Acting
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Barbara Butcher
Acting
Biography
Barbara Butcher is an American forensic scientist and a former New York City death investigator. She is also an author who wrote a memoir titled What the Dead Know: Learning About Life As A New York City Death Investigator. During her 22-year career with the New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner (OCME), she worked on more than 5,500 death scenes, including over 700 homicides. She was the second woman ever hired for the role of Death Investigator in Manhattan and the first one to hold the position for more than three months. She was a key figure in the victim identification efforts following the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center. She is also a graduate of Long Island University with a Bachelor of Science and holds a Master's in Public Health from Columbia University.
Television & Series (1)
The first true-crime series told through the eyes of Barbara Butcher, one of the most seasoned and respected Death Investigators to work in New York. After more than 20 years in the field, Butcher will unpack the stories behind some of the most compelling murders of our times - revealing that the keys to solving the case are often contained in the wealth of information held by the crime scene and the body that lies within it.