson, SC, pp. 1-9.

Carter DO, Tibbett M (2008) Cadaver decomposition and soil: processes. In: Tibbett M, Carter DO (eds), Soil Analysis in Forensic Taphonomy: Chemical and Biological Effects of Buried Human Remains. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, USA. pp. 29-52.

Tibbett M, Carter DO, editors (2008) Soil Analysis in Forensic Taphonomy: Chemical and Biological Effects of Buried Human Remains. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, USA.

Huntington TE (2007) The application of forensic entomology to mass disasters. In: Okoye MI, Wecht CH (eds), Forensic Investigation and Management of Mass Disasters. Lawyers and Judges Publishing Company, Tucson, AZ, pp. 265-274.

Okoye MI, Wecht CH (2007) Forensic Investigation and Management of Mass Disasters. Lawyers and Judges Publishing Company, Tucson, AZ, USA.

Higley LG, Haskell NH (2001) Insect development and forensic entomology. In: Byrd JJ, Castner JL (eds). Forensic Entomology: the Utility of Arthropods in Legal Investigations. CRC Press, Boca raton, FL, USA. pp.287-302.

Kiple D, Meier D, Okoye M, Reinhard KJ (2001) Three Dimensional (3-D) Reconstruction Applied to Mummy Conservation and Display.  In Williams E (ed.). Human Remains: Conservation, Retrieval, and Analysis. British Archaeology Research Council: London. pp. 167-172.

Mann RW, Owlsey DW, Reinhard KJ (1994) Otitis media, mastoiditis, and infracranial lesions in two Plains Indian children.  In: Owsley DW, Jantz RL (eds.).  Skeletal Biology in the Great Plains: Migration, Warfare, Health, and Subsistence. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.  pp. 131-146.

 

Conference Proceedings

Bushing J, Johnson R, Spicka A, Carter DO, Higley LG (2008) Decomposition patterns associated with cadavers of contrasting mass. Proceedings of the 60th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences. 14:178-179.

Carter DO, Yellowlees D, Tibbett M (2008) The reliability of cadaver decomposition: can non-enteric microbes rapidly contribute to cadaver breakdown in soil? Proceedings of the 60th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences. 14:316.

Forbes SL, Carter DO, Benninger LA (2008) The biochemical alteration of soil by decomposition products. Proceedings of the 60th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences. 14:284.

Johnson R, Spicka R, Bushing J, Carter DO, Higley LG (2008) Can a scoring system accurately reflect cadaver decomposition? Proceedings of the 60th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences. 14:177-178.

Spicka A, Bushing J, Johnson R, Higley LG, Carter DO (2008) Cadaver mass and decomposition: how long does it take for a cadaver to increase the concentration of ninhydrin-reactive nitrogen in soil? Proceedings of the 60th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences. 14:178.

Carter DO, Yellowlees D, Tibbett M (2007) Using ninhydrin to detect gravesoil. Proceedings of the 59th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences 13:293-294.

Forbes SL, Lumley TC, Carter DO (2007) Succession of microfungi in gravesoil. Proceedings of the 59th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences 13:263-264.

Carter DO, Yellowlees D, Tibbett M (2006) The composition and succession of soil microbial communities following cadaver (Rattus rattus L.) burial. Proceedings of the 58th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences 12:245.

Carter DO, Huntington TE, Powers TO, Higley LG (2006). Nematode community dynamics associated with cadaver (Sus scrofa L.) decomposition and insect activity on the soil surface. Proceedings of the 58th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences 12:246.

Huntington TE, Higley LG, Baxendale FP (2006) Maggot development during morgue storage and the effects on the estimation of the postmortem interval. Proceedings of the 58th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences 12:.

Carter DO, Tibbett M, Yellowlees D (2005) How cadaver decomposition in soil is affected my moisture. Part II. A controlled laboratory experiment. Proceedings of the 57th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences 11:255-256. 

Tibbett M, Carter DO, Yellowlees D (2005) How cadaver decomposition in soil is affected my moisture. Part I. A field experiment to investigate seasonal effects. Proceedings of the 57th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences 11:255.

Carter DO, Tibbett M, Yellowlees D (2004) Microbial processes in soils associated with skeletal muscle tissue and cadaver decomposition at different temperatures. Proceedings of the 56th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences 10:256-257.

Huntington TE, Higley LG, Baxendale FP (2004) Temperature-dependent development of the blow fly Calliphora vicina (Diptera: Calliphoridae) and the effects on the estimation of postmortem interval. Proceedings of the 56th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences 10:258.

Carter DO, Tibbett M (2002) Forensic taphonomy: the adaptation of the soil microbial decomposer community to soft tissue burial. Proceedings of the 33rd International Symposium on Archaeometry. Geoarchaeological and Bioarchaeological Studies, Volume 3. Institute for Geo- and Bioarchaeological Studies, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, pp. 453-455.

Huntington TE (2002) Seral wave progression of necrophilous insects in Seward county, Nebraska. Proceedings of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences and Affiliated Societies, Lincoln, NE.

Carter DO, Tibbett M (2001) The effect of temperature on the decomposition of soft tissue in soil.  In: Fuleky G, editor. Proceedings of the First International Conference on Soils and Archaeology. Környezetkíméló Agrokémiáért Alapítvány: Gödölló, Hungary, pp. 57-61.