I know a lot of you have been wondering where this site has gone, so I thought I’d take the time to address why the site went silent, and why it’s so important that we return stronger than ever.

As all of you, I’m sure, are aware, in late October, the forensics community lost one of its most ardent and passionate supporters; Gary Fan.

Gary was what forensics was all about, and was the entire reason I started posting articles again during the summer, after a long silence on this site.  Gary messaged me constantly, and would IM me regularly to ask when I’d be posting a new article.  Those who knew him know that you just can’t say no to Gary.  So, I brought the site back!

It was around this time that I also started recruiting new bloggers and looking to reinstate the site rankings.  Gary volunteered to help with both.  Gary was set to begin posting articles for us in early November.  Tragically, he was taken from us before he ever got to share his passion through his writings.  But anyone who spoke with him surely felt that passion, and those who experienced his love of our sport know he would have had some amazing articles to write.

After he passed, I tried time and time again to write this post…any post, but it was just too hard.  However, Gary would not have liked this site to remain silent.  So, although I know I’ll never have the love of forensics that Gary had – I don’t think anyone can – it’s important that we all do what we can to embody the spirit of Gary in our small little community, and the way I feel I can do that best is by posting.

I can’t promise that I’ll be able to write as regularly as I once did, as it’s still hard to write with Gary still so fresh in my mind.  But I can promise that I will do everything I can to try to do Gary and his memory proud.

I hope you do the same.

I’d love if you used the comments and the forum to share your favorite memories of Gary, to help his spirit live on.

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