CBC News’ Fabiola Carletti reports her interview with Jim Van Allen about evidence collection and processing in her August 21, 2012, posting, “How body parts evidence gets from crime scene to courtroom.” Van Allen, president of the Behavioural Science Solutions Group, describes steps in a real-life dismemberment investigation. The objective of the article is to present the complexity of the investigation process, as opposed to the simplified, rushed approach depicted in some TV shows.

This article is definitely worth a read if you want to infuse your fictional investigation with realism.