Instructions
The most serious crime you will be called to investigate will be that involving the intentional death of a victim—a homicide. The investigation must be scientifically sound, thorough, and methodical.
Using the materials from this session, describe your approach to the investigation of death.
Discuss how the death scene should be documented.
Discuss the three types of evidence you might encounter (e.g., latent prints, biological fluids, etc.), and how that evidence should be preserved and collected.
Discuss how you might develop an estimate into how long ago the victim may have died.
Discuss how the cause and manner of death are determined.
*** Here is a link to reading we have read in class and you could possibly reference, http://www.crime-scene-investigator.net/deathinvestigationNIJ.pdf, https://mycourses.ccu.edu/content/enforced/43841-CRJ-480A-35001-SP25/csfiles/home_dir/courses/CRJ-480A-ON/Linked%20Docs%20%20Images/Crime-Scene-Investigation%20PDF.pdf?ou=43841, https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/228091.pdf*****