Pennsylvania Homicide Investigators Association

               This year's conference will feature the following presenters: 
   
James Holland, Texas Ranger (ret.):  Ranger Holland is widely known and recognized for his interview abilities. Holland is credited with eliciting a number of confessions from serial killers including Samuel Little, the most prolific serial killer known in the United States.  Details of the Little case will be covered during Holland's presentation.

Dr. Wendy Lavezzi, M.D. (Forensic Pathologist):  Dr. Lavezzi is the Deputy Chief Medical Examiner in Florida's District 5 & 24 Medical Examiners Offices.  Dr. Lavezzi is board certified in Anatomic Pathology, Clinical Pathology and Forensic Pathology.  Dr. Lavezzi will lecture on Forensic Pathology and Death Investigation.

Dr. David Keatley, PhD (Criminologist):  Dr. Keatley is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Chair of Crime Science at Murdoch University in Australia. He has collaborated on a number of international research projects into violent crime, and routinely consults with law enforcement agencies around the world on current and cold cases.  He specializes in sexual and atypical homicide cases, interrogation, statement analysis and has published three books on his research and his methods used. 

Andrea Zaferes (Forensic Death Investigator & Expert Witness):  Andrea is a medicolegal death investigator in Dutchess County, New York.  She is widely recognized as the nation's leading authority on water deaths and Homicidal Drowning Investigations. She routinely lectures on the subject, and consults with law enforcement across the United States.