Loyola Professor Developing Spray to Identify Fly Spit at Crime Scenes

Crime scene investigators have long relied on their own judgment to distinguish blood spatter from the similar looking stains left by flies that land on a dead body and then move to another spot nearby, such as a wall near the victim. David Rivers, a forensic entomology professor at Loyola University Maryland, is developing a spray that would isolate an enzyme distinct to the guts of flies. Read the full article.