Associates in Forensic Investigations, LLC

Dean A. Beers, CLI, CFDI-Expert, CCDI and Karen S. Beers, BSW, CFDI-SMI, CCDI are both certfiied in Medicolegal Death Investigation and are Certified Criminal Defense Investigators, as well as experienced forensic autopsy assistants. Together they co-developed 'Death Investigation for Private Investigators' and the Certified Forensic Death Investigator (CFDI) Program online continuing education and certification. Courses can be found at www.InvestigativeCourses.com. Dean formed the agency in 1987 and focused on general investigations, as well as individual locates, backgrounds and assets & liabilities. Karen began working part-time in 1996 in the same areas. Dean is a Certified Legal Investigator and expert in criminal defense homicide and civil equivocal death investigations. He has lectured extensively and authored multiple articles, peer-reviewed white papers, and provided expert testimony on Protocols of Private Investigation, and Forensic Investigation of Injury Pattern Analysis. He recently completed Practical Methods for Legal Investigations. Karen earned her Bachelor's in Social Work from Colorado State University (Magna Cum Laude). Her background, education and experience with victim advocacy and counseling are valuable assets in working with families and victims of traumatic events. Her death investigation training and experience, together with her social work and general investigative skills and experience, are an asset to the medicolegal and criminal defense investigative processes.