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Join the Society of Professional Investigators on Wednesday, May 22, 2024, at the Famous Tony DiNapoli EAST. We are thrilled to present the former Chief of Staff and Director of the Forensic Sciences Training Program at the NYC office of the Chief Medical Examiner, author of the book What the Dead Know and also featured in the Netflix docuseries, "Homicide New York," Barbara Butcher.

Barbara Butcher is an expert in medico-legal death investigation and currently a consultant in forensic investigation, working with forensic pathologists, educators, television and mystery writers.

 She is the former Chief of Staff and Director of the Forensic Sciences Training Program at the NYC Office of Chief Medical Examiner, where she was responsible for Investigations, Disaster Planning, Identifications, Evidence, and Missing Persons. She oversaw the remains recovery effort at the World Trade Center after 9/11, helped manage the response to Flight 587's crash, and investigated the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center.

 Barbara has worked internationally, consulting for the World Health Organization, responding to the 2004 Tsunami in Thailand and the London Underground bombing, and assisting in disaster planning for the Hong Kong and Norwegian governments.

 As a medico-legal death investigator at OCME, she investigated more than 5500 death scenes and 680 homicides. Her book "What the Dead Know" covers some of her most interesting cases and was published in 2023 by Simon and Schuster. In addition, Barbar is featured in the Netflix Docuseries "Homicide New York" by Dick Wolf.