Dr. Katherine Maloney is a forensic pathologist and the Deputy Chief Medical Examiner at the Erie County Medical Examiner’s Office in Buffalo, New York. She is also a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University at Buffalo Medical School. She attended medical school at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, Massachusetts and completed her residency in anatomic and clinical pathology at New York Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York, New York. She trained in forensic pathology at the Office of Chief Medical Examiner in New York, New York, where she also did a year of training in forensic neuropathology and cardiac pathology. She is board certified in anatomic pathology, clinical pathology and forensic pathology.

Steve is a DCJS certified instructor, as well as a former Adjunct Instructor for Medaille College where he taught Crime scene investigations for four years. Steve is currently a 30-year veteran of the Buffalo Police Department, with the last 10 years spent in the Homicide Unit, where he conducts and supervises investigations involving unattended deaths, suicides, industrial accidents, overdoses, drownings, fire deaths, child death investigations, and criminal homicide cases. Prior, he was assigned to investigate violent crimes against persons, fraud, burglary, and larceny. He started his Detective career with the Special Victims Unit, where he conducted investigations in elder-juvenile abuse, domestic abuse, missing persons, and sexual assault crimes. Steven has received numerous awards for his investigations and police work over the years.

For the past four years Tom has been an instructor for NCJTC in various class including Child Homicide, Cold Case Homicide and Major Case Investigations. Mr. Biesty was an accomplished and well-respected attorney and leader in the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office with a 26 year record of prosecutorial excellence. He has an extensive trial experience across a wide spectrum of cases including many first-time prosecutions for the State of Illinois. For 15 years Tom was a Supervisor in Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office in Chicago, IL. Some of his responsibilities include, but are not limited to, coordinating investigations among various law enforcement agencies and applying new methods and science to solve cold case crimes. Tom has been the recipient of numerous awards in 2015 and 2013 the Award of Excellence from the Illinois Homicide Investigators Association.