master/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/137537/u2019s in criminal justice./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/137537/nEvery crime scene is a puzzle. Some people are drawn to law enforcement so they can go directly into the alarm call. I/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/137537/u2019m the other type, the one who wants to go in and find the invisible clues after everything has quieted down. It/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/137537/u2019s just the suspect and me. I know you were in this space and you left something behind /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/137537/u2014 a fingerprint, DNA, something. We/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/137537/u2019ve never met, but the pieces of the puzzle will bring me closer to you./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/137537/n(Photo by Mike Searle)/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/137537/nIt’s overwhelming to walk into a crime scene. I think about the victim who was here and is no longer with us. I/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/137537/u2019m working for that person and for the family members. They/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/137537/u2019re all victims. Early in my career with Orange County, I had to come to grips with the fact that I couldn/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/137537/u2019t undo what had already been done. But I can find truth, secure justice and maybe provide some closure for the family./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/137537/nCrime Scene Confidential is my way of doing that, even though it wasn/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/137537/u2019t my intention. I left the sheriff/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/137537/u2019s department in 2015 to travel and train law enforcement on forensic technology. A talent scout saw me speaking at an event and asked if I/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/137537/u2019d be interested in developing a show concept. About a week later I was shooting a sizzle reel from a barstool in my home./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/137537/nThe show almost never happened. I/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/137537/u2019d get my hopes up, only to hear we were starting over. One day I finally typed an email that said, /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/137537/u201cThank you for trying to make this work, but /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/137537/u2026/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/137537/u201d As I was typing, my phone rang. A producer said, /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/137537/u201cCongratulations. We have a TV show./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/137537/u201d I went over to my laptop and deleted the email./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/137537/nI only agreed to do the show because it/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/137537/u2019s unprecedented. We have no agenda or angle. Viewers can see for the first time what a real crime scene investigator does with real cases. You watch me go to the crime scene after I read as many as 4,000 pages of evidence, reports and testimony. If the case is old, I apply new forensic technology to original clues. Then I talk with prosecutors, defense attorneys, witnesses, investigators, and family members through the lens of a CSI who/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/137537/u2019s fully prepared to find the puzzle pieces./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/137537/nThe first episode is an example of how raw this is. We went back to the case of toddler Caylee Anthony here in Orlando. I worked the case in 2008. Every morning I/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/137537/u2019d see that little girl/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/137537/u2019s face on the news and then go to work as a CSI to look for clues /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/137537/u2014 for justice. It was still emotional for me when our crew parked outside the house and started filming nearly 15 years later./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/137537/n“With the show, I can sit down with (families) and let them know someone is paying attention to them … and someone will be their voice …” /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/137537/u2014 Alina Burroughs /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/137537/u201900 /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/137537/u201902MS, UCF alum and host of Crime Scene Confidential/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/137537/nI/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/137537/u2019m not an actor. And I don/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/137537/u2019t see myself as just a TV host. I/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/137537/u2019m a navigator and translator of evidence for the audience. Evidence has no bias. Viewers can decide for themselves if the justice system got each case right or not./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/137537/nEvery episode is meaningful. But there/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/137537/u2019s an episode in season two that stands out. We bring a man who was 14 years old when his mother was murdered to meet the person thought to be responsible for her death. They have a real conversation while I sit off camera. It/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/137537/u2019s a powerful moment./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/137537/nWhen I worked as a CSI, I didn/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/137537/u2019t meet with families. My job was to find evidence, finish a report, and go to the next case. With the show, I can sit down with family members and let them know someone is paying attention to them, someone cares about their loss, and someone will be their voice to everyone who/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/137537/u2019s watching./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/137537/nI feel like the ultimate big sister. Girls or anyone who feels underrepresented in STEM can watch the show and realize, /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/137537/u201cWow, I can have a meaningful career in science like Alina./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/137537/u201d You can change lives and be yourself. 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