fandomhigh | As seen on tv: Forensic Science, 1/9 5th Period

When the students came into the danger shop they entered into a lab that seemed straight from the heart of a police department or right off the set of a TV show. There were computers, microscopes, containers and tubes and just about every forensic doodad that you could imagine. Abby stood at the door and handed labcoats to everyone and pointed them to a row of stools around the edges of the room.

"Hey guys, I'm Professor Abby and I'll be teaching you the basics of forensics science this semester. Since I would be bored out of my brain teaching you things on paper, we're going to take a more hands on approach. I'm assuming that at least most of you have seen a TV show were they solved the case by using forensic science. They matched the fingerprints on the gun. They traced the carpet fibers. They figured out whodunit by using forensics."

"In this class you're going to be learning forensics by doing the same thing as the scientists on those shows. You're going to solve a crime." Abby pulled her lab coat tighter and motioned to a door on one side of the lab. "Follow me."

As the students stepped from the lab they walked into a dark deserted parking lot. A single flickering street lamp illuminated one corner of the lot where a blonde girl lay half against a wall amidst broken bottles, trash and puddles of water.

"This is Isabel. She's dead." Abby said, stopping about halfway across the lot. From this distance they could see that Isabel was unmarked, but it was hard to tell in the light if she was breathing or not. All in all, a pretty convincing display. "You're going to try and figure out how she died and who killed her using what you know and my nifty handout. You can work alone or in pairs or teams. Whatever you want. This week we're going to be focusing on prints that aren't fingerprints."

Passing out the handouts, Abby continued talking. "You're in high school. I'm not expecting you to know everything yet. So don't worry about knowing how to do everything on the handout. When in doubt...ask a question. I'll be around and there's always Isabel. You'd be surprised at how talkative a dead person can be."

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Lana had been listening to the others question the body so she had a pretty good idea of what was going on. "Hi, poor dead Isabel," she said. "Let me see if I have this right. Time of death is 2AM. Cause of death was head trauma. Other injuries include, broken ribs, contusions, internal bleeding, and some broken fingers. Wallet and cell phone stolen."

"Any bruises? Footprints? DNA not from you on the scene?"

"Oh you're good," Isabel grinned. "The other big clue that would be found by examining my body is this." She handed over the bootprint. "It's on my back."

Lana smiled. "I figure one part of being a good investigator is not reinventing the wheel." She took the bootprint. "And I figured you'd probably appreciate not having to do the whole run-down again. So, how'd you get talked into this anyway?"

"I'm just glad you're not bothered the way other people seem to be," she said. "I got shanghied yesterday and when she explained it today I thought it sounded like fun. I didn't think I'd freak people out that badly."

"Well, I'd be massively upset if I actually found you dead," Lana said. "But I took Forensic Science with Ms. Sidle last spring and after a trip to the body farm... well, this is just like a living picture, kind of."

"Body Farm? That just sounds gross," Isabel shuddered.

"It was," Lana admitted, "but it was also fascinating. We learned a lot about the chemistry of forensics in that class, so I think it will be really cool to get to learn and do more of the practical stuff here."

"I suppose. I'm not in this class so I won't be around for the rest of the semester," she said. "But now I know who to call if I need fingerprints lifted."

Lana laughed. "Well, I'm also fairly good at judging decomposition of bodies, but hopefully that won't come up!"

"God I hope not. Because that would be bad. And possibly involve zombies."

Lana shuddered. "I was hiding in my room during the zombie invasion. The ones at Caritas don't bother me, but... No, I don't want any zombies."

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