Curriculum vita. Richard H. Walton, Ed.D P.O. Box 1016 Price, Utah

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1 Curriculum vita Richard H. Walton, Ed.D P.O. Box 1016 Price, Utah PROFILE Experienced criminal justice instructor, textbook author, criminal investigator and law enforcement instructor with over thirty years of service in law enforcement and investigation of major crimes. Investigative accomplishment and academic achievement unique within profession (s). Author of first doctoral level dissertation and textbook to address cold case homicide investigation. PROFESSIONAL FOCUS Instruct college level students in subjects relative to the American criminal justice system, including police, courts, corrections and forensics. Consultant to law enforcement agencies and assist with investigation of older, unsolved cold case homicides. CAREER EXPERIENCE May, 2012 Present Fall, May, 2012 Fall, Associate Professor (Criminal Justice) Utah State University Eastern Price, Utah Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice Utah State University - College of Eastern Utah Price, Utah Doctoral Student University of San Francisco San Francisco, CA 11/01/87 01/04/02 District Attorney Investigator Humboldt County District Attorney s Office Eureka, CA Founding Member/Instructor Cold Case Homicide Training Program California Department of Justice Vice-President and Board of Directors Humboldt County Fire-Arson Investigations Unit District Attorney Member: Consumer Protection Information Network (California Attorney General) Instructor (Part Time) Office of State Fire Marshall Arson & Bomb Unit Instruct fire/arson/homicide subjects 1

2 Graduate Studies Instructor (Part Time) University of New Haven/University of California, Davis. Graduate level forensic science program 4/13/71 11/01/87 Deputy Sheriff Humboldt County Sheriff s Department Eureka, CA Founding member and vice president, Humboldt Deputy Sheriff s Organization Instructor, Public Safety Division College of the Redwoods Eureka, CA Reserve Police Officer Arcata Police Department City Hall, Arcata, CA EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS 2005 University of San Francisco San Francisco, CA Doctor of Education (Organization and Leadership) Named Outstanding Doctoral Student and Student Speaker (Valedictorian) 1978 University of San Francisco San Francisco, CA M.A. Education/Public Service 1969 Humboldt State College Arcata, CA B.S. Natural Resource Conservation California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training Basic Certificate (1972) Intermediate Certificate (1973) Middle Management (1973) Advanced Certificate (1977) SPECIALIZED TRAINING Extensive training in the following subjects by FBI National Academy, California Department of Justice, Northern California Criminal Justice Training System, California District Attorneys Association, Naval Criminal Investigative Service and American Academy of Forensic Sciences: Homicide/Violent Crime/Officer-Involved Incidents Cold Case Homicide Investigation Criminal Investigative Analysis Economic/White Collar Crime/Elder Abuse Hostage Negotiation Sexual Crimes/Exploitation of Children 2

3 OTHER SKILLS Experienced with personal computers, including word processing, graphics, and data base programs. COMMENDATIONS AND AWARDS 2012 Regional Campuses and Distance Education Program Development/Planning Award by Utah State University/RCDE 2005 Exceptional Achievement award by University of San Francisco, School of Education 2001 Vidocq Society for professional achievement 1996 Certificate of Recognition by California District Attorney Investigator s Association for Outstanding Performance California Attorney General s Award for Meritorious Service Letter of Commendation from FBI National Academy. Letter of Commendation by California District Attorney s Association Others in file PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT Team member in design and implementation of national interactive cold case training program for law enforcement Team member in design and implementation of college level courses in topics addressing criminal justice Participant in design and implementation of program for training law enforcement in cold case homicide investigation techniques. Coordinated law enforcement consumer protection program Coordinated/designed child support enforcement program to detect and identify criminal impersonators Facilitated law enforcement/senior citizen fraud identification and prevention program Coordinated founding and development of reserve deputy sheriff law enforcement organization Coordinated student/law enforcement educational program ADMINISTRATIVE/MANAGEMENT Team member in college level curriculum and instruction design and overview Chair of college level degree program reviews Trained criminal investigators and supervised major felony investigations for law enforcement agencies Trained fire investigators in law enforcement methods and techniques Trained law enforcement officers in patrol procedures, major violent crime investigation and property crime investigations Conducted wage and benefit negotiations for law enforcement officer s employee organization Conducted budget and fiscal management for detention facility Facilitated communication and human relations for employee/employer relationships SPECIAL SKILLS AND ABILITIES Demonstrated ability to teach criminal justice subjects to students of all age groups. Published author. 3

