Acknowledgments

Although my name may be on the cover, this book would not have been possible without the help and support of many people. First, I'd like to thank my family, particularly my wife Lora, and my two girls, Abby and Rae. Their patience, understanding, and willingness to “pick up my slack” while I wrote was invaluable. Thank you, ladies.

Next I'd like to thank Nick Drehel, Rob Attoe, Lt. Lannie Hilboldt, Chris Vance, and Nephi Allred for sharing their expertise and experiences. I have no doubt their contributions made this a better book.

My Chair, Dr. Mike Little, and my Dean, Dr. Charles Somerville, also helped make this book a reality. It would have been impossible for me to write this book and still do my “day job” without their support and assistance. Thank you, gentlemen.

I'd like to thank my Editor, Heather Scherer, and my Tech Editor, Jonathan Rajewski, for keeping me on task and on point. Danielle Miller, my Project Manager at Syngress, deserves my thanks as well for putting up with my last minute editing.

Many thanks go to Jennifer Rehme and Jonathan Sisson. Jennifer, as my GA, helped keep me afloat during the semester handling much of my grading and research for this book and other projects. Jonathan, a digital forensics student here at Marshall, created most of the graphics for this book. I have no doubt that each will be wildly successful and real contributors to the forensic science community. I wish you both nothing but continued success after graduation.

Finally, I'd like to thank Angelina Ward for giving me this opportunity.