Program

Sixty-Fourth Annual Conference

of the

American Society of Questioned Document Examiners

“Complex Examinations: Meeting the Challenges”

Portland, Oregon August 19-24, 2006

Welcome to Portland!

We are pleased to welcome you to the 64th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Questioned Document Examiners.

Every effort has been made to organize a productive, interesting, and educational meeting

where document examiners can network and exchange information with their peers.

Please approach the following people (easily identified by the red bar on their nametags) if you have any questions or concerns. If you are an invited guest, we hope you will consider

the many financial and career benefits of becoming an ASQDE member.

ASQDE Executive Board

President Dan C. Purdy Vice President Howard C. Rile, Jr.

Secretary James A. Green Treasurer Farrell C. Shiver

Director Linton A. Mohammed Director Thomas P. Riley

Nanette A. Davis, Executive Assistant

Meeting and Site Information

2006 Program Chair Linton A. Mohammed

2006 Site Chair James A. Green

Membership Information

Membership Chair Mickey Dawson

Special Thanks…

Please make a point to visit our Exhibitors Show on Monday and Tuesday. The following companies have generously contributed to this year’s meeting:

Foster + Freeman – Meeting Sponsor and Sponsor of the President’s Reception

Armor Forensics/Projectina – Supporter and Sponsor of the 8/21/06 morning break ImageXpert, Inc. – Exhibitor

Zarbeco, LLC - Exhibitor

Members and Guests may visit the ASQDE Hospitality Suite (Presidential Suite 1455),

which will be open in the evenings, Saturday through Wednesday (see Hospitality Suite brochure for more details)

PORTLAND 2006 American Society of Questioned Document Examiners Conference

Schedule of Events

Saturday 8/19/06 Registration [Holladay Foyer] .....................................2:00 – 4:00 p.m. Welcome Reception[Multnomah Ballroom].............6:00 – 8 :00 p.m. Sunday 8/20/06 Registration [Foyer] ......................................................7:00 – 8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast [Weidler/Halsey ] ..................7:00 – 8:00 a.m.

Spouse’s Breakfast [Ross Island/Morrison] .............9:00 – 10:30 a.m. Welcoming Remarks [Holladay/Broadway] .............8:00 – 8:30 a.m.

Signature Disguise/Forgery Workshop.....................8:30 – 4:00 p.m. Coffee Break [Weidler/Halsey] ..................................10:00 – 10:20 a.m. Lunch ..............................................................................12:00 – 1:15 p.m. Coffee Break [Weidler/Halsey] ..................................3:00 – 3:20 p.m. ABFDE Update ............................................................4:00 – 5:00 p.m. Monday 8/21/06 Continental Breakfast [Weidler/Halsey] ...................7:00 – 8:00 a.m.

Exhibitors Show [Weidler/Halsey] ............................8:00 – 5:00 p.m. Technical Session #1 [Holladay/Broadway] ............8:00 - 12 :00 p.m.

Coffee Break [Weidler/Halsey] ..................................10 :00 – 10:30 a.m. Lunch ..............................................................................12:00 – 1:30 p.m. Technical Session #2....................................................1:30 – 5 :00 p.m. Poster Presentations & Viewing [Weidler/Halsey] .1:45 – 5:00 p.m. Coffee Break [Weidler/Halsey] ..................................3 :05 – 3:35 p.m. President’s Reception [Multnomah Ballroom] .........6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Tuesday 8/22/06 Continental Breakfast [Weidler/Halsey] ...................7:00 – 8:00 a.m.

Exhibitors Show [Weidler/Halsey] ............................8:00 – 5:00 p.m. Poster Viewing [Weidler/Halsey]...............................8:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Kam Testing [Holladay/Broadway] ...........................8:00 - 10 :00 a.m. Coffee Break [Weidler/Halsey] ..................................10 :00 – 10:30 a.m. Technical Session #3 [Holladay/Broadway] ............10 :30 – 12 :00 p.m.

Lunch ..............................................................................11:45 – 1:30 p.m. Technical Session #4 [Holladay/Broadway] ............1:30 – 5:00 p.m. Coffee Break [Weidler/Halsey] ..................................3:00 – 3 :30 p.m. Wednesday 8/23/06 Continental Breakfast [Weidler/Halsey] ...................7:00 – 8:00 a.m. Handwriting Workshop [Holladay/Broadway]........8:00 – 12:00 p.m. Coffee Break [Weidler/Halsey] ..................................10 :00 – 10 :20 a.m. End of Session for Guests........................................12:00 p.m.

