Death Investigations

James M Adcock, PhD-Clayton State University

 Dr. Adcock has over 33 years experience investigating and evaluating death cases all over the world.  He is presently semi-retired living in Hattiesburg, MS, writing and consulting.  Previously Dr. Adcock spent eleven years at the  University of New Haven where he taught basic and advanced criminal investigation for both the undergraduate and for the forensic science graduate programs.  He also designed and taught a Death Investigation course for both levels.  After the University of New Haven, 2008-2009, Dr. Adcock moved to Columbia, MD where he taught at Coppin State University in Baltimore and designed for them certificate programs in Forensic Investigations at both the graduate and undergraduate levels.
   After spending over twenty years as a criminal investigator with the US Army, Dr. Adcock became the Chief Deputy Coroner of Investigations in Columbia, SC.  During this six year period he conducted certified law enforcement training throughout the southeast while he attended the University of South Carolina to obtain his doctorate. 
   While at the University of New Haven, he became a fellow of the Henry C. Lee Institute of Forensic Sciences.  It is here that he conducted certified training for law enforcement officers from all over the country regarding death investigation and initiating cold case investigations.  He also led numerous teams of forensic science graduate students in the evaluation of unresolved homicides from police departments located in Connecticut, New York and Tennessee.
   Besides being very active in education and training, Dr. Adcock is also a fellow and former (2008-2009) Vice-President of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS). 
 

Steve Chancellor-Supervisory Special Agent and Assistant Operations Officer, US Army CID

Mr. Chancellor began his law enforcement career in 1974 with the US Army Military Police, he eventually transitioned to the Army CID in 1981 as a Special Agent working felony investigations. He remained in CID for 20 years. He became a supervisor in 1986 when he was appointed as a warrant officer and later commanded three large CID Detachments and finished his army career as an Operations officer responsible for five CID Detachments. Upon retirement in 2001, he accepted a position with the Mississippi State Crime Laboratory as a Senior Crime Scene Analyst responsible for conducting homicide crime scene examinations throughout the state. In 2004 he transferred to the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation (MBI) where he developed and supervised the MBI Cold Case Unit responsible for assisting police agencies across MS in resolving old homicide cases. In 2008 he accepted employment back with the US Army CID where he now works as a civilian Supervisory Special Agent and Assistant Operations Officer. He has a Masters Degree in Criminal Justice from Oklahoma City University and is a Graduate of the FBI National Academy. He has developed numerous investigative training courses and has taught courses across the United States in Basic and Advanced Crime Scene Examination, Homicide and Advanced Homicide, Cold Case Investigations, Basic and Advanced Sex Crimes, and Staged Crime Scenes. He co-developed the International Forensic Science Academy (IFSA) at the University of Southern Mississippi, and has taught at the College Level as an adjunct instructor at Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN, University of Mississippi, Oxford MS, and Clayton State University, Marrow Ga. He is a member of the American Academy of Forensic Science and the International Association for Identification.