Are you missing evidence at nearly every crime scene?

SCENT EVIDENCEIT IS THERE

&IT IS ADMISSIBLE

&YOU ARE PROBABLY NOT EVEN AWARE OF

IT!

HUMAN SCENT IS UNIQUE! Studies by the FBI and

Florida International University (among others) has shown that, “human scent is as unique as fingerprints, and that well trained dogs can differentiate one person’s scent from all others, and can follow that scent and match that scent to a person or item.”

SCENT EVIDENCE is present at virtually all crime scenes, and yet is utilized in less than 1% of all criminal investigations.

It is the unseen evidence you are probably unaware of.

SCENT EVIDENCE can lead you to suspects, evidence, and help assure your conviction.

DEFINITION OF SCENT EVIDENCE

Scent Evidence is the collection and/or preservation of human scent used by a trained canine and handler, to trail to an individual or location, or to determine if there is a scent match to an individual subject, object, or location.

Humans can’t see, touch, or smell it.It is the “unused” evidence.

SCENT IS EVIDENCE!

Scent can be obtained from virtually anything the suspect had contact with, as well as any and every bodily fluid, bodily secretion and bodily excretion.A quick, but by no means complete list of sources of scent that I

have SUCCESSFULLY used…Dead bodies…example, neck of a strangulation victimBlood, vomit, urine, feces, semenExpended bullet casings, bullet projectiles (ones that missed, ones that went through and through, and one removed from a body during autopsy.Bomb fragments, incendiary device fragmentsDrug paraphernalia, weapons of all sorts, ligatures, vehicles,. . .The list goes on and on…bottom line…

If it had ANY contact with a person…it has their scent!

Admissibility & Case Law Admissible in 45 states + federal courts States that admit scent evidence typically

require:1. Handler trained & qualified2. Dog trained & qualified3. Dog proven reliable4. Trail within dog’s ability5. Dog placed on trail where suspect believed to

have been6. Trail not “stale”

What does admissible mean?Generally evidence is admissible if it has been used before and upheld by the Appeals Court system.

It does NOT mean evidence cannot be admitted if it has not been upheld by the Appeals Courts, but rather the court will usually require an admissibility hearing prior to the evidence being heard by the jury, and the Judge will then make a determination as to whether it can be presented. These admissibility hearings can become mini-trials of their own, sometimes lasting many days, with scientists and other experts called by both sides.Known by various names in various courts, they are called Daubert Hearings or Kelly/Frye Hearings (and other names). Bloodhound work, the Scent Transfer Unit, and the uniqueness of human scent has been upheld by both.

If the suspect touched it, it has their scent…period!

The above bullet fragment weighed approximately 15 grains, or 1/30 of an ounce. It is part of a .22 bullet. The HUMAN Scent from this fragment led us to a suspect and eventual conviction. As they say, “The rest of the story” next page.

A Sheriff Department’s Sergeant's wife was driving home one night, and about 3 blocks from their house something crashed through the windshield of the car she was driving, missing her by inches. It took a lot of searching the interior to even find this fragment. The victim never saw anyone do the shooting, and no witnesses were located. I used a machine called a “SCENT TRANSFER UNIT” to collect the human scent from this onto a sterile gauze pad. Using this pad with my bloodhound, we identified a trail that led us to a nearby apartment building, and eventually to the area of two doors that were side by side. The dog was not able to narrow this down to a single door, so both apartments were contacted. No one was home at the first, a teenage boy answered the second. He looked very distressed that we were there. Permission was granted by the boy’s mother to search his room, where detectives found a .22 rifle, one box of .22 ammunition with one round missing. He boy admitted to the shooting, though he insisted he didn’t know who was in the car. He took a plea deal, and will be release from jail when he turns 25.

TED HAMMCivilian contractor with the Los

Angeles County Sheriff’s Dept. 1996 to present.

Trained and worked with TRAILING “Bloodhounds” for 24 years.

Involved in over 3000 criminal investigations and over 500 missing/lost person investigations.

Testified on over 100 cases, convictions include death penalty cases.

EMAIL CONTACT: TedHammK9s@gmail.com