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Crime Scene Sketches Lab Report...

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Shantel Dixon

FSC 140L H002 Feb. 14, 2019 Maggie Staples

Crime Scene Sketches #2

Lil’Amber Fields Natalie Kilgone Brittney Blackwell

Introduction

The purpose of crime scene sketches are to document what is seen at a crime scene. The evidence had to be examined, recorded and possible physical evidence had to be collected. The purpose of making sure this is all properly documented is so that the evidence can be used legally in court. After all, “if it is not written down, then it did not happen.” A walk through was done and in the courtroom where the crime occurred there were three pieces of evidence found. There was a hand gun diagonal to the left corner of the desk podium. To the right of the gun was a purse. Below the purse and gun there was a shirt. Evidence was marked as 1,2 or 3 and a tape measure had been used to measure each item from the door post to the desk. The measurements were recorded on a legend.

Materials and Equipment 1. 30 foot tape measure 2. 100 foot tape measure 3. Directional Compass 4. Evidence Markers (numbered paper) 5. Paper for rough sketch

Procedures 1. A 30 foot and 100 foot tape measure was obtained. 2. A directional compass was used to locate the north side of the room relative to the Crime scene. (Record on the sketch) 3. Rough sketch of the dimensions of the wall were drawn and then measured with the 30 foot tape measure. 4. The evidence was drawn on sketch relative to the walls and desk podium.. 5. The door on the east side of the crime scene and the corner of the desk podium were used as the fixed points. 6. 30 foot tape measure was used to measure the muzzle of the gun to R1 (the left side of door post). Then from R3 (the desk corner) to muzzle. The ‘butt’ of the gun was measured to R1 and then R3. The purse was measured from R2(right side of the door post) and then the corner of the desk. The shirt was measure from R1 and then R2. 7. This was all recorded on the rough sketch with lines connecting each fixed point to each piece of evidence. 8. The measurements are recorded on the legend.

Rough Sketch and Clean Sketch

Conclusion The purpose of this lab was to be able to examine a crime scene and transfer what was observed onto a sketch. Previous knowledge of using a measuring tape and know how to read a measuring tape really played a huge role in this sketch. Doing this lab helps with understanding how precise evidence has to be in order for it to be able to be used as evidence in court. This lab also helped in learning how crime scene investigators do their jobs. They carefully record everything deemed as evidence on paper through a rough sketch and take measurements of how close a piece of evidence is to its relative point. They create legends so that anyone who is given this case should be able to go back to that specific place and recreate that whole crime scene just by what a piece of paper said....