Fingerprinting Scenario the Writer of This Work

Fingerprinting

Scenario

The writer of this work assumes the position of Crime Scene Investigator who is responding to a homicide scene at a convenience store/gas station at 3:00 A.M. Upon first arriving the officer who first responded at the scene relates information that there was an additiaonl employee present during the incident in addition to a mother and her 15-year-old son who are both witnesses to the crime. There is a deceased victim with a gunshot wound in the chest. The responsibility fo the Crime Scene Invesetigator includes latent print work and other related tasks.

Upon arrival to the sceneit is noted that the scene was secured prior to the arrival of the Crime Scene Investigator. In additional all crime scene integrity precautions and procedures are in place and the crime scene photographer has taken all necessary on-scene photographs for you. All sketches and measurements have already been taken. Other visible items include the following:

(1) Paper "Quick Pick" Lottery Ticket on counter with a blood-like impression on it;

(2) A blue steel .38 caliber revolver with reddish-brown spots and two hair-like fibers on it on the floor by the ice cream cooler;

(3) A ripped open cardboard carton on the floor in front of the counter;

(4) A crude map and directions to the store drawn/written in pencil on a piece of notebook paper on the floor;

(5) A typical cardboard six pack container of cold beer (bottles) on the floor near the beer cooler

(6) One spent bullet embedded in the wall behind the counter

(7) Spilled cigar box of $20 bills on the floor next to the deceased

(8) Fresh-looking cigarette butt only half smoked outside the store in a parking space near the entry to the store.

The quick pick lottery ticket would be fingerprinted and a sample of the blood analyzed. The fiber from the gun would be bagged for analysis and the gun would also be carefully preserved for analysis. The map and directions to the store would be preserved for analysis as evidence. The photographs were made of the beer on the floor. Since another employee is stated to have been present but is apparently not at the scene, the beer will be fingerprinted as well to establish evidence concerning the other employee's presence. The bullet will be collected and preserved for analysis and the cash on the floor preserved for fingerprint analysis. Finally the cigarette butt found ouside the store will be collected and preserved for analysis. Latent impressions would not be taken of the bullet because no fingerprints would be preserved on the bullet. However, a type of analysis for the bullet will involve verifying that the bullet does match the impressions that the gun at the scene would have made on the bullet at the time the gun discharged the bullet upon firing. The individuals at the scene would be asked to submit to fingerprinting for comparison of the latent print analysis. The items will be properly preserved according to standards of preserving evidence. The chain of evidence will be documented fully and the items taken to a crime evidence lab for analysis.