About Bonnie Wilder-Estes
Bonnie Wilder-Estes is a Senior Forensic Scientist at the Utah Bureau of Forensic Services (State of Utah Crime Lab). She has worked there since 2006. She has been active in training others throughout her career. To date she has taught thousands of officers, crime scene personnel, and evidence technicians. She is the manager of the Bureau's crime scene response team, which responds as an aid for all police agencies throughout the state of Utah. She has responded to many high-profile crime scenes and testified to some of the cases.
She is certified through the International Association for Identification as a Crime Scene Analyst, Latent Print Examiner, and Bloodstain Pattern Analyst. Her duties include latent print processing and examination as well as bloodstain pattern analysis. She has been considered an expert in court testifying on multiple occasions to chain of custody, crime scene processing and documentation, fingerprint identification, and bloodstain pattern analysis. She has been on the board of trustees for the Utah Division of the International Association for Identification for 10 years, holding multiple positions, including president. She also is an adjunct instructor with Utah Valley University teaching Bloodstain Pattern Analysis, Fingerprint Processing, Fingerprint Examination, and Crime Scene Investigation.
Bonnie Wilder-Estes is a Senior Forensic Scientist at the Utah Bureau of Forensic Services (State of Utah Crime Lab). She has worked there since 2006. She has been active in training others throughout her career. To date she has taught thousands of officers, crime scene personnel, and evidence technicians. She is the manager of the Bureau's crime scene response team, which responds as an aid for all police agencies throughout the state of Utah. She has responded to many high-profile crime scenes and testified to some of the cases.
She is certified through the International Association for Identification as a Crime Scene Analyst, Latent Print Examiner, and Bloodstain Pattern Analyst. Her duties include latent print processing and examination as well as bloodstain pattern analysis. She has been considered an expert in court testifying on multiple occasions to chain of custody, crime scene processing and documentation, fingerprint identification, and bloodstain pattern analysis. She has been on the board of trustees for the Utah Division of the International Association for Identification for 10 years, holding multiple positions, including president. She also is an adjunct instructor with Utah Valley University teaching Bloodstain Pattern Analysis, Fingerprint Processing, Fingerprint Examination, and Crime Scene Investigation.