Accreditation
Knox & Associates President and Chief Forensic Consultant Michael A. Knox has been fully accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Traffic Accident Reconstruction (ACTAR) since 2001.
Crime Scene Reconstruction Certification
Knox & Associates President and Chief Forensic Consultant Michael A. Knox is certified as a crime scene reconstructionist through the International Association for Identification.
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Knox & Associates, LLC
P. O. Box 8081
Jacksonville, FL 32239
(904) 619-3063
Fax: (904) 619-3073
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(904) 259-1469
Latest News
January 2012
Michael Knox has achieved certification as a crime scene reconstructionist through the International Association for Identification. This newly-developed certification process requires applicants with appropriate minimum qualifications to apply and receive board approval before taking a comprehensive, two-part examination. Applicants must pass a 300 question multiple choice exam before moving on to complete a practical evaluation. Only a small handful of practitioners around the country have achieved this certification.
July 2011
Knox & Associates, LLC, recently assisted criminal defense attorney C. Michael Williams with a case involving a defendant charged with attempted first degree murder for a shooting in which the alleged victim was shot twice. After completing a comprehensive analysis of the scene and physical evidence, our experts produced a 65-page report detailing what happened and bringing to light numerous questions about the physical evidence that the police never answered. The alleged victim, who was never charged with any crime in connection with the shooting, fired numerous shots at the defendant, even shooting the driver of the car the defendant was in. Our analysis showed that it was impossible to prove who fired first and that the victim's testimony was inconsistent with the physical evidence. It is likely that the victim fired first and that the shooting actually began at another location. After receiving our report, the prosecutor dropped the remaining charges against the defendant, who had already pled guilty to a charge of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
June 2011
Michael Knox testified at the murder trial of a defendant in Daytona Beach, Florida, as an expert witness for the State Attorney's Office. The defendant, a cocaine user who was accused of shooting a drug dealer twice and killing him during an apparent attempt to rob him of his cocaine, was facing a charge of second-degree murder. At a hearing in which the defendant claimed immunity from prosecution, he testified that he did not shoot the victim at, but, instead, the victim shot himself as the two struggled over a pistol that the defendant attempted to pull on the victim after the defendant refused to buy crack cocaine from the victim. Knox & Associates put together a comprehensive analysis that showed that the defendant's claims were not possible given the physical evidence in the case. The jury found the defendant guilty of third-degree murder.
June 2011
Forensic consultant Michael F. LaForte has joined the staff of Knox & Associates, LLC, full time to provide crime scene analysis and reconstruction services, as well as to assist with evidence collection and documentation of traffic accident cases. Mike brings with him over 30 years of law enforcement experience and over 20 years experience in crime scene investigations and analysis.
February 2011
Michael Knox made a general sessions presentation at the Association for Crime Scene Reconstruction 2011 Annual Conference in Jacksonville, Florida. Mike's presentation dealt with the application of photogrammetry and three-dimensional computer modeling to the practice of crime scene reconstruction.
January 2011
Michael Knox appeared on News4Jax's The Morning Show as an expert providing commentary on the recent shootings of 11 police officers around the country within a 24-hour period. Mike discussed the dangers inherent to policing in the United States and the nature in which police face those dangers. To view the video, click here.
January 2011
Michael Knox travelled to Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia, as an advisor for the United States Embassy under contract with Professional Business Solutions, Inc.to provide shooting incident reconstruction training to 23 members of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Police Criminalistics Division. The week-long course included hands-on and live-fire practicals. The training received extensive coverage in the Georgian media when crews from five television stations attended the live-fire training exercises.
January 2011
Michael Knox appeared on News4Jax's The Morning Show as an expert providing commentary on a dramatic Ohio police-involved shooting that resulted in the death of a deputy sheriff, a serious injury to another police officer, and the death of the gunman. The incident was captured on video, and Mike appeared as a guest of anchor Staci Spanos to discuss the incident.
