Montana v. Burkhart
Retained in the related civil suit
Analysis of the crime scene, the autopsy report and the witness statements established that it was physically impossible for the defendant to have committed the murder.
The Roundtable · Cold Case & Crime Scene Analysis
Christopher
Christopher
Holland
Special Agent–FBI (Retired)
Forty years of investigative case work, from a patrolman in St. Louis County to the FBI in Chicago, and from the Afghan Major Crimes Task Force to the Criminal Investigation Division of the Liberia National Police.
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Background
Christopher Holland
Christopher Holland’s forty years of case work and training give a client an unparalleled opportunity to discover the truth of the matter at hand. His career has taken him from a patrolman in St. Louis County, Missouri to the streets of Chicago with the FBI; from Senior Advisor to the Afghan Major Crimes Task Force, to the United Nations Police Mission in Liberia, serving as Senior Advisor to the Criminal Investigation Division of the Liberia National Police. His career has spanned all manner of violent crime, from homicide to murder for hire, and from child exploitation to elder abuse and extortion. He received nine commendations for investigative excellence, including a rare commendation from opposing defense counsel in an extortion case.
As an expert witness, Christopher focuses on wrongful convictions and cold cases, crime scene analysis, and elder abuse. He is board certified in behavioral analysis — commonly referred to as criminal profiling — and in crime scene analysis and crime reconstruction.
Focus areas
- Cold case examination
- Wrongful convictions
- Crime scene analysis & reconstruction
- Interview analysis
- Elder abuse
Selected Work
On the record.
Matters as described by the consultant. Case outcomes depend on their facts; no result is promised or implied for any other matter.
The Kelle Anne Workman Matter
Missouri · abducted 1989, reinvestigated 2022
A thirty-three-year-old abduction, rape and murder that the FBI, the Missouri Highway Patrol and two sheriff’s offices had not solved. Detailed reanalysis identified an eyewitness, leading to the 2024 arrest and conviction of two brothers. The case is scheduled to be featured in December 2026 on the Discovery Channel program On the Case with Paula Zahn.
Idaho v. Kohberger
With forensic criminologist Dr. Brent Turvey, for the defense
Consulted on the quadruple homicide widely reported as the Idaho student murders. That work is examined in the book Broken Plea by Christopher Whitcomb.
Credentials
Education & certification.
Master’s, Forensic CriminologyForensic Criminology Institute, Sitka, Alaska · 2025
M.S., Safety Program ManagementCentral Missouri State University · 1984
B.S., Criminal JusticeUniversity of Missouri at St. Louis · 1977
Board certifiedBehavioral analysis; crime scene analysis and crime reconstruction
MemberInternational Association of Forensic Criminologists
MemberInternational Homicide Investigators Association
Faculty
Teaching.
2012–2017George Washington University — Adjunct Professor, Public Safety and Security Leadership Program
2017–2020Southwest Baptist University — Adjunct Professor; developed and taught a course on serial killers
Affiliations
Institutional.
2018–Consultant, Missouri Attorney General’s Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force
2017–Consultant, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
CV available on request. For a complete list of consultations and endorsements, see hollandfelonyanalysis.com. Direct: Chris@HollandFelonyAnalysis.com · (417) 833-7574
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