Basic procedures
Name 2 reasons to separate suspects for questioning
Bias and comparing stories
What type of evidence proves something exactly?
Direct evidence
Why are fingerprints highly trusted?
There is a 1 in 64 trillion chance that one print on a person is simular to another’s
Who was the killer clown?
John Wayne Gacy
smiley face murders
Unsolved
Who is in charge of dead/injured bodies
Medical examiner
What type of evidence re fingerprints in a classroom
Circumstantial
What phycological affect heavily impact victims identifying criminals?
Facial/racial blindness
Why are friends and families questioned first?
Murders are more likely to be commited by someone the victim knows
The hillbilly from hell
Solved
What is commonly used when a body is suspected to be hidden in a wooden area
Cadaver dogs
Name two pieces of evidence that cannot be used to convict
Blood type, race, paint, hair color, eye color
What group fights for the release of wrongfully convicted persons?
The innocence project
What are the most common cover ups for murder
Suicide and break ins
Doctor Death
Solved
First thing to do upon a scene discovery
Tape the scene off and record everyone that is there
Name two types of human related pieces of trace evidence.
Hair, finger prints, skin cells, dna
What is one of the most common reasons for wrongful conviction
Faulty/false witness testimony or identification
What are some common signs of being a future serial killer in children
Killing animals, lack of empathy, sociopathic tendencies, phycopathic tendencies, quick to violence
Milwaukee Cannibal
Solved
Also known as Jeffree Dahmer
What is the most important evidence procedure
Chain of custody
Name two non human pieces of evidence
Plants, dirt, paint, glass, fibers, pet hairs
What are some of the most common murder motives
Sexual, money, revenge
What are the most common methods of murder
Fire arms, cutting/piercing, suffocation
The manicure killer
Unsolved