During Forensics week in Biomed, Glenn Garside, director of forensic investigations for cunningham bounds, LLC guided us through a week of investigations and review on forensics. We talked abt myths, pattern injuries, and looked for clues of the crash like seatbelt bruises, wheel marks, impressions, and damage to the vehicle. After the overview, we spent other days having conversations of what it is like to be in such field and some of the skills it takes. On thursday, we went through a mock scene where we had to find the missing pieces as a group.
here are some of our observations of the crash we investigated:
We think that this was a female driver, who, we know, hit a pedestrian. We also believe that the driver has a child, but this child was not in the vehicle at the time of the crash. We infer that after the accident, the driver saw the dead pedestrian and fled the scene. We believe the pedestrian was struck from behind as they were walking forward in the direction the car was moving. If they were crossing the street perpendicular to the car, the body would have been hit on the side. For the corpse to be laying backward and have a large dent in the car in that shape, we infer the car was moving in the same direction and the pedestrian probably did not see the car coming.We came across multiple receipts and connections to many businesses and fast food restaurants. We would like to check the time stamps and dates of the purchases and align them with our victim. For example: a little caesars Pizza receipt was found on the scene. The date and time of the pizza purchase would be taken back to the documentation of the specific location the pizza was bought. There, we can slim down our suspects.
we want to test:
Both the blood and fingerprint can be tested as DNA to match the driver or pedestrian.
Along with the blood, we would also test for DNA on the can and bottle of coke. There were also multiple masks laying in the car and on the blinker, so DNA or makeup could be tested from those. There were also a pair of size 11 boots found behind the vehicle at the scene. These could be tested to fit the pedestrian or the driver once located or a suspect.
After our interpretation we finished the week by presenting our ideas and findings to the class!
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