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Shasta Pomeroy isn't only the first Fairbanks crime scene investigator, she's the first in the state.

Alaska's first CSI takes on sub-zero crime scenes © Teal Soden Alaska, the Last Frontier state, now has its first and only crime scene investigator. What drew the native Alaskan to the forensic sciences? Two years into her justice degree at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, Shasta Pomeroy went on a ride-along with the local police and was allowed to observe an outdoor crime scene. At the time, she was unsure of her future. She was taking law classes, but knew she didn't want a career as an attorney. That night changed everything for her. "I knew that I wanted to be on scene. I was never ...