November 2010
Knox & Associates president and chief forensic consultant Michael A. Knox was a presenter at the American Society of Mechanical Engineer's International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition held in Vancouver, British Columbia. Mike's paper entitled Forensic Engineering Applications in Crime Scene Reconstruction deals with ways in which forensic engineers can apply their discipline to crime scene reconstruction problems and outlines not only the utility of, but the need for, the involvement of forensic engineers in the field of crime scene reconstruction.
October 2010
Michael Knox traveled to Camdenton, Missouri, where he was a presenter at the National CSI Camp put on by the Center for Advanced Technical Law Enforcement Training, Inc. Mike presented three 4-hour sessions on shooting incident reconstruction involving vehicles, each of which included hands-on training with a vehicle that had actually been shot by several firearms.
July 2010
Knox & Associates president and chief forensic consultant Michael A. Knox appeared on News4Jax's The Morning Show as an expert providing commentary on the use of familial DNA to help solve the Grim Sleeper serial killer case in Los Angeles.
April 2010
Knox & Associates president and chief forensic consultant Michael A. Knox has earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of North Florida.
March 2010
Knox & Associates president and chief forensic consultant Michael A. Knox spent two weeks in Peru where, as a representative of Sirchie Fingerprint Laboratories, Inc., he provided crime scene training to officials with the Peruvian government. Mike first traveled to Lima where he instructed a week-long course on crime scene procedures for two dozen doctors from the nation's Public Ministry. While in Lima, Mike also made a presentation on crime scene technology to members of the Criminalistics Division of the Peruvian National Police, focusing primarily on the uses and benefits of BLUESTAR® FORENSIC, a greatly enhanced luminol-based presumptive blood detection chemistry. Mike then traveled to Chiclayo where he presented another week-long training session for doctors and officials with the Public Ministry office in that district.
March 2010
Knox & Associates president and chief forensic consultant Michael A. Knox has taken an early retirement from his position as a detective with the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office in order to run Knox & Associates, LLC, full time. This move opens the door for Knox & Associates to serve the legal and insurance communities unencumbered by restrictions that up to this point had prevented the firm from taking certain cases or dealing with certain clients. With these restrictions gone and with Mike's full focus on the firm, our services will get better, our turnaround quicker, and our ability to serve our clients more focused.
February 2010
Knox & Associates president and chief forensic consultant Michael A. Knox traveled to Dubai Police General Headquarters in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and provided crime scene training to about two dozen police officers and scientists with the Forensic Science Department of the Dubai Police. The training, coordinated by Sirchie Fingerprint Laboratories, Inc., covered topics related to crime scene management, processing and reconstruction.
January 2010
Knox & Associates president and chief forensic consultant Michael A. Knox testified in the trial of Rasheem Dubose, Terrell Dubose, and Tajuane Dubose, three brothers accused of murdering eight-year-old Dreshawna Davis. One evening in July 2006, 29 shots were fired from three different weapons into the home in which the little girl had been sitting on her bed watching The Cat in the Hat. Five shots ripped through her bedroom wall, one of which struck and killed her. Testifying as an expert in crime scene reconstruction, Mike walked the jury through the path of each of the 29 shots that he meticulously traced showing the approximate area from which each shot was fired. Mike also determined which of the shots actually struck Dreshawna and was able to pinpoint the location of the shooter.
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November 2009
Knox & Associates president and chief forensic consultant Michael A. Knox testified at a criminal trial for the Bell County, Texas, District Attorney's Office in the prosecution of an aggravated robbery defendant. Mike performed photogrammetric analysis on surveillance video from two convenience store robberies to determine the height of the suspect. In both cases, Mike was able to show that the height of the suspect was much closer to the defendant's actual height than he appeared to be in the videos. Mike explained to the jury how photogrammetry is used to remove perspective distortion effects from the ceiling-mounted surveillance video cameras. The defendant was found guilty and was sentenced to 28 years in prison.
