CSI Case 5 Fatal Interactions 2020 PDF

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CSI Web Case Fatal Interactions Name:___Madeline Sutherland_________________________P:_____ 1. Go to the CSI Website at http://forensics.rice.edu. 2. Click on Case 5: Fatal Interactions

*USE THE WALKTHROUGHS IF YOU GET STUCK!!! **Do NOT just click through the information. There are directions and clues in the information!!! __________________________________________________________________________________ 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

The victim is ___Dr. Justine Phillips___________________________________. The victim was found by _____Anna Steward________________________________. Initial crime investigation says the cause of death is _____Suicide________________. How long has the victim been an employee at the clinic? ___Less then a year _____________________. Take pictures of the crime scene and find the evidence on the computer. o Use the pictures in the lab computer. 6. Based on their width and shape, what type of blood stains found on the wall? _____Passive stains ________________ 7. The direction of the spatter on the wall is ____________More then 4 mm_____________________ 8. How far away from the wall was the victim’s head when it was hit by the bullet? _____5’3_____ 9. Collect swabs of the blood from the crime scene to test the DNA o What machine separates the DNA in the fluid from the broken cell material? _______centrifuge__________ o What is the supernatant? _______the fluid above the pellet__________________________ o The ____eluting buffer_____________________ removes the DNA from the filter. o DNA markers, also called _______str______________________________, are regions on the DNA that are unique in every person. o CODIS stands for _______Combined dna index system _________________________________________________________ 10. Analyze the computer. 11. How many prescriptions for Voltaren was prescribed by the pain management center in 2006? ______4000______ 12. How many prescriptions for OxyContin were prescribed by the center in 2011? _10000___________ 13. Medications most commonly abused are used to treat: o Opioids ______used to treat pain __________ o CNS Depressants ____used to treat anxiety and sleep disorders_________ o Stimulants ____used for ADHD____________ 14. IAFIS stands for ______integrated automated fingerprint identification system _______________________________________________________________ 15. Time for the autopsy. Go to the Morgue. 16. _______rigor_______________________ is still increasing, which means she died less than _____ hours ago. 17. The time of death is estimated to be between _____6________ and ___11________. 18. What is powder tattooing? _______________an appearance on the skin caused by a gun being fired at close range _____________________________________________________

19. Analyze your evidence at the various locations in the lab. 20. What caliber is the bullet extracted from the victim? _____9mm_____ 21. What kind of rifling patterns are on the bullet extracted from the victim? ___conventional_________________ 22. How many riflings are on the bullet extracted from the victim? ___6_________ 23. Is there a match for under the fingernails? ____yes_____ Who does it match? _____anna steward______ 24. Test the gun in the water tank. 25. What caliber is the bullet extracted from the gun found at the crime scene?____9mm_______ 26. What kind of rifling patterns are on the bullet from the gun found at the crime scene? _________9_________ 27. How many riflings are on the gun found at the crime scene? ____6______ 28. Speak with Mr. McCoy. Collect the evidence (gun, pills and dna). 29. Test the DNA evidence at the lab. 30. What prescriptions were found at Mr. McCoy’s house? 1.______soma_______________________ 2._______________voltaren______________ 3._____oxycontin________________________ 4._____xanax________________________ 5._______vicodin______________________ 31. What pharmacy were all of the prescriptions from? __________edgars __________________________ 32. Collect DNA samples from persons of interest to match. 33. Test McCoy’s DNA evidence at the lab. 34. Test Mr. McCoy’s gun and compare. 35. What caliber is Mr. McCoy’s gun? _____9mm_____________ 36. What kind of rifling patterns are on the bullet from Mr. McCoy’s gun? _______conventional_________________________ 37. How many riflings are on the bullet from Mr. McCoy’s gun? ____6_________ 38. The tiny microscopic scratches on the surface of the bullet is called _____striations_________________________ 39. Go back to the pain clinic to visit with Dr. Fowler. 40. Go into victims office and collect evidence in file folder. 41. What is unusual about the information in the folder? ______the drugs were paid for by cash_____________________ 42. Go back and talk to Dr. Fowler. 43. Go look at access log in lab. 44. What is the name of the person that accessed the pain clinic around the time when the victim died? Anna Steward 45. Look at the toxicology report on Melissa McCoy in the lab. 46. Melissa was positive for what drugs in her system? (hint, there are 3) o 1. xanax o 2. oxy

o 3. soma 47. On Melissa McCoy’s autopsy report, what is the immediate cause of death? ____trauma to the chest during automobile accident ______________________________________________________________________________ 48. Drug interactions can occur if a person takes ____multiple___________________ drugs at the same time that shouldn’t be combined. 49. What are analgesics? ____medication that relieves pain without putting you to sleep or making you lose consciousness______________________ 50. What is GABA? A brain chemical that decreases activity in the nervous system 51. What two neurotransmitters are released with stimulants? 1. ____________dopamine_____________________________ 2. _______________serotonin__________________________ 52. What does OTC stand for? ____________over the counter__________________________________ 53. Go to Anna Steward’s house to interview her and collect DNA. 54. Look at the clinics bank account on the lab computer. 55. What is the amount transaction that is suspect in this case? $__5000__________ 56. Go back to talk to Edgar White to interview him and collect evidence. 57. What did the DNA evidence determine? ______edgar white was the person scratched __________________________________________ 58. What caliber is the gun from Mr. White? ___9mm________ 59. What type of rifling impressions does the bullet from Mr. White’s gun have? _____conventional________________ 60. How many riflings does the bullet have from Mr. White’s gun? ___6___ 61. Match the clues to solve the case. o Who killed the victim? ______edgar white_________________________________________________ o Who else is being investigated for their involvement in the victim’s death? ___________dr. brody fowler__________________________________...