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Trainer of cadaver-sniffing dogs sentenced

Written by DeadGirl
Thursday, 30 September 2004
Woman who was once featured on Unsolved Mysteries planted evidence in her cases By DAVID RUNK Sept 28, 2004 DETROIT - A woman who once was recognized as one of the nation's best trainers and handlers of cadaver-sniffing dogs was sentenced Tuesday to 21 months in prison for planting bones and other fake evidence in cases she worked. Sandra M. Anderson, 43, of Sanford, pleaded guilty in March to five felony charges, including obstruction of justice and making false statements to federal authorities. She apologized in court before sentencing. "I lost track of why I was offering my services," she said. In addition to the prison term, U.S. District Court Judge Patrick J. Duggan ordered Anderson to pay more than $14,500 in restitution to several law enforcement agencies. She is expected to begin her sentence in mid-November. Anderson had claimed to have conducted about 200 searches annually for police and historical preservation groups in 17 years. Paige Fitzgerald, a Justice Department attorney, told the court that investigators reviewed about 50 cases on which Anderson worked and said she provided no real help. "None of those cases were of value to law enforcement. Not one," Fitzgerald said. Defense lawyer Martin Crandall, who had asked for a sentence of 18 months, declined to comment on why Anderson planted evidence. An August 2003 indictment said Anderson faked evidence in several cases in Michigan and Ohio. She planted bones in search areas and used her body fluids to stain a saw blade, coins and a piece of cloth, it said. Anderson and her dog Eagle, a Doberman-German shorthair pointer mix, were invited to Panama and Bosnia to look for victims of political repression, and to Ground Zero in New York after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks. They also were featured on TV's Unsolved Mysteries after helping convict a Michigan biochemist of killing and dismembering his wife in 1999. Azizul Islam recently was granted a new trial after he appealed his conviction, citing Anderson's conduct. http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/2820225

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taphophilia (taf′ō-fil′ē-ă)

ORIGIN:
From the Greek words taphos, meaning "tomb" or "sepulcher" and philia, meaning "attraction or affinity to something, in particular the love or obsession with something"

DEFINITION: 1. An excessive interest in graves and cemeteries. 2. A love or fondness for funerals, graves, and cemeteries. 3. In psychiatry, a morbid attraction to graves and cemeteries