Daniel Winterich
Police Officer
Background
I bring more than 25 years of law enforcement experience, including seven years as a Patrol Officer with the City of Cleveland Heights and fourteen years as a Senior Special Agent with the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation, where I assisted state and local agencies on more than 1,000 criminal cases. Since 2008, I have served as a part-time Lecturer at JCU, and I am currently a full-time Professor of Criminal Justice at Lakeland Community College. I remain actively engaged in the field through my work as a part-time Patrol Officer with the JCU Police Department, an investigative Consultant with the Cold Case Foundation, and a Board Member for the Porchlight Project, which supports DNA testing for cold cases.
Areas of Expertise
- Crime scene investigation
- homicide investigation
- bloodstain pattern analysis
- shooting incident reconstruction
- serial murder
- cold cases
- sex crimes
- and child abductions.
Education & Awards
J.D., Cleveland State University (2002)B.S., Psychology, cum laude, John Caroll University (1996)
Graduate of the Federal Bureau of Investigation National Academy (2009)
Education
J.D., Cleveland State University (2002)B.S., Psychology, cum laude, John Caroll University (1996)
Graduate of the Federal Bureau of Investigation National Academy (2009)
Courses Taught
SC-2230 Forensics: Overview of Crime Scene AnalysisSC-3880 Forensic Science in Criminal Justice
SC-3990 Serial Murder
Publications
Winterich, D. (2020). Graham v. Connor. In Criminal Justice in America: The Encyclopedia of Crime, Law Enforcement, Courts, and Corrections. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO.
Clark, R., Distelrath, C., Vaquera, G., Winterich, D., DeZolt, E. (2015). Critical-incident trauma and crime scene investigation: a review of police organizational challenges and interventions, Journal of Forensic Identification, Vol. 65, No. 6, 929-951.
Winterich, D. (2010). Preserving a crime scene’s integrity, Ohio Attorney General Criminal Justice Update, Vol. 2, No. 3.
Winterich, D. (2009). Documenting bloodstains through roadmapping, Forensic Magazine, October-November, Vol. 6, No. 5, 19-22.
Kollar, M., Saraya, J., Staley, E., Winterich, D. (2008). How to build a portable superglue fuming chamber for vehicles, Evidence Technology Magazine, November-December, 26-29.
Buckley, P., Robben, T., Friedman, L., Hyde, J., Winterich, D. (1998). Sexual behavior among inpatients with schizophrenia, Schizophrenia Research, 29, 197-197.
Buckley, P., Hyde, J., Winterich, D., Friedman, L., Donenwirth, K. (1997). Sexuality and schizophrenia: behavioral patterns and clinical correlates, Schizophrenia Research, 24, 11-11.
Rainey, D., Winterich, D. (1995). Magnitude of stress reported by basketball referees. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 81, 1241-1242.