4 Accomplished academic researcher. Certified California peace officer (Retired). Professional instruction and computer presentation. Broad general knowledge of forensic sciences as applicable to criminal and civil investigations and the classroom. Unique expertise and accomplishment in homicide and pardon arena Specialized knowledge of cold case homicide investigation methods and techniques. Extensive training and experience in major felony investigations, including criminal investigative analysis, elder abuse, fraud, economic-white collar crime, child sexual abuse and environmental crimes. Motivate others toward effective planning and development of law enforcement career and educational goals. REFERENCES Furnished upon request SIGNIFICANT PROFESSIONAL CONTRIBUTION I have conducted exemplary law enforcement action and pioneering academic research into the arena commonly perceived as cold case homicide investigation. These activities have yielded pragmatic and academic results. Pragmatic Application: In the fall of 1983 I began (unofficially) researching events surrounding what in 1930 was considered by a leading national magazine to be one of America s most bizarre murder cases of the 1920 s. The crimes involved a famous series of homicides and alleged rapes that occurred in northern California during the mid s. Before her death in 1981, one of the alleged rape victims admitted to close friends that her rape charges against Native American Jack Ryan were false. I felt this was morally wrong and that if proven correct, Ryan should have his name cleared. This decision and events occurred well in advance of the founding and spread of numerous national Innocence Projects and cold case squads. For over seven years I traveled thousands of miles and conducted approximately 400 interviews. By a combination of scholarly research and tenacious police investigation, I located heretofore-unknown witnesses, long hidden evidence and uncovered the truth. Thousands of hours were spent meticulously examining and reconstructing crime scenes, original and supplemental forensic examinations, testimony, and a sixty-five year series of events. I uncovered the identity of a case principal, then still alive. Based upon my private research, I proved that Jack Ryan spent over 40 years in prison and on parole for crimes he did not commit. My research was presented to officials and in January, 1990, the case was officially re-opened. In all probability to date, it was the nation s oldest active homicide investigation. In 1991 the California Board of Prison Terms voted to recommend to the governor that Ryan be granted a full and complete posthumous pardon on the grounds of innocence. The chairman of the board noted on the record that my investigation was one of the finest investigations the Board had ever seen. On April 15, 1996, California Governor Pete Wilson, repeatedly citing the quality of my investigation, granted Ryan a posthumous pardon on the grounds of innocence. By all known accounts, it is the first pardon of its kind in the nation s legal history. (Copy follows). 4

5 This research identified and applied methods for reconstruction of cold case homicides and techniques for interviewing senior citizens. As a result, I have been consulted by agencies in other states and have lectured on these subjects to numerous forensic, training and academic venues. These include American Academy of Forensic Sciences, FBI National Academy, Naval Criminal Investigative Service, California Criminalists Institute, Vidocq Society, Virginia Institute of Forensic Science and Medicine, Virginia Center for Innovative Policing, International Association for Identification, Arizona Homicide Investigator s Association and the California Department of Justice, Advanced Training Center. My work has been cited in academic/legal publications by several of the nation s law schools and legal journals, and in a brief to the United States Supreme Court. I have been consulted by victim s families, law enforcement and media. Academic Application: My doctoral dissertation (2005) conducted apparent first-time academic inquiry and study of the cold case homicide problem and identification of those factors which allow experienced homicide investigators to solve previously investigated yet unsolved cold case homicides. This study incorporated embedded research inside a major law enforcement agency s cold case investigation unit. This study included systematic review of approximately 2000 unsolved homicides and those factors by which a systematic review could identify heretofore unsolved homicides and utilize increased forensic technology and changes in relationships to enhance the solvability of these crimes. This study identified those case and organizational factors which are perceived by experienced investigators as contributing significantly to allow the solution of cold case homicides. Academic-Pragmatic Application: As a result of this dual accomplishment, I have instructed the nation s law enforcement and prosecutors about cold case homicide investigation and have consulted on unsolved homicides In addition, I have been consulted by national and international new media and researchers and law enforcement regarding cold case homicide cases and issues. SIGNIFICANT RESEARCH In the Spring of 2010 I initiated and directed a statewide assessment of unsolved homicides in the State of Utah This research identified a preliminary data base of unsolved cases. It was the intent of this research to develop a series of regional training programs for law enforcement agencies in Utah. PUBLICATIONS Practical Cold Case Homicide Investigations Procedural Manual (CRC Press, 2013) Cold Case Homicides: Practical Investigative Techniques. (CRC Press, 2006). First comprehensive textbook dedicated to practical cold case homicide investigation. This educational textbook is intended for law enforcement professionals, forensic practitioners, law school student and others engaged in the education, investigation, and solution of cold case homicides; discusses indepth forensic and other investigative approaches to the solution of these crimes. 5

