“Artimus Scott, are you in there?,” said, Mr.T who was the lead artist for their documentary company. As she woke up, she said “be out in twenty,” knowing most likely he had an assignment for her to complete since she had all of the weird and mysterious places to document. When they met up, she got her newest and weirdest assignment to date, known as the Eclipse Asylum. It was known to be abandoned and have a mysterious presence there, although she’s already heard things like that and seen no…
I am interested in the position of Forensic Lab Intern at Pierre’s DCI Forensic Lab. I am a senior student at the University of South Dakota pursuing a degree in Biology and Criminal Justice with the goal of becoming a forensic scientist. The classes that I take are to build my knowledge on lab procedure, biology, and the criminal justice field. Some of the classes I am currently enrolled in are Analytical Chemistry, Human Anatomy, and Human and Animal Osteology. These classes were selected…
Neil Flambe, a world class chef and also a sleuth, finds himself serving a meal to Lord Lane, a royal from England. Lord Lane gives him jars of honey to make his meal from. Neil finds a note in the jar of honey. Desperate to get away from crime solving, Neil is reluctant to solve another mystery. The Queen of England thinks otherwise and gives him a royal warrant to go to England and solve this mystery. Upon arriving in England, Larry (Neil’s cousin) and Neil approach a woman named “Rose”,…
Bloodstain Pattern Analysis “What processes must be undertaken to analyse bloodstain patterns at a crime scene for the purpose of presenting this evidence at a criminal trial under South Australian law?” Blood. Sticky, hot, messy, awful blood. For most of us, the sight of it turns the stomach, but in the court of law, blood can tell a lot more about a crime scene than you might think. Forensic bloodstain pattern analysis (BPA) is the interpretation of bloodstains for the purpose of…
Forensic science is a widely explored topic, featured in television shows and books, however there are many unseen faults to this “science.” Can it be considered a science despite its faults? That is a question often asked by experts, and maybe that’s a question that should be asked in our everyday lives. People are often wrongfully convicted due to the lack of precision within forensic science, it changes people’s lives by allowing the guilty to go free and the innocent to rot away in jail for…
In order to determine the sequence of events that occurred at a crime scene it is important to be able to determine and identify certain bodily fluids versus non-human substances. Based on the location of the biological evidence and its DNA can provide crucial information about the crime scene, its victim, and the suspect(s). These tests divided between presumptive and confirmatory testing. Blood evidence is the most common type bodily fluid found at a crime scene. Presumptive testing at the…
well-known duo’s was created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.Throughout his book, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Sherlock Holmes and John Watson can be seen as two complete opposites. Their differences are revealed through the roles they play in the book, how they think, and how they change from the beginning to the end of the novel. Even through their hardships and disagreements, Watson and Holmes use their differences to make up the amazing team that we all know and love. These contrasts are what…
Wrong Decision Sherlock Holmes is one of the best detectives you will ever hear. However Sherlock had a hard decision to pick to have two people to go to jail for committing a crime and stay in jail for life or save their souls and let them go. But in my opinion, Sherlock Holmes possibly made the wrong decision. In the first place, Holmes broke the law for letting them go. Because the victims might leave the state or possibly the country to commit another crime. Also they had it all planned…
forever? Well Sherlock Holmes had to make a big decision that people could get mad at him for it, then they could decide if they want to out homes in jail or send him away, or make him never come back no matter what happens. But what made him decide to let they people go cause it was the season of forgiveness and they probably had to go to their family’s at home. Homes had to put two crimes together to find out who did it and why did they do it. In my opinion I think that Sherlock Holmes did the…
Sherlock Holmes once said, “when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.” This is just one of the truths Arthur Conan Doyle had illustrated in his books. Sherlock Holmes Stories influenced crime investigations drastically. He helped show crime investigators a better way to solve crimes. In consideration of Sherlock Holmes Stories, forensic science has changed as well as helping a tremendous amount in crime investigations to this day. In…