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14 UCW October 25 - 31, 2023
EVENT
Crime Scene Library program
returns to public library
a STAFF REPORT
e Cumberland County Public
Library will present Crime Scene
Library 2023 on Saturday, Oct. 28,
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Headquar-
ters Library.
e event is an all-day series of
presentations and interactive exhi-
bitions for true crime fans.
Crimes Scene Library 2023 in-
cludes the following presentations
and guests:
•Amanda Lamb, WRAL Reporter
and author, Podcasting Is the Fu-
ture!
•Dr. Khalid Lodhi, Director of
the Forensic Science Program at
Fayetteville State University, on how
Bed Bugs Solve Crimes: New DNA
Vectors and eir Role in Criminal
Investigation
•Christine Mumma, Executive Di-
rector of the North Carolina Center
on Actual Innocence, on Reversing
Injustice: How Wrongful Convic-
tions Happen and Take Decades
to Fix
•Dr. Christopher rasher, His-
tory and Political Science Instructor,
Fayetteville Technical Community
College, on e Trial of Ann K.
Simpson, the first woman tried for
murder in Cumberland County
•Dave Pauly, Dr. Steve Downs
and Isis Tutman, from the Forensic
Science department at Methodist
University, on Modern-Day Fo-
rensic Science: Latent Fingerprint
Processing & DNA Extraction
•Methodist University's Legal
Studies Program on Paralegals and
Trial Preparations in Criminal Cases
•Fayetteville Police Department's
Forensic Unit with an Interactive
Crime Scene for participants to
explore.
e Crime Scene Library 2023
case file, found at bit.ly/crimes-
cenelibrary, provides intelligence
about each of the speakers and their
presentations. e site also offers
supporting evidence, such as true
crime trivia, a virtual escape room,
reading recommendations, stream-
ing music, videos and more.
At the end of the event, drawings
for door prizes will be awarded,
such as gift vouchers for local
escape rooms, crime investigation
games and other true crime-related
prizes.
Crime Scene Library 2023 is
geared toward an adult audience,
and, as such, portions of some
presentations may be too graphic
for younger or more sensitive audi-
ences.
is event is made possible by the
Friends of the Cumberland County
Public Library, Inc.
e Headquarters Library is
located at 300 Maiden Lane in
Fayetteville.
Visit cumberlandcountync.gov/li-
brary or call 910-483-7727 for more
information.
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