Mike Byrd - Real Life CSI Visionary - Loses Battle with Cancer

Mike Byrd, a Miami Dade County police officer and Crime Scene Investigator passed away peacefully on Friday, February 25th at 2043 hours after a more than two year battle with multiple myeloma cancer. Mike was 49 years old.  He was the real-life Crime Scene Investigations Officer portrayed today on television shows and the visionary pioneer of forensics techniques that solved crimes.

View Mike Byrd's obituary here.

The Iowa Division of the International Association for Identification extends sincere sympathy to the Byrd family.  Mike contributed many articles to the Iowa I.A.I. website as we were just getting started years ago.  We are proud to provide links to Mike's articles here ...

The Corpse as a Scene

Traffic Crash Investigations

Practical Methods for Processing a Vehicle

Written Documentation at a Crime Scene

Duty Description for the Crime Scene Investigator

Hazards and a Crime Scene - Another Routine Day At The Office

If it's There, We'll find it !

Lost Innocents

Unearthing New Technology in Crime Scene Responses with Forensic Mapping

Innovative Evidence Identification Markers at a Crime Scene

Crime Scene Photography

Reaching Beyond the Norm

Evidence Markers Revisited

Ridge Detail at a Crime Scene

Fragile (Sensitive) Fingerprint Recovery from Mylar Surface

Simple Tire Standards Collection

 

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