In October 2001 a Los Angeles County grand jury indicted Saldivar on six counts of murder and one count of attempted murder.

Editor's Note: WBIR is reporting this week on the evolution of the University of Tennessee's Body Farm. This is the first installment. It all started because Dr. Bill Bass needed a place to keep the ...

For centuries, humans have thought of death as a single, dramatic instant - the final heartbeat, the last breath, the moment when the light fades from the eyes. But modern science, ancient philosophy, ...

If the science of death remains a riddle (we’re still not exactly sure why the human body decides to die), the psychology of it has been one of our greatest conundrums. Others die, not us—or at least, ...

TRAVERSE CITY — If there’s a mysterious or accidental death in Grand Traverse County, the body will usually travel 193 miles south to Kalamazoo. That’s where medical examiners like Dr. Nicolas ...