Dayle Hinman (born September 21, 1952) is a retired,

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-trained

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. She starred in a television series on

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(earlier known as

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). The program, ''Body of Evidence: From the case files of Dayle Hinman'', documented some of the cases she worked while a

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at the

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, as well as some other cases. "Body of Evidence" (which should not be confused with the TV crime drama ''

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)'', was a documentary-style show with interviews, re-enactments and an off-camera narrator. Each episode included scenes of Hinman discussing the case in question, as well as scenes of her playing herself in re-enactments.

Early life

Law enforcement training

Hinman holds a

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from

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. She had; a one-year fellowship at the FBI Behavioral Sciences unit and was one of the first people there to be trained in forensic profiling under

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Law enforcement career

Hinman's law enforcement career began in 1975 and spanned 26 years, including stints at Florida State University,

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, and the FDLE. During her career, she was one of only a handful of female criminal profilers.Biography from TruTV
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Notable cases

She has worked on several high-profile cases, including those of

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, Rory Enrique Conde and

Aileen Wuornos Aileen Carol Wuornos (; born Pittman; February 29, 1956 – October 9, 2002) was an American serial killer. Between 1989 and 1990, while engaging in street prostitution along highways in Florida, Wuornos shot dead and robbed seven of her male c ...

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* * 1952 births Living people American forensic scientists Florida State University alumni Offender profiling People from Connecticut People from Palm Beach Gardens, Florida Women forensic scientists {{criminologist-stub