October 2009
Knox & Associates president and chief forensic consultant Michael A. Knox attended a three-day certification course in Chicago, Illinois, regarding the use of PhotoModeler photogrammetry software for traffic accident reconstruction. Knox & Associates uses this software for a variety of critical forensic functions including obtaining measurements from photographs of evidence that no longer exists or otherwise cannot be measured today. This software also allows Knox & Associates to obtain detailed three-dimensional models of scenes, vehicles, and evidence simply by taking photographs of the items and importing those photographs into the software. In this way, Knox & Associates is able to obtain measurements of busy intersections that cannot be closed down for measuring or of scenes that cannot be accessed by ground.
September 2009
Senior Forensic Consultant Michael F. LaForte provided intensive crime scene training to members of the CSX Railroad Police. Agents from all over the country traveled to Jacksonville to receive specialized hands-on training from Mr. LaForte in all aspects of crime scene processing.
September 2009
Knox & Associates consultants Michael A. Knox and Michael F. LaForte taught a 40-hour bloodstain pattern analysis course at the St. John's River Community College campus in Orange Park, Florida. The course was attended by law enforcement officers from the St. John's County Sheriff's Office, the Jacksonville Beach Police Department, and the Florida Highway Patrol.
August 2009
Senior Forensic Consultant Michael F. LaForte traveled to Lima, Peru to provide crime scene training for a group of judges, prosecutors, and law enforcement officials. Mr. LaForte was sent to Peru by Sirchie Fingerprint Laboratories, Inc., to provide contract training through Sirchie's training division.
August 2009
Knox & Associates president and chief forensic consultant Michael A. Knox testified in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama in reference to the analysis and reconstruction of a police-involved shooting incident. Through his analysis, Mike showed the jury how the decedent had been pointing his shotgun at one of the law enforcement officers involved in the shooting when the two officers responded by firing eight shots, four which struck the decedent. The case resulted in a verdict in favor of the officers.
April 2009
A Jacksonville-area law firm armed with a report containing the analysis of a traffic crash performed by Knox & Associates reaches a quick settlement of the case. A young woman was seriously injured when a work truck veered into her lane causing her SUV to strike the defendant's trailer and overturn. The settlement came as a direct result of the analysis provided by Knox & Associates.
Firearms, Ballistics & Shooting Reconstruction
Trajectory Reconstruction · Shot Sequencing · Who Fired the Fatal Shot? · Wound Dynamics · Gunshot Residue & Range of Fire · Bloodstain Pattern Evidence · Compliance with Policy · Training Standards · Investigative Practices · Diagramming · Photography · Photogrammetry · Three-Dimensional Computer Modeling · Animation
Crime Scene Analysis & Reconstruction
Shooting Incidents · Police-Involved Shootings · Bloodstain Pattern Evidence · Death Scene Analysis · Cold Case Analysis · Sequence of Events · Equivocal Death Cases · Homicides · Accidental Deaths · Suicides · Technical & Mathematical Analysis · Scene Mapping · Diagramming · Photography · Photogrammetry
Traffic Accident Analysis & Reconstruction
Speed Determination · Collision Analysis · Impaired Driving · Time-Distance Analysis · Momentum · Energy · Occupant Kinematics · Low-Speed Impacts · Lamp Examination · Computerized Analysis · Crash Data Retrieval · Scene Mapping · Diagramming · Photography · Photogrammetry · Mechanical Inspection
Experience Matters, Education Makes a Difference
Our experts have over 45 years of combined law enforcement experience with over 25 years of experience in crime scene and traffic homicide investigations. President & Chief Forensic Consultant Michael A. Knox has a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering. We bring you the experience that matters and the education that makes a difference.
