Mr. 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
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 Analysis
- SC-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.
