Forensic evidence

arrived, I was immediately briefed about what has taken place at this scene. There was a mother, a child, and an employee that witnessed the event. I was also informed that there was also a deceased on scene. Upon entering the crime scene the following evidence came to light: a dead body with a piercing created by a gun round, a lottery ticket that contained blood and smeared print on it, a black 9mm semi-automatic weapon underneath an ice cream cooler, a box of cigarettes and the empty carton…

interviewed at the original scene it could have made for a better chance of tracing down physical evidence. Forensic Evidence Evidence is a key factor in every criminal justice case, without the presents of evidence it makes it complicated to prosecute a person or persons. In the case of 44-year-old Linton resident, Pamela Foddrill, evidence was very hard to come by. From the beginning lack of evidence was hard to find for investigators. Foddrill 44, body was found in Illinois. The body was…

I would store the evidence in a cool location until it was delivered to the laboratory. Processing of item: Digital imagining can be used to enhance the picture of the print. Then they can use the compare function and compare two images side by side to detect common features…

Contamination of Biological Evidence DNA can be transferred to evidence directly or indirectly. This exchange of information between objects is based on the Locard Exchange Principle. The Locard Exchange Principle states that information is exchanged whenever two items come into contact with each other (Houck and Siegel 54). The direct transfer of DNA can be described as DNA that is “transferred from a source to a location with no intermediaries” (Houck and Siegel 55). The indirect transfer of…

Crime scene investigation refer to a process that helps in collecting, identifying, classifying as well as analyzing the physical evidence that will help in solving or prosecuting criminals or individuals suspected to have committed the crime. It is normally conducted by the law enforcement technicians, forensic science technicians or criminal justice institutions which use trained investigators. Crime scene investigation is a multidisciplinary process and it incorporates knowledge of law,…

The most important evidence that I would gather is clues, fingerprints, and other kind of evidence that might help me find the person who is guilty or they might just think it’s me. I will gather enough evidence and witness for myself or maybe if it is someone else that did that crime, I will tell them to get enough witness or evidences that you didn’t do it. My evidence’s would be witness, trails where I have been, and the clues where I have gone to over the weekend. So some people such as…

objectives of a crime scene investigation are the collection of evidence, preservation, packing, transportation, and documentation of physical evidence left a crime scene”, (US Legal, 2017). All of those are important because they help determine if the cause of death was natural, accidental, suicide, or homicide and leads to clues as of who the suspect…

discuss the five key steps for first responder preservation of evidence. Law enforcement personnel understand the concept of the preservation of evidence, not only is it critical in the prosecution of a criminal case, but the position of evidence plays a factor in the forensics investigation with the cause of death or injury. Unfortunately, other emergency services personnel are not in tune with the importance of preserving evidence because it is not a primary job focus like law enforcement and…

In cataloging the forensic evidence found in the Camaren”s case, I will trace the steps that investigators followed and attempt to discover any faults that done and what I believe would be the correct way to process this scene by the criminal justice systems procedure. On February 7, 1985 Special Agent Enrique Camarena and Captain Alfredo Zavala from the DEA, were abducted. Special Agent Enrique Camarena was reported by a witness to have been forced into a light colored small car in front of the…

received high traffic. From a total of 40 different prints found in the numerous location, in the identification process and a result of 16 prints compared in detail between all of them, following the different patters loop, whorl and arch (Crime Scene Forensics, LLC, 2012.) In the identification process there was only one magnifying glass used in the study of the prints. The first step was to use the identification of the different patterns, after the identification and classification of the…