You need been there, done that kind of investigators and a firm with a 98% death case solve rate…
Our Specialties: Death Investigation, Wrongful Death, Suspicious Death, Unsolved Murders, Suicide Investigations, Staged Murders
2022 Laura Pettler & Associates Most Influential Forensics Businesswoman (USA) by Global CEO
2021 Voted #1 Best Private Death Investigations Firm” New World Report Magazine
2020 Voted #1 Best Victim Centered Death Investigation Specialist by CORP Today Awards
2019 Voted #1 Best Victim-Centered Death Investigations Specialist by Acquisition International
What’s the difference between hiring LPA instead of a regular “private investigator”? Results…
Regular “P.I.s” handle serving papers, finding witnesses, finding stolen goods, domestics, child support, and other general types of cases. LPA handles complicated death cases. We don’t serve papers, we don’t do domestics or handle child support, LPA’s Experts are death investigation experts. Our operatives are trained and supervised by LPA HQ Death Investigations.
Unsolved murders leave families in agony…
The terms homicide and murder are often used interchangeably. However, homicide means the killing of a human being by another human being and murder means that the killing of one human being by another human being is criminal. The United States has more than 250,000 cold case murders according to research published in 2010 by Thomas Hargrove. Unfortunately, this number does not include deaths ruled suicide, accident, natural, undetermined, and missing persons cases that are actually murders.
Regardless if your loved one’s case is ruled homicide, but law enforcement cannot arrest a suspect, law enforcement has no suspect yet, the case is ruled a manner of death you disagree with, or you’re already in the middle of a civil wrongful death suit that hasn’t gone criminal, we understand any or all of this leaves you in agony.
We care about your pain…
And we have a solution that we know helps find you answers. LPA is known for ethically and accurately solving and clearing very challenging hot and cold intimate partner homicides, domestic violence homicides, staged homicides, staged missing persons turned homicides, and other types of staged homicide cases, which is why we were voted “Best Private Death Investigations Firm 2021” by New World Report Magazine in their 7th Annual Legal Elite Awards. In 2019, LPA was voted “Best Victim-Centered Death Investigations Specialist 2019” by Acquisition International Magazine’s Legal Awards because LPA is the only private death investigations firm that specializes in scientific, multidisciplinary, decedent-centered hot and cold missing persons, hot and cold death investigations, and death case reviews. This specialty includes wrongful death cases, post-conviction cases, hot-on-the-ground cases, cold cases, and other types of violent criminal and civil cases where suspicious death is the primary concern. LPA works with you to understand your goals for your case, your questions, and overall concerns. Through our scientific, multidisciplinary death investigation and case review method, we arrive at answers for you pursuant to manner of death, cause of death, staged or normal scene characteristics, prosecutability, trial theory, and more.
You’re Safe With Us
LPA’s clients are law enforcement agencies, civil attorneys representing families of decedents, criminal attorneys represented defendants and convicted defendants, coroners offices, prosecutors offices, and other private investigative firms. Whether you’re faced with a death Investigation, wrongful death, suspicious death, unsolved murder, suicide investigation, a staged murder, trying to determine if there is a legal cause for wrongful death action, or a family looking for answers, we respect the work you have already done on the case, we will work to augment those efforts and support you in reaching your goals.
Maintaining the integrity of your evidence is an inseparable part of your case, whether you’re a pro at processing it all on your own or just getting started in the file. LPA offering clients the ability to collect DNA samples that can be analyzed at our sister lab, process fingerprints, analyze bloodstains, shooting reconstruction elements, background investigations, Cell Phone Records Data Analysis, Cellebrite cellphone downloads and more.
LPA’s Code of Ethics & Professional Conduct policies establishes the highest principles and standards for ethical practice in scientific death investigation. These professional moral pillars reflect LPA’s belief that all individuals affiliated with LPA adhere to a standard beyond reproach.
Integrity: We will be honest. Integrity cannot co-exist with deceit or subordination in professional activities.
Objectivity: We will be impartial. We will reserve public judgement of any aspect of a case, victim, suspect, agency, client, attorney. We will not publicly criticize any agency or firm or agency or firm official involved with any open, active, or pending case.
Scientific Merit: We will utilize scientific methodology to minimize investigator bias.
Competence: We will demonstrate commitment to continuing our education to maximize accurate and world-class service to our Clientele.
Fairness: We will be transparent. Any associate/affiliate/employee/intern/volunteer will immediately disclose any potential prior involvement or opinion with a related party to any case for LPA to examine any potential for conflict of interest.
Confidentiality: We will protect information. We will not publicly identify, discuss, blog, video blog, post, comment, webcast, podcast or otherwise in the media and in social media case related information.
Professionalism: We will demonstrate dignity. We will treat all individuals respectfully even when under attack. We will not publicly discuss professional differences between LPA policies and practices in comparison to policies and/or practices of other firms, agencies, and/or individuals towards fairness to the public and their right to choose.