Martha J. Finnegan is a Supervisory Child/Adolescent Forensic Interviewer (CAFI) for the FBI’s Victim Services Division.  As a CAFI, Ms. Finnegan conducts victim interviews and/or helps agents locate qualified interviewers in their area.  Types of violations where Ms. Finnegan’s interviewing skills are utilized include, but are not limited to, cyber exploitation, human trafficking, abduction, and mass casualty events/terrorism cases. Ms. Finnegan is also available to provide expert testimony, technical assistance and training to FBI personnel, U.S. Attorneys, and other federal, state local, and international agencies in the areas of forensic interviewing of victims of abuse and exploitation.

Before coming to the FBI, Ms. Finnegan worked at Children’s Hospital Center for Child Protection in San Diego, CA and at APRI’s National Center for Prosecution of Child Abuse.

Ms. Finnegan has published an article entitled Creating and Administering a Kids Court Program and is co-author of an article entitled The Use of Anatomical Diagrams in Child Sexual Abuse Forensic Interviews. She also authored a guide for FBI agents entitled Investigative Interviews of Adolescent Victims and co-authored an article entitled Interviewing Compliant Adolescent Victims. Ms. Finnegan also co-authored an article on presenting evidence in forensic interviews entitled A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words: Incorporating Child Pornography Images in the Forensic Interview.

Rachel N. Murdock joined the FBI as a Child/Adolescent Forensic Interviewer in November 2012 and is currently a Supervisory Child/Adolescent Forensic Interviewer for the Child Victim Services Unit, Victim Services Division.  As part of her job duties, Rachel is able to provide forensic interviews, expert testimony, case assistance, and training to FBI personnel, United States Attorneys, and other federal, state and local agencies.  Additionally, Rachel provides supervision, training, and administrative support to the CAFIs in the central United States.

Rachel is a licensed professional counselor in the state of Missouri and a licensed clinical professional counselor in the state of Kansas with specialized training in delivering Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.  She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology in 2004 and Master of Science degree in Clinical Psychology in 2006, both from Missouri State University in Springfield, MO.  She is an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Psychology at Missouri State University, where she has taught for the last eighteen years.  Rachel has published multiple articles and textbook chapters on forensic interviewing and forensic psychology.