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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She smiles a hello and writes this down. She asks, "Any visible signs of trauma?"

"A little battered and bloody but the autopsy's were you'll find all the damage. That includes broken ribs, internal bleeding, contusions, and some broken fingers," she listed. "The ultimate cause of death was head trauma."

"This is such a strange question to ask," she says. "Um. Will the condition of your skull help find the murder weapon? Will it look like the work of a blunt object?"

"To ask and expect an answer to?" Isabel laughed. "Unfortunately no. At least not on my head."

"But other parts of you?" she continues.

"If you inspected by back, you'd find this lovely footprint," she said, handing over a copy.

Hermione takes it and frowns at the footprint. "That seems uncalled for. Would we be able to tell if there was more than one attacker?"

"Um...I don't know? But if it helps you identify one perp, then you can always good cop, bad cop him into turning on his buddies."

"Are there any, um, hair samples or anything on your person?" she asks, and lowers her voice. "I've only seen these television shows once or twice."

"God we have to get you away from your books more often," Isabel grinned. "There's nothing like that. The class is about prints, so I think you really just need to focus on that."

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