6 Boulder Jane Doe Identified. Chesapeake Examiner (Official Publication of the Chesapeake Bay Division of the International Association for Identification. V48 N1. Spring, Boulder Jane Doe and The Vidocq Society: A Free Cold Case Resource. Chesapeake Examiner (Official Publication of the Chesapeake Bay Division of the International Association for Identification. V47 N2. Fall, Solving Cold Case Homicides: One Investigator s Perspective. Chesapeake Examiner (Official journal of the Chesapeake Bay Division of the International Association for Identification). V45 N2 Fall, Evidence Issues in Cold Case Investigation. Evidence Technology Magazine. May-June, Cold Case Homicides: Approaches for the Private Investigator. PI Magazine. December, Identification of Solvability Factors in Twenty-First Century Cold Case Homicide Investigation. (Doctoral dissertation). May, The Legacy of Edward Oscar Heinrich. Bancroftiana. N124. (Spring 2004). Berkeley. University of California. Indian Charlie s Winchester The Gun Report. V32 N 2. (July, 1986). Aledo, Ill. World Wide Gun Report Inc. A Winchester In Alaska The Gun Report. V29 N10. (March, 1984). Aledo, Ill. World Wide Gun Report Inc. T.M. Brown, Humboldt s First Sheriff. Humboldt Historian. V 36 N 2 (March-April 1988). Eureka, CA. Humboldt County Historical Society. The Fortuna Bank Robbery Humboldt Historian. V37 N 3 (May-June 1986). Eureka, CA. Humboldt County Historical Society. OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND CITATIONS Foreword. Someone s Daughter: In Search of Justice For Jane Doe. Pettem, Silvia. CRC Press Boca Raton, Florida. Pettem, Silvia.(2013). Cold Case Research: Resources for Unidentified, Missing and Cold Homicide Cases. CRC Press (2013). Boca Raton, Florida. BRIEF AMICUS CURIAE FOR FORMER AND CURENT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN SUPPORT OF RESPONDENT. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, Greg McQuiggin, Petitioner vs Floyd Perkins, Respondent. My seminal text and cold case expertise is cited approximately nine times in this brief to the Court. Tona, F. P. (2013). Thesis. No DNA, No Problem: Solving Cold Cases Without DNA. Norwich University: School of Graduate and Continuing Studies Public Administration. Northfield, VT. 6

