THE CRIME SCENE PROCEDURE
One of the most important parts of crime solving is to identify all of the unknown victims, if they are unknown. When police have enough evidence they check the National Crime Information Center for possible victims (Jackson #). Part of this evidence they find might be the victim's body; when police find a body the first thing they do is have it sent to the lab to have an autopsy (Owen #). When the body is older and only has left-over bones, the first thing the forensic anthropologist will do when they are looking at the skeleton is identify if they are human—this is because human bones look very similar to, and may be mistaken as animal bones. After the forensic anthropologists receive bones; they have to use what …show more content…
An autopsy or postmortem is an after death examination. This is conducted by a forensic pathologist looking for signs of injury (Cooper #). First, firearm examiners examine ammunition components through a microscope to see if they can be pinned to specific weapon (Jackson #). Because of the imperfections of every gun, bullets have a set of marks left imprinted in them that no other gun can produce (Owen #). Another weapon the murderer may have used is poison the types of poison are usually different when committing suicide when compared to a murder. Acontine, Aropine, Strychnine, Thallium, Arsenic, Cyanide, fungi poisons, and Ricin are all common poisons used by murderers. Poison from the victim’s death shows up in the blood, urine, and tissue samples taken during an autopsy. Knives and hammers are often used in murders, these weapons are used to produce blows to the victim that show up usually during the examination of the head (Owen …show more content…
Forensic Pathologists complete the autopsy by examining the body and sending in biological materials such as: hair, threads, fingernail scrapings, blood samples, and urine samples (Jackson #). After the body is washed the hair sample is removed from the body and it is stored for examination. Other bodily fluids that are removed during an autopsy are cerebrospinal fluid and stomach contents which are taken set aside for later tests. Determining the cause of death requires pathologists to look at wounds such as close range gunshot wounds that have burning around the edges, and sometimes fibers from the criminal’s or victim’s clothing (Owen #). Once the pathologist has completed their part of the autopsy, forensic toxicologists make an examination and determine if any chemicals were involved in the victim’s death. Finally the body is given back to the forensic pathologist who determines the cause of death after thoroughly examining the body (Jackson
One of the most important parts of crime solving is to identify all of the unknown victims, if they are unknown. When police have enough evidence they check the National Crime Information Center for possible victims (Jackson #). Part of this evidence they find might be the victim's body; when police find a body the first thing they do is have it sent to the lab to have an autopsy (Owen #). When the body is older and only has left-over bones, the first thing the forensic anthropologist will do when they are looking at the skeleton is identify if they are human—this is because human bones look very similar to, and may be mistaken as animal bones. After the forensic anthropologists receive bones; they have to use what …show more content…
An autopsy or postmortem is an after death examination. This is conducted by a forensic pathologist looking for signs of injury (Cooper #). First, firearm examiners examine ammunition components through a microscope to see if they can be pinned to specific weapon (Jackson #). Because of the imperfections of every gun, bullets have a set of marks left imprinted in them that no other gun can produce (Owen #). Another weapon the murderer may have used is poison the types of poison are usually different when committing suicide when compared to a murder. Acontine, Aropine, Strychnine, Thallium, Arsenic, Cyanide, fungi poisons, and Ricin are all common poisons used by murderers. Poison from the victim’s death shows up in the blood, urine, and tissue samples taken during an autopsy. Knives and hammers are often used in murders, these weapons are used to produce blows to the victim that show up usually during the examination of the head (Owen …show more content…
Forensic Pathologists complete the autopsy by examining the body and sending in biological materials such as: hair, threads, fingernail scrapings, blood samples, and urine samples (Jackson #). After the body is washed the hair sample is removed from the body and it is stored for examination. Other bodily fluids that are removed during an autopsy are cerebrospinal fluid and stomach contents which are taken set aside for later tests. Determining the cause of death requires pathologists to look at wounds such as close range gunshot wounds that have burning around the edges, and sometimes fibers from the criminal’s or victim’s clothing (Owen #). Once the pathologist has completed their part of the autopsy, forensic toxicologists make an examination and determine if any chemicals were involved in the victim’s death. Finally the body is given back to the forensic pathologist who determines the cause of death after thoroughly examining the body (Jackson