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Why We Rarely Testify: The Role of Method-Driven Investigation in Prosecutable Cases
Criminal Investigation, Death Investigation Laura Pettler 12/19/25 Criminal Investigation, Death Investigation Laura Pettler 12/19/25

Why We Rarely Testify: The Role of Method-Driven Investigation in Prosecutable Cases

In criminal investigations, heavy reliance on expert testimony can signal weakness instead of strength. The strongest cases are disciplined, structured, and defensible long before they reach courtroom.

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Why Method-Driven Investigation Reduces the Need for Expert Testimony
Law Enforcement Training, Criminal Investigation Laura Pettler 12/17/25 Law Enforcement Training, Criminal Investigation Laura Pettler 12/17/25

Why Method-Driven Investigation Reduces the Need for Expert Testimony

The strongest criminal cases are built long before court. Method-driven investigation reduces risk, strengthens prosecutorial confidence, and minimizes reliance on expert testimony at trial.

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Domestic Violence Is Murder in Slow Motion
Domestic Violence Homicide Laura Pettler 12/15/25 Domestic Violence Homicide Laura Pettler 12/15/25

Domestic Violence Is Murder in Slow Motion

Domestic violence is not always a sudden act of homicide. More often, it is a slow, deliberate burn—psychological, emotional, and coercive control that suffocates victims long before flames appear. Staying is not loyalty. It is survival inside a burning house.

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Laura Pettler 12/12/25 Laura Pettler 12/12/25

A Systematic, Scientific, Multidisciplinary, Decedent-Centered Approach to Death Investigation

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Laura Pettler 12/10/22 Laura Pettler 12/10/22

Crime Scene Staging: Early Detection, Analysis, and Reconstruction Methodology

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Laura Pettler 12/10/22 Laura Pettler 12/10/22

Early Historical References To Staged Crime Scenes and Purposely Manipulated Evidence

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Laura Pettler 12/10/22 Laura Pettler 12/10/22

Conflict>Resolution>Benefit Theory of Intimicide and Identifying Staging in Intimicide Cases 

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Laura Pettler 12/10/22 Laura Pettler 12/10/22

Pettler's Staging Taxonomy

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Laura Pettler 12/10/22 Laura Pettler 12/10/22

Linguistic Staging

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Laura Pettler 7/7/21 Laura Pettler 7/7/21

Skipping Victimology in a Death Investigation is like Skipping the First Seven Seasons of Game of Thrones

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Death Investigation Laura Pettler 6/15/21 Death Investigation Laura Pettler 6/15/21

The Pettler Death Investigation Method: Murder Room-Hot Case Version

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Laura Pettler 5/5/21 Laura Pettler 5/5/21

Forensic Science

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Bloodstains are Like Behaviors: How Analyzing Blood Can Help You Analyze Behavior

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Laura Pettler 1/23/21 Laura Pettler 1/23/21

Making-A-"Murderer" (...or not.)

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Laura Pettler 10/14/20 Laura Pettler 10/14/20

How LPA Solves the Unsolvable...98% of the time

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Laura Pettler 9/2/20 Laura Pettler 9/2/20

Staged Murder Cases: Conflict at the Core of 100%

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