Looper: Everything CSI Gets Wrong About Forensics
On the entertainment news website Looper, Jennifer points out the biggest blunders the TV show CSI does in its depiction of the role of a crime scene investigator.
“CSI’s tendency to use the criminalists as sounding boards for investigative theories makes it appear the criminalist is part of the investigative team,” she said.
FOX News: Jennifer Offers Scenarios in Alexis Sharkey’s Death
On FOX News, Jennifer’s interview from the FOX 26 Houston report is aired where she explains the possible scenarios investigators will consider in the death of Instagram influencer Alexis Sharkey.
MEAWW: Cops Search CCTV for Clues into Alexis Sharkey’s Death
In an interview with Media Entertainment Arts Worldwide, Jennifer comments on the death investigation of Instagram influencer Alexis Sharkey, said it is likely police will audit her online activity, which includes Sharkey’s followers.
“Always the suspicion falls upon those that she has interaction with and knows,” Shen said.
Looper: What NCIS Gets Wrong About Crime Scene Investigations
On entertainment news website Looper, Jennifer helps break down a few key areas the hit show NCIS gets wrong about crime scene investigations. There are some finer details and some glaring ones, but the overarching difference real life CIS and that from the TV show is the realism:
“That is something that happens frequently in NCIS, wherein amazing evidence that would take weeks to analyze is magically done very quickly,” she says.
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Scene of the Crime Podcast: The TikTok Suitcase Murders
On the Scene of the Crime Podcast, Jennifer comments on a cold case from the summer of 2020 along a coastal beach town near Seattle. Teens were exploring the beach and rocks, and were recording their adventure on their phones. Soon they discover a suitcase with the remains of a young couple, dismembered.
Jennifer enters the audio around the 13-minute mark to offer her forensic insight to how the case would be investigated.
The Trace: A New Method of DNA Testing Could Solve More Shootings
Forensic expert Jennifer Shen comments in The Trace about the 2014 murder case of Gregory Benton and how the San Diego Police Department Crime Lab obtained DNA off the shell casings.