ASQDE Catered Lunch/Business Meeting1 [Holladay/Broadway] ...........................................12:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Cocktail Reception [Willamette] ................................. 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. Banquet2 [Multnomah Ballroom] ............................... 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. Thursday 8/24/06 Continental Breakfast [Weidler/Halsey] ...................7:00 – 8:00 a.m. Signature Workshop [Holladay/Broadway]] ............8:00 – 12:00 p.m.

Coffee Break [Weidler/Halsey] ..................................10:00 – 10:20 a.m.

1This is a lunch and business meeting for ASQDE Members only. Invited Guests are free to explore Portland. 2Additional tickets for this function may be purchased at the registration desk.

The Hospitality Suite (Suite 1455) is open to attendees Saturday through Wednesday, 8 to 11 pm, for informal discussions with colleagues.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 19

2:00 – 4:00 PM REGISTRATION - Holladay Foyer

6:00 – 8:00 PM WELCOME RECEPTION – Multnomah Ballroom

SUNDAY, AUGUST 20

7:00 – 8:30 AM REGISTRATION - Holladay Foyer

9:00 – 10:30 AM SPOUSES’ INFORMATION BREAKFAST - Ross Island/Morrison

8:00 – 8:15 AM Welcome to Portland – Holladay/Broadway President Dan Purdy, Jim Green, Linton Mohammed

8:15 – 8:30AM Introduction to Signature and Handwriting Workshops Howard Rile, A. Frank Hicks, Lloyd Cunningham

8:30 – 10:00 AM SIGNATURE DISGUISE OR SIGNATURE FORGERY WORKSHOP – Part I

Dr. Bryan Found

10:00 – 10:20 AM BREAK

10:20 - 12:00 PM SIGNATURE DISGUISE OR SIGNATURE FORGERY WORKSHOP – Part II

Dr. Bryan Found

12:00 – 1:15 PM LUNCH BREAK

1:15 - 3:00 PM SIGNATURE DISGUISE OR SIGNATURE FORGERY WORKSHOP – Part III

Dr. Bryan Found

3:00 – 3:20 PM BREAK

3:20 – 4:00 PM SIGNATURE DISGUISE OR SIGNATURE FORGERY WORKSHOP – Part IV

Dr. Bryan Found

4:00 – 5:00 PM ABFDE Update Joyce Lauterbach, ABFDE Directors

MONDAY, AUGUST 21

EXHIBITOR SHOW ALL DAY (8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.) – Weidler/Halsey

TECHNICAL SESSION 1 KATHLEEN STUEBE , MODERATOR

8:00 – 8:20 AM Murder on the Southern Pacific Express: The Story of the Last Western Train Robbery

Marie Durina

8:20 – 8:40 AM IDNET Nancy Berthold

8:40 – 9:00 AM Partnering to Ensure Public Safety Elizabeth Carpenter,

9:00 – 9:15 AM Can You Have the Perfect Training Case? Janette Dove Guscott,

9:15 – 10:00 AM Fax Font Project IV TTI Database 2006 Update Brian Lindblom, Robert Gervais

10:00 - 10:30 AM BREAK

10:30 – 10:45 AM SPONSOR PRESENTATION: Foster + Freeman

10:45 – 10:55 AM SUPPORTER PRESENTATION: Armor/Projectina

10:55 – 11:00 AM EXHIBITOR PRESENTATION: ImageXpert

11:00 – 11:05 AM EXHIBITOR PRESENTATION: Zarbeco LLC

11:05 – 11:20 AM Allowing Specialized Experts in the Area of Forensic Document Examination to Become Regular Members of the ASQDE

Scott Walters

11:20 – 11:50 AM History of the ASQDE - Lecture #3 Jack Harris

11:50 – 12:00 PM GROUP PHOTO

12:00 – 1:30 PM LUNCH BREAK

TECHNICAL SESSION 2 STEVEN STRACH , MODERATOR

1:30 – 1:50 PM Teaching Opportunities for FDEs Lisa Lin

1:50 - 1:55 PM POSTER SESSION INTRODUCTION Steven Strach

MONDAY, AUGUST 21 (continued)

1:55– 2:00 PM A Case Study of Manipulating Faxes to Perpetrate Financial Fraud Jack R. Calvert

2:00 – 2:05 PM The Identification of Artificial Aging on Documents Chuan-Hui Chang, Fu-Hsiung Chuang; Hsing-Yung Hu;

Kuei Liu 2:05 – 2:10 PM A Simple Case? Influence of Extraneous Information

MaryAnn Czermak 2:10 – 2:15 PM Solid Inkjet Printing

Steven G. Drexler 2:15 – 2:20 PM Redesign of the Postal Money Order

Kirsten S. Jackson 2:20 – 2:25 PM The Frequency of Occurrence of Handwriting Characteristics

