Basics
This is done to prevent external individuals from entering the crime scene
Taped off
What does DNA stand for?
Deoxyribonucleic Acid
Young girl found brutalized in her basement
JonBenet Ramsey
List 4 of the 12 criteria for handwriting
Line quality, Spacing, Size & proportion, Penlifts, Connecting strokes, Starting point, Unusual letter formation, Pressure, Slant, Basline, Fancy cursive, Diacritics
Direct and Circumstantial
First step in investigating a crime scene is to
Particles that remain after a firearm is discharged
Gunshot residue
Northern California astrological killer
The Zodiac Killer
What are the 4 major blood types?
A+/-, B+/-, AB+/-, O+/-
Evidence that refers evidence that is found at a crime scene but in small and measurable amounts
Trace Evidence
This is worn to prevent crime scene contamination
Personal Protective Equipment - PPE (includes gloves, hair nets, feet covers etc.)
Droplets of blood
Blood spatter
13 murders, 50 rapes and 150 burgularies across California
The Golden State Killer
The more you take, the more you leave behind
Footprints
Movement or transfer of material between two objects
Cross contamination
Evidence that one was elsewhere when a criminal act is alleged to have taken place.
Alibi
Whorls, arches and loops are all types of
Fingerprints
He killed 30 women from 1974 to 1979
Ted Bundy
Parts of a blood spatter drop
Parent drop, Spines, Satellites
FBI's database that stores DNA
Combined DNA Index System - CODIS
Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have a right to an attorney. If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed for you.
Miranda Rights
T/F. Urine itself contains DNA
False
Killed prostitues in the 1880's
Jack the Ripper
Most reliable identifieers for corpses
Teeth
Mothers pass this to their sons and daughters, while fathers can only pass this on their sons
X and Y chromosomes