Crime Scene Investigation Project
Terrance Bond: Death by...
This Crime Scene Investigation project handled a make-believe crime scene using real-world techniques. We learned blood typing, forensic entomology, casting, analyzing toxicology reports, fuming superglue fingerprints, and DNA analysis skills.
There were three crime scene options you could be assigned to. Mine was a suspected hit-and-run. Each crime scene started by analyzing the crime scene and collecting evidence. From there, we broke up into crime scenes, and then pairs, to chose which evidence to analyze next. The thing that made this project unique was the fact that everyday you could chose your own adventure- there was no day where we sat down and took notes on what Colleen taught us. We were always up and about, configuring different crime possibilities, and we constantly used critical thinking to ensure we used the evidence properly to solve the crime.
As mentioned above, the crime scene I was assigned was a suspected hit-and-run. After discovering the identity of the victim via fingerprint, we found he was no other than Terrance Bond, a homeless man who had been convicted of multiple crimes in the past. At the crime scene, we found many liquor bottles surrounding Bond, a tarp over the body, shoe prints, and tire tracks. To determine time of death, we analyzed fly larvae and found Bond most likely died 1-2 days before the body was found. Next we made a cast of the tire track and discovered it was registered to a Mr. Peterson and his family. Blood was found on the mudflap of the rear tire of the car, but Peterson claimed it was his own. Through DNA testing, we discovered it was Terrance Bond's blood on Mr. Peterson's car. Don't jump to conclusions, because when the toxicology report came in, it concluded that Terrance Bond had consumed an excessive amount of alcohol, and died from aspiration via his own vomit.
Through the many crime scene techniques I explored through this project I learned a lot, and not all related to death. I learned about keeping an open mind, exploring all possibilities, and the value of patience. This project led me to refining my learning techniques, and taught me that even though this project was targeted towards crime scene investigation, it taught me so much more.
This Crime Scene Investigation project handled a make-believe crime scene using real-world techniques. We learned blood typing, forensic entomology, casting, analyzing toxicology reports, fuming superglue fingerprints, and DNA analysis skills.
There were three crime scene options you could be assigned to. Mine was a suspected hit-and-run. Each crime scene started by analyzing the crime scene and collecting evidence. From there, we broke up into crime scenes, and then pairs, to chose which evidence to analyze next. The thing that made this project unique was the fact that everyday you could chose your own adventure- there was no day where we sat down and took notes on what Colleen taught us. We were always up and about, configuring different crime possibilities, and we constantly used critical thinking to ensure we used the evidence properly to solve the crime.
As mentioned above, the crime scene I was assigned was a suspected hit-and-run. After discovering the identity of the victim via fingerprint, we found he was no other than Terrance Bond, a homeless man who had been convicted of multiple crimes in the past. At the crime scene, we found many liquor bottles surrounding Bond, a tarp over the body, shoe prints, and tire tracks. To determine time of death, we analyzed fly larvae and found Bond most likely died 1-2 days before the body was found. Next we made a cast of the tire track and discovered it was registered to a Mr. Peterson and his family. Blood was found on the mudflap of the rear tire of the car, but Peterson claimed it was his own. Through DNA testing, we discovered it was Terrance Bond's blood on Mr. Peterson's car. Don't jump to conclusions, because when the toxicology report came in, it concluded that Terrance Bond had consumed an excessive amount of alcohol, and died from aspiration via his own vomit.
Through the many crime scene techniques I explored through this project I learned a lot, and not all related to death. I learned about keeping an open mind, exploring all possibilities, and the value of patience. This project led me to refining my learning techniques, and taught me that even though this project was targeted towards crime scene investigation, it taught me so much more.