2008 WAI Speaker Bios

Paul Carroll (Retired)

Sgt. Carroll is considered to be an expert in several fields, such as: eyewitness evidence, death investigations and hostage negotiations.  In his 31 years of police experience with the Chicago Police Department he has been a Detective Bureau Commander as well as a Training Coordinator for his organization. Sgt. Carroll specializes in the field of Eyewitness Evidence and Death Investigation Training Programs.  However, he has the knowledge and ability to provide training in other criminal investigative fields as well as law enforcement administrative functions.

Fred Carsky

Mr. Carsky has been with the City of Wauwatosa Police Department since 1979 and is currently a detective assigned to investigate crimes against children and the elderly. Since 2002 Fred has been a member of people and Paws Search and Rescue, a volunteer search and rescue team in Milwaukee. Working as a volunteer, Fred and his human remains detection dog have assisted law enforcement agencies throughout Wisconsin in searches for missing persons as well as evidence searches in criminal cases. Fred also trains and works closely with 911 BC Search and Recovery on searches to recover deceased persons and on cold cases for law enforcement.

Norman Gahn

Mr. Gahn is currently a Milwaukee County Assistant District Attorney and has been involved in the prosecution of sexual assault cases for the past 14 years.

He has been with the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office since July of 1984 upon graduating from Marquette University Law School in Milwaukee. He has a B.S. in Psychology from St. Louis University and a Master of Forensic Sciences Degree from George Washington University.

Mr. Gahn has lectured extensively around the country on the use of DNA evidence in the courtroom. He is a member of the DNA Legal Assistance Advisory Group of the American Prosecutors Research Institute. Mr. Gahn was appointed in 1998 by the U.S. Department of Justice to the National Commission on the Future of DNA Evidence. Also in 1998 the Federal Bureau of Investigation formally recognized him as a pioneer in DNA technology in the courtroom.

Dr. R.E. Gaensslen

Director, Forensic Science Program

Department of Biopharmaceutical Sciences

University of Illinois – Chicago

Education:

University of Notre Dame BS

Cornell University PhD

Ronald Groffy

Ron has forty years of professional photographic experience and an Associate Degree of Applied Science in Photography. For thirty-two years Ron has been employed as the Forensic Imaging Unit Head having a position that encompasses supervising all imaging activities for the Wisconsin State Crime Laboratory in Madison, Wisconsin. He is also an active crime scene investigator, covering the State of Wisconsin, and is responsible for forensically processing homicide scenes, suspicious deaths, fires involving deaths, hit-and-run fatalities and documenting autopsies of suspected homicide victims.

Stuart James

Stuart H. James of James and Associates Forensic Consultants, Inc. is a graduate of Hobart College where he received a BA degree in Biology and Chemistry in 1962. He received his MT(ASCP) in Medical Technology from St. Mary’s Hospital in Tucson, Arizona in 1963. Graduate courses completed at Elmira College include Homicide Investigation, Bloodstain Pattern Analysis and Forensic Microscopy. He has completed more than 300 hours of continuing education and training in Death Investigation and Bloodstain Pattern Analysis. A former Crime Laboratory supervisor in Binghamton, New York, he has been a private consultant since 1981.

Mr. James has instructed in Forensic Science at the State University of New York and Broome Community College in Binghamton, New York. Additionally, he has lectured on the subjects of Bloodstain Pattern Analysis and Forensic Science throughout the country and abroad.

Brian Killacky

Investigator – Cook County States Attorney Office

Investigations Bureau

Chicago, IL

Investigator Killacky is assigned to the Cold Murder Unit, which focuses on unsolved homicides within the city of Chicago and over 130 suburban jurisdictions with Cook County, Illinois. He began working in the Cold Murder Unit in 1998 as a Detective for the Chicago Police Department and in 2002 was appointed as an Investigator for the SAO. From 1990 to 1998 he was assigned as a Detective in the Homicide and Violent Crimes Units of Area Six and Three of the Chicago Police Department. From 1980 to 1990 he as assigned to the city wide Special Investigation Unit (SIU), which proactively investigated Sexual Exploitation of Children. He was also a Hostage Negotiator for the Chicago Police Department from 1986 to 2002.

Glenn Langenburg

Glenn Langenburg is currently employed by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension as a certified latent print examiner and crime scene investigator. Glenn earned a BS in Forensic Science from Michigan State University in 1993 and a MS in Analytical Chemistry in 1999 from the University of Minnesota. Currently he is a PhD candidate in the Forensic Science program at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. His thesis research involves the statistical analysis of fingerprint comparison methodology

Dr. Henry Lee

Dr. Henry C. Lee is one of the world’s foremost forensic scientists. Dr. Lee’s work has made him a landmark in modern-day criminal investigations. He has been a prominent player in many of the most challenging cases of the last 45 years. Dr. Lee has worked with law enforcement agencies in helping to solve more than 8000 cases. In recent years, his travels have taken him to England, Bosnia, Canada, China, Brunei, Bermuda, Singapore, Middle East, South America and other locations around the world.

Dr. Lee’s testimony figured prominently in the O. J. Simpson trial, and in convictions of the “Woodchipper” murderer as well as hundreds of other murder cases. Dr. Lee has assisted local and state police in their investigations of other famous crimes, such as the murder of Jon Benet Ramsey in Boulder, Colorado, the 1993 suicide of White House Counsel Vincent Foster, the murder of Chandra Levy, the kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart, Laci Peterson Case and the reinvestigation of the Kennedy assassination. He was a consultant for more than 800 law enforcement agencies.

A.J. Marhofke

Forensic Evidence Canine Handler and Instructor A.J. has been involved in Forensic searching and Human Remains Detection since 1971. He is the founder of the 911 BC K-9 Search and Recovery, a nonprofit organization for the advancement of research and education for canines and handlers. He is an instructor for Human Remains Detection, Crime Scene Management, Forensic Photography, and Helicopter Safety Training, Canine Decontamination and Canine First Aid. He served as an expert witness and Medical Examiner for Waukesha County, WI.