Crime Scene Processing 2.0 Multimedia Training
Eagle Crime Scenes, Inc., has taken an innovative approach to providing crime scene training. Too many crime scene processing manuals are full of theory with very little practical application. When you're in the field at an actual crime scene, you don't need a book that tells you about all the different things that can be done on television; you need a manual that will guide you through the steps of processing the scene you're at right now. You need a manual that will tell you how to photograph your crime scene, how to document the evidence, how to collect measurements, how to process floors for footwear impressions, how to photograph fingerprints on difficult surfaces, how to use chemicals to bring up important evidence, and, most of all, how to put everything together into the finished product: a case ready to be presented in court.
About Us
Knox & Associates is a full-service forensic consulting firm that specializes in traffic accident reconstruction, crime scene reconstruction, bloodstain pattern analysis, shooting incident reconstruction, death scene analysis, equivocal death investigations, and scene documentation.
Knox & Associates is unique in combining years of pratical law enforcement experience with an education in mechanical engineering. This combination of background allows the experts at Knox & Associates to perform very technical analysis but apply it in a context that is only learned through experience.
Here are some of the tools we use at Knox & Associates:
- Digital Photography
- Laser Scene Mapping
- Computer-Aided Diagramming
- Photogrammetry
- 3-D Computer Modeling
- Computer Animation
- Custom-Designed Computerized Analysis
- Automotive Shop with Vehicle Lift
Representative Clients
- Abbott & Wiesenfeld, P.A. (Jacksonville, FL)
- Amy Grass-Gilmore, P.A. (Jacksonville, FL)
- Andrew M. Hale & Associates (Chicago, IL)
- Arnold Law Firm, LLC (Jacksonville, FL)
- Bell County District Attorney's Office (Belton, TX)
- Carlock, Copeland & Stair, LLP (Atlanta, GA)
- Carr Allison (Birmingham, AL)
- Coker, Shickel, Sorenson & Posgay (Jacksonville, FL)
- Iacullo Martino, LLC (Nutley, NJ)
- Law Office of C. Michael Williams (Jacksonville, FL)
- Law Offices of A. J. Fowinkle (Orlando, FL)
- Leader & Leader, P.A. (Ft. Lauderdale, FL)
- Lerner's LLP (London, Ontario, Canada)
- Mississippi Office of Capital Defense Counsel
- Mitchell, McNutt & Sams (Columbus, MS)
- Morgan & Morgan, P.A. (Jacksonville, FL)
- Office of the General Counsel (Jacksonville, FL)
- Office of the Ohio Public Defender
- Office of the Public Defender, 9th Judicial Circuit of Florida (Kissimmee, FL)
- Office of the State Attorney, 4th Judicial Circuit of Florida (Jacksonville, FL)
- Office of the State Attorney, 7th Judicial Circuit of Florida (Daytona Beach, FL)
- Robert Carl Davis, P.A. (Jacksonville, FL)
- Ware, Jackson, Lee & Chambers, LLP (Houston, TX)
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Our Mission
American author William Burroughs wrote: "Truth is used to vitalize a statement rather than devitalize it. Truth implies more than a simple statement of fact." In today’s litigious environment, truth is a most valuable commodity. Knowing the facts does not suffice; those facts must add up to the truth. In the technical worlds of crime scene investigations and traffic accident cases, using the facts to learn the truth is the job of a forensic consultant. At Knox & Associates, helping you learn the truth from the facts is our mission. At Knox & Associates, we bring truth to light.
I have sat on the witness stand many times and told the story of what really happened—the truth—even when it meant damaging my own case. Why? Because honesty builds a positive reputation, and in my business reputation is everything. If I cannot be trusted, my testimony means nothing. I am proud to know that my testimony is respected.
At Knox & Associates, we believe in being on the cutting edge of the field, always striving for a unique perspective. I am rarely satisfied with the status quo, opting instead to search for answers which lead to new questions which lead to new answers. Things are often not what they seem, and it is my job to dig beyond appearances and find the information that makes a difference. That is the mission at Knox & Associates.
Michael A. Knox
President & Chief Forensic Consultant
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