Note: Do not confuse "Body of Evidence" with the "Body of Proof

Body of Proof

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Dayle Hinman (born September 21, 1952) is a retired FBI-trained criminal profiler. She has starred in a television series on TruTV (formerly known as CourtTV), Body of Evidence: From the case files of Dayle Hinman, documenting some of the cases she was assigned to while working as a Special Agent

Special agent

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 at the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE)

Florida Department of Law Enforcement

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is a Florida government agency. FDLE is composed of five programs: Executive Direction and Business Support, Criminal Investigations and Forensic Science, Criminal Justice Information, Criminal Justice Professionalism, and the Florida Capitol Police...

, since December, 2002. Twelve of the episodes were packaged as a DVD

DVD

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 "The Best of Court TV: Body of Evidence".

Early life

Born in Connecticut, Hinman's family moved to Palm Beach Gardens, Florida

Palm Beach Gardens, Florida

Palm Beach Gardens is a city in Palm Beach County in the U.S. state of Florida. The city is in the center of a rapidly-developing area north of West Palm Beach in the northern part of the county and the South Florida metropolitan area. , the population was 48,452...

 in 1961, where she graduated from Palm Beach Gardens High School. She has an older sister, Wendy, and two younger brothers, Eric and Jeff.

Law enforcement training

Hinman holds a bachelor's degree

Bachelor's degree

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 from Florida State University

Florida State University

The Florida State University is a space-grant and sea-grant public university located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. It is a comprehensive doctoral research university with medical programs and significant research activity as determined by the Carnegie Foundation...

 in criminology

Criminology

Criminology is the scientific study of the nature, extent, causes, and control of criminal behavior in both the individual and in society...

. She had a one year fellowship at the FBI Behaviorial Sciences unit and was one of the first people there to be trained in forensic profiling under John E. Douglas

John E. Douglas

John Edward Douglas , is a former special agent with the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation , one of the first criminal profilers, and criminal psychology author.-Early life:...

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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, Leon County, Florida

Leon County, Florida

Leon County is a county located in the state of Florida, named after the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León. At the 2010 Census, the population was 275,487. The county seat of Leon County is Tallahassee which also serves as the state capital. The county seat is home to two of Florida's major...

, and the FDLE. She was one of only a handful of female criminal profilers.

Notable cases

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

Ted Bundy

Theodore Robert "Ted" Bundy was an American serial killer, rapist, kidnapper, and necrophile who assaulted and murdered numerous young women during the 1970s, and possibly earlier...

, O.J. Simpson, and Aileen Wuornos

Aileen Wuornos

Aileen Carol Wuornos was an American serial killer who killed seven men in Florida in 1989 and 1990, claiming they raped or attempted to rape her while she was working as a prostitute...

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