Crime Scene Basics
What is primary
Oral or written statements given to police as well as testimony in court by people who witnessed an event.
What is testimonial evidence?
Copy cat killer who tried to imitate a more successful killer of the same name who terrorized San Fransisco in the late 1960s/early 1970s
Who is the Zodiac?
Blue
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Statement of where a suspect was that the time of a crime
What is an alibi
Indirect evidence that tends to establish a conclusion by inference (not a direct link)
What is circumstantial evidence?
When Orion and the Seven Sisters were not visible in the sky. They not visible on the nights of the attacks.
When would Zodiac strike?
June 11th
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Scientists who analyze, compare, identify and interpret physical evidence to provide clues about a crime; often specialize in specific types of evidence
What are criminalists?
Any material items that would be present at the crime scene, on the victims, or found in a suspect’s possession. It includes all materials that can be tested, examined, and used for comparison.
What is physical evidence?
Based on astrological signs
Ended up being purely based on luck
Why the Zodiac killed
Swimming, archery, fencing
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Interview
Examine
Document
Process
What are CSI protocols?
Chemical
Microscopic
Biological
Toxicology
Other types of evidence
DNA evidence from saliva on envelope
Handwriting comparisons
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Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
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May be present to determine a preliminary cause of death and/or time of death
What is a pathologist or medical examiner?
A computer generated or sketched profile of a suspect
What is a facial composite?
Chemical which reacts with proteins and amino acids in skin oils to reveal fingerprints
What is Ninhydrin?
Museum of Science
Discovery Museum
EcoTarium
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