7 PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS & MEMBERSHIP American Academy of Forensic Sciences (Fellow) Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Vidocq Society International Association for Identification Homicide Research Working Group PROFESSIONAL PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS 1989 The Coyote Flat Murders of 1925: Final Chapter. Unpublished. Presented at American Academy of Forensic Sciences Annual Meeting, Last Word Society, Las Vegas, Nevada, February, Historical Forensics and Unsolved Murders. Unpublished. California Association of Criminalists. Presented at Sacramento, California, May 18, The Coyote Flat Murders of 1925: Final Chapter. Unpublished. Presented at the FBI National Academy, October, 1992, Quantico, Virginia Antitrust Considerations in Gasoline Price Fixing and Market Allocation. Unpublished. Presented May, 1993, at the Economic Crimes Prosecution Seminar, Big Bear, California Methods of Re-investigation In Unsolved Homicide Cases. Unpublished. Presented at the FBI National Academy, (February), An Innocence Pardon: The Coyote Flat Murders of Unpublished. Presented at the American Academy of Forensic Sciences Annual Meeting, February, 1997, New York, New York Table/Poster Presentation at the 50 th Anniversary of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, February, 1998, San Francisco, California Cold Case Investigations. Unpublished. Presented at the California Department of Justice, Advanced Training Center, February 21-26, 1999, San Diego, California Cold Case Investigations. Unpublished. California Department of Justice, Advanced Training Center, presented May Sacramento, California Poster presentation An Innocence Pardon: The Coyote Flat Murders of at International Association of Forensic Sciences, Los Angeles, California The Coyote Flat Murders of 1925: An Innocence Pardon Unpublished. Presented November 15 at the Vidocq Society, Philadelphia, PA False Personation and Substitution of Laboratory Blood Samples Challenge Genetic Testing and Child Support Enforcement. Unpublished. Presented at the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, February 19, 2002, Atlanta, Georgia An Innocence Pardon: The Coyote Flat Murders of 1925 Unpublished. Presented at the General Section Meeting, American Academy of Forensic Sciences, February 19, 2003, at Chicago, Illinois. 7

8 2006 Identification of Solvability Factors in Twenty-First Century Cold Case Homicide Investigation. Unpublished. Presented at the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, February 23, 2006 at Seattle, Washington. (July 1, 2007 Appointed Instructor College of Eastern Utah) 2009 Chair, They re Alive! Breathing New Life Into the Investigation and Prosecution of Cold Case Homicides. Workshop. American Academy of Forensic Sciences, February 16, Denver, Colorado Presenter and review cold case homicide cases. Cold Case Analysis Training for Law Enforcement and Prosecutors. A series of presentations in Chicago, Ill., Portland, OR, Richmond, VA, and New Orleans, LA, for the Virginia Center for Policing Innovation and Virginia Institute of Forensic Sciences and Medicine sponsored by the National Institute of Justice. [By Invitation] (July 1, 2010 Appointed Assistant Professor Utah State University) 2010 Identification of Solvability Factors In Cold Case Homicide Investigation. Lecture. International Association for Identification International conference. Spokane, Washington. July 14, Cold Case Conference Instructor. Instruct cold case homicide investigation methodologies and criminal investigation reconstruction to Utah law enforcement personnel as well as international attendees. Unified Police Department and Vidocq Society, Salt Lake City, UT. August 26-30, [By Invitation] (July 1, Promoted to Associate Professor With Tenure) 2012 Keynote Speaker. International Association for Identification (California Chapter). San Diego, California. May 7, [By Invitation] Lecture. International Association for Identification (California Chapter). Evidentiary Issues in Cold Case Homicide Investigation. San Diego, California. May 8, Presenter and review cold case homicide cases. Cold Case Analysis Training for Law Enforcement and Prosecutors. San Antonio, Texas, Sponsored by Virginia Center for Policing Innovation and funded by the National Institute of Justice. May, [By Invitation] 2012 Presenter and review cold case homicide cases. Cold Case Analysis Training for Law Enforcement and Prosecutors. Erlanger, Kentucky. Sponsored by Virginia Center for Policing Innovation and funded by the National Institute of Justice. July, [By Invitation] 2012 Presenter. Mid-Atlantic/Mid-Appalachian Training on Innovations in Forensic Science. Presentation for law enforcement sponsored by Radford University, Radford, Virginia, and funded by National Institute of Justice. [By Invitation] 8

9 2012. Presenter. Practical Investigation of Cold Case Homicides. 17 th Annual Law Enforcement and Corrections Training Conference. Utah Sheriff s Association, St. George, UT September,, [By Invitation] Presenter. Cold Case Homicide Investigation. Arizona Homicide Investigator s Association. Tucson, AZ November 16, [By Invitation] Presenter. So You Want to Write a Forensics Textbook? International Association for Identification. Providence, Rhode Island. August 5, Lecture. Cold Case Homicide Investigation. Naval Criminal Investigative Service. Annapolis, Maryland. August 20, [By Invitation]. 9