Dean started their agency in October 1987 with general litigation investigations. Dean and Karen together have approximately 50 years of combined investigative experience and a combined official death investigation experience of over nine years at a busy and unique coroner/medical examiner’s office; and since 2008 in private subject matter expertise. They were also among the first to be licensed private investigators under Colorado's unique (2012) and unique 'Voluntary Private Investigator Licensure Program'. The voluntary licensing program was repealed in May 2014 and in June 2015 the new mandatory licensing law was effective. See www.ColoradoLicensedPrivateInvestigators.com for details. AFI-LLC continues to seek the distinction to our professionalism by being vetted for our experience, character and references that licensure assures our clients and consumers. Licensed private investigators hold themselves to a higher level of professionalism and accountability for their peers, clients and the general public.
Associates in Forensic Investigations LLC is licensed, bonded and insured:
Colorado is effective June 01, 2015 - Karen is PI.2-019 and Dean is PI.2-050
Cheyenne WY Lic. No. 31146
Colorado is effective June 01, 2015 - Karen is PI.2-019 and Dean is PI.2-050
Cheyenne WY Lic. No. 31146
Karen S. Beers, BSW, CCDI, CFI-FTER, CFSI
beersks@DeathCaseReview.com
Colorado PI.2-019 (Active - effective 06/01/2015) and Cheyenne WY Agency Occupational License No. 31146 (Active - effective 04/01/2015)
Karen earned her Bachelor's in Social Work from Colorado State University (Magna Cum Laude). With her husband, Dean, she is also a Certified Criminal Defense Investigator (CCDI), Certified Forensic Interviewer-Forensic Testimonial Evidence Recovery (CFI-FTER), and Certified Forensic Science Investigator (CFSI); they are one of three husband & wife CCDIs, CFI-FTERs, and CFSIs teams nationwide. Karen and Dean are also certified Medicolegal Death Investigators.
Her background, education and experience with victim advocacy and counseling are valuable assets in working with families and victims of traumatic events.
Possessing strong interpersonal skills and ability to reach out to people, she brings a unique perspective to cases, particularly lifestyle matters and mitigation. Her death investigation training and experience, together with her social work and general investigative skills and experience, are an asset to the medicolegal and criminal defense investigative processes.
With her education, training and experience as a death investigator, Karen was involved in the investigations of all manners of deaths and incidents, training under three Forensic Pathologists. From 2004-2006 she investigated and assisted with numerous death cases and scenes, and assisted with forensic autopsies.
Following graduation from Colorado State University was an extensive internship at a youth counseling and rehabilitation facility. She is also a member of the Criminal Defense Investigations Training Council. Karen has been professionally published with 'The Basics of an Autopsy Report' (PI Magazine, Dec 2011) and 'Understanding Suicide and its Prevention – Equivocal Death Investigations' (PursuitMag.com, Dec 2011 and CALI Dec 2012), 'Understanding Post Traumatic Stress Disorder' (CALI, Dec 2012), and ‘False Confessions and Accusations’ (PursuitMag.com, Feb 2012). With Dean she co-developed 'Death Investigation for Private Investigators', an online continuing education course for www.PIEducation.com. She also assisted with Dean's revised book, 'Professional Investigations: Individual Locates, Backgrounds and Assets & Liabilities'.
Karen is a member of the Professional Private Investigators Association of Colorado, National Association of Legal Investigators, Criminal Defense Investigation Training Council and National Defender Investigator Association and the Inner Circle of Investigators. She is also the Administrative Manager for the World Association of Detectives (09/2015 to Present).
"Equivocal Death Investigations/Analysis. Sometimes the death of a loved one leaves behind many unanswered questions. Helping clients understand the investigative process, answer questions to help ease their minds are the main goals of a death analysis. Due to the prevalence of Equivocal Death Analysis, we now offer a flat-fee to further help families in their time of need. Helping clients with lingering issues surrounding a loved ones death is difficult yet necessary to assist in resolving issues that can sometimes take years. Hearing the words, "Thank you, you have helped me to understand" whatever questions they may have had tucked inside their minds is very rewarding."
Her background, education and experience with victim advocacy and counseling are valuable assets in working with families and victims of traumatic events.
Possessing strong interpersonal skills and ability to reach out to people, she brings a unique perspective to cases, particularly lifestyle matters and mitigation. Her death investigation training and experience, together with her social work and general investigative skills and experience, are an asset to the medicolegal and criminal defense investigative processes.
With her education, training and experience as a death investigator, Karen was involved in the investigations of all manners of deaths and incidents, training under three Forensic Pathologists. From 2004-2006 she investigated and assisted with numerous death cases and scenes, and assisted with forensic autopsies.
Following graduation from Colorado State University was an extensive internship at a youth counseling and rehabilitation facility. She is also a member of the Criminal Defense Investigations Training Council. Karen has been professionally published with 'The Basics of an Autopsy Report' (PI Magazine, Dec 2011) and 'Understanding Suicide and its Prevention – Equivocal Death Investigations' (PursuitMag.com, Dec 2011 and CALI Dec 2012), 'Understanding Post Traumatic Stress Disorder' (CALI, Dec 2012), and ‘False Confessions and Accusations’ (PursuitMag.com, Feb 2012). With Dean she co-developed 'Death Investigation for Private Investigators', an online continuing education course for www.PIEducation.com. She also assisted with Dean's revised book, 'Professional Investigations: Individual Locates, Backgrounds and Assets & Liabilities'.
Karen is a member of the Professional Private Investigators Association of Colorado, National Association of Legal Investigators, Criminal Defense Investigation Training Council and National Defender Investigator Association and the Inner Circle of Investigators. She is also the Administrative Manager for the World Association of Detectives (09/2015 to Present).
"Equivocal Death Investigations/Analysis. Sometimes the death of a loved one leaves behind many unanswered questions. Helping clients understand the investigative process, answer questions to help ease their minds are the main goals of a death analysis. Due to the prevalence of Equivocal Death Analysis, we now offer a flat-fee to further help families in their time of need. Helping clients with lingering issues surrounding a loved ones death is difficult yet necessary to assist in resolving issues that can sometimes take years. Hearing the words, "Thank you, you have helped me to understand" whatever questions they may have had tucked inside their minds is very rewarding."
Letters from Yesteryear
by Karen S. Beers, BSW, CCDI
We are very proud that Karen has completed her first book - a non-fiction short piece based on actual letters from an ordinary frontier family.
One of the best ways to learn about history is from people who actually lived and documented what they experienced. The book Letters From Yesteryear is a collection of letters written between the years 1879 and 1900. These letters were written with no intent other than to keep in contact with family. Through the innocent, honest writings of these letters, historical information is gained regarding the late 1800’s in parts of the United States of America.
www.LettersFromYesteryear.net
We are very proud that Karen has completed her first book - a non-fiction short piece based on actual letters from an ordinary frontier family.
One of the best ways to learn about history is from people who actually lived and documented what they experienced. The book Letters From Yesteryear is a collection of letters written between the years 1879 and 1900. These letters were written with no intent other than to keep in contact with family. Through the innocent, honest writings of these letters, historical information is gained regarding the late 1800’s in parts of the United States of America.
www.LettersFromYesteryear.net
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