Body Farm

Forensic research faculty and students from USF deal with the elements recently at the Facility for Outdoor Research and Training in Pasco County. USF will lose control of the site in 2022 after a dispute with Pasco officials. COURTESY ERIN KIMMERLE

USF Researcher Kimmerle Laments 'Disappointing' End Of Pasco 'Body Farm'

Mark Schreiner

In March, WUSF was the only media outlet invited to join students and agents from the FBI on a visit to a University of South Florida-run facility where...

This field at a Pasco Forensic Training Facility will allow forensic researchers to study decomposition of bodies in Florida's environment. However, it won't receive $4.3 million from the state this year thanks to Gov. Scott's veto.

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Forensic Training Facility Among Local Projects Vetoed By Scott

Mark Schreiner

Among the $410 million worth of projects struck from the new state budget by Governor Rick Scott's veto pen are a number of items with ties to the Tampa...

Leon County Judge John Cooper on June 30, 2022, in a screen grab from The Florida Channel.

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Pasco Forensic Training Facility Moving Forward, With Or Without State Funding

The Associated Press

A "body farm" where researchers can study how corpses decompose will open next week in the Tampa Bay area with the burial of four donated bodies.Officials…

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FL Forensic Research Site Proposed

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The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office and a University of South Florida anthropology professor are developing a forensic research site, where…