Case Study Of Holmes/Scarpetta Project: The Valley Of Fear

Holmes/Scarpetta Project- The Valley of Fear What discipline was involved? Digital Forensics (cryptology)- The process of encrypting messages and examining digital media forensically to find, analyze, and present facts and opinions. What was the equipment used? The ciphers represent the pages of previous editions of Whitaker's Almanack. The first number represented the page number in the Almanac. The second number, C2, was the column number on the page in the book. The numbers that followed represented the word that was in the second column on the same page. How the use of forensics helped reach the final result in the case- The use of cipher enabled Holmes and Watson to decode the messages that were sent to them. Without the ability to decode the messages, they would have never known about the murder until much later, when the evidence, if still on the scene, would be fresh enough to examine well enough to make leads to follow. Second Discipline
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This led the detectives to believe that the murderer landed in the moat. This theory prompted them to inspect the moat. Third Discipline
What discipline was involved? Forensic Ballistics is the process of investigators examining a firearm to determine how it relates to the crime scene, and studies the effects and behavior of a projectile or explosive device.
What was the equipment used? "Then I examined the gun. They were buck shot cartridges, and, as Sergeant Wilson pointed out, the triggers were wired together so that, if you pulled on the hinder one, both barrels were discharged. Whoever fixed that up had made up his mind that he was going to take no chances of missing his man. The sawed gun was not more than two feet long- one could carry it easily under one's coat."