Considered Individually and in Combination Kristin Johnson

2:25 – 2:30 PM An Update on Correction Tape Products Diane Kruger

2:30 – 2:35 PM Ballpoint Pen Defect Jane Lewis

2:35 – 2:40 PM The Application of Digital Image Processing to Questioned Document Examination Shu-Jen (Susan) Sheu

2:40 – 2:45 PM Deciphering a Part Hidden Fax TTI Header: A Statistical Approach

Dr. Steven J. Strach 2:45 – 2:50 PM ASCLD-LAB/International Accreditation Program

Kathleen Stuebe 2:50 – 2:55 PM Digital Enhancement Technique for the Examination and

Demonstration of the Physical Match of Paper Tears Andy Szymanski

2:55 – 3:00 PM Voltage and Indentation Development Tobin Tanaka

3:00 – 3:05 PM Handwriting of Individuals in the Chinese Population Suffering from Alzheimer's Disease

Daniel In Jea Wong 3:05 – 3:35 PM BREAK

3:35 – 5:00 PM POSTER VIEWING

6:00 – 8:00 PM PRESIDENT'S RECEPTION - Multnomah Ballroom Sponsored by Foster + Freeman

You are invited to join your colleagues

Saturday through Wednesday evening at the

ASQDE Hospitality Suite

Room 1455

(see the Hospitality Brochure for details)

TUESDAY, AUGUST 22

EXHIBITOR SHOW ALL DAY (8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.) –Weidler/Halsey

8:00 – 10:00 AM FDE Performance Testing Prof. Moshe Kam

10:00 – 10:30 AM BREAK

TECHNICAL SESSION 3 LINTON MOHAMMED, MODERATOR

10:30 – 10:45 AM A Refresher on Invisible Ink James Streeter, Greg P. Kettering, and Kenneth B. Zercie

10:45 – 11:00 AM Legal Terms for Expressing Conclusions in Court Sandra Ramsey Lines

11:00 – 11:20 AM Fracture Match: A Validation Study to Determine Uniqueness of Paper Tears

Todd Welch, Charles R. Bacon, Mary K. Bacon, Sarah A. Bohn 11:20 – 11:40 AM Surveys of Left-Handers

John Welch 11:40 – 12:00 PM Electrostatic Detection Apparatus (ESDA) Theory, Process and

Application Jim Lee, Kristina White

12:00 - 1:30 PM LUNCH BREAK

TECHNICAL SESSION 4 MARIE DURINA, MODERATOR

1:30 – 1:45 PM Case Study of a Cancer Victim's Signature Janis Tweedy

1:45 – 2:00 PM Digital Paper: Fad, Flop or the Future? Art Anthony

2:00 – 2:25 PM Suicide Notes Jack Harris, Howard C. Rile, Jr.

2:25 – 2:40 PM Line Sequence Determination by Profilometry Albert H. Lyter III

2:40 – 3:00 PM Writing Impressions: Research and Practice Dr. Steven J. Strach

3:00 – 3:30 PM BREAK

3:30 – 3:45 PM Copies as Evidence John Gencavage (to be presented by Grant Sperry)

3:45 – 4:00 PM ASQDE 2007 Jan Masson, Howard C. Rile, Jr.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 22 (continued)

4:00 – 4:20 PM A New Tool in the Forensic Document Examiner's Arsenal: Digital Technology Joseph Stephens

4:20 – 4:40 PM The Use of Electrospray Ionization-Mass Spectrometry for the Analysis of Writing Inks

Joseph Stephens, Gerald LaPorte, and Yvette Thomas 4:40 – 5:00 PM Detection Indentations Pressed by Pen Tip Force from Writing

Paper Using Infrared Ray Scanner Takeshi Furukawa

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23

8:00 – 10:00 AM FINE & SUBTLE FEATURES OF HANDWRITING WORKSHOP - Part I

Lloyd Cunningham, Susan Morton, Bill Flynn 10:00 – 10:20 AM BREAK

10:20 – 12:00 PM FINE & SUBTLE FEATURES OF HANDWRITING WORKSHOP - Part II

Lloyd Cunningham, Susan Morton, Bill Flynn 12:00 PM END OF SESSION FOR GUESTS

12:00 – 5:00 PM MEMBERS CATERED LUNCH / BUSINESS MEETING

6:00 - 7:00 PM COCKTAIL HOUR - Willamette

7:00 – 9:00 PM BANQUET – Multnomah Ballroom

THURSDAY, AUGUST 24

8:00 – 10:00 AM SIGNATURE WORKSHOP - Part I Howard Rile, A. Frank Hicks

10:00 – 10:20 AM BREAK

10:20 – 12:00 PM SIGNATURE WORKSHOP - Part II Howard Rile, A. Frank Hicks

12:00 – 12:10 PM CLOSING REMARKS Pres. Dan Purdy

NOTES