Mr. Weaver is an expert in latent fingerprint identification, crime scene analysis, forensic photography, three dimensional skull reconstruction from skeletal remains, and composite drawings from victim memories. He has qualified as an expert witness in state and federal courts in all of the above areas. He has been certified as a police instructor in these areas in the States of Texas, Alaska, and currently is a certified instructor in the State of West Virginia. He also was Project Director of the National Institute of Justice Research Program (VAPOR WAND Technology) and received a patent on his fingerprint development technique. Mr. Weaver served as Contract Consultant for the 3M corporation for two years to further develop the VAPOR WAND project.
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Experienced Deputy Sheriff and Crime Scene Investigator
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Former Intelligence Officer (SWAT Team)
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Former member of the Sheriff’s Emergency Response Team
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Certified Latent Fingerprint Examiner, International Association of Identification
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Certified Senior Crime Scene Analyst, Intn’l Association of Identification through 2003
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Investigator, Medical Examiner, Travis Co., Austin, Texas
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Supervisor of Alaska Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AAFIS)
DPS - Anchorage, Alaska -
Presenter of Technology Research for the National Institute of Justice, the FBI
Academy in Quantico, Virginia -
Presenter of technology @ White House briefing DEA headquarters, Washington DC .
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Governors Commendation, State of Alaska
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Commendation, Dept. Of Immigration Naturalization Service
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Employee of the Year Award, Dept. of Public Safety, State of Alaska
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Vapor Wand Invention, Patent # 5,348759
January 1, 2006 - Present Mountain State University, Beckley West Virginia. Full-time Forensic Faculty
Duties include full time faculty teaching, grant writing, curriculum expansion and research, and product development. Currently he is project director of (2) two National Institute of Justice Research Grants involving several of his patents that are used as research tool in the primary investigations.
1993 - Present Owner of David E. Weaver’s Forensic Services
David Provides his enterprise to various law enforcement agencies, private companies, prosecutors and public defenders as well as private investigators and the public. The service focuses on casework, Law enforcement training in latent fingerprint comparison, forensic photography, crime scene investigation and two and three dimensional art.
David provides analysis of various types of physical evidence and these investigations are conducted at his Lookout, West Virginia facility and other labs and facilities as the needs arise. This includes latent fingerprint development, photography, super glue processing, and ninhydrin processing of paper evidence for fingerprints, simulated laser light analysis and dye staining of latent fingerprints on guns and other non-porous evidence, and other physical evidence-processing techniques.
Case review, specifically in the areas of crime scene related investigations, verifications of latent fingerprint identifications and analysis of unidentified suspect fingerprints. With many years working as a latent examiner and crime scene analyst, many problems can be identified through review of reports, photographs, and latent fingerprints and analysis from crime scenes.
Forensic art two and three dimensional-Forensic Art Composite drawings are rendered by David with an average 45 minute interview with victim and/or witnesses of crimes i.e. bank robbery, rape, armed robbery, etc. Three-dimensional Reconstructions are rendered in about 40 hours.
He currently is a consultant for RSA inc. and a rep for the Phoenix Group AFIX Tracker AFIS system as well as Arrowhead Forensics of Lexana Kansas.
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Certified Latent Fingerprint Examiner
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Federal Bureau of Investigation Advanced Administrative Latent Fingerprints
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Senior Crime Scene Analyst Certification through 2003
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Macomb Community College, Forensic Technology
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Human Skeletal Remains and Clandestine Graves
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Certified Police Instructor, State of West Virginia
