fandomhigh | Forensic Science - 3/14

Abby was pouring over a notebook at a lab table when the students entered. "John, Parker, Zero, Will, Billy, Lana and Hermione all have perfect attendance. Lucas already talked to me about his absence. Everyone else should come see me and have a reason for their absences or a bribe for your teacher."

"Now, today we're going to be working on identifying bodies where there's not much left to the bodies." Abby turned on the overhead to show a skeleton. "Due to method of murder, you're not always able to find fingerprints or identify by facial features. Sometimes you need to use other methods to identify the victim."

Abby gave a lecture on how to identify skeletons and teeth, showing pictures and x rays. Opening the door to the crime scene, Abby grinned at the students. "Let's get to the fun part."

A half collapsed garage stood on a grassy lawn, one wall torn apart and laying in pieces of shrapnel along the ground. "This is the final resting place of two people. Early this morning a pipe bomb went off and destroyed this building and killed the two people inside of it. There wasn't a lot left, so it's up to you guys to find a way to identify the remains and match them up with a file in missing persons. Also, here's a hint, make sure the injuries to the bodies match the injuries consistent with an explosion."

Abby glared at the garage. "There'll be pieces of a skeleton that you'll have to find. The other "dead" body," Abby used finger quotes here. "Is being a big pain and refusing to wear my really nifty skeleton t-shirt. So just pretend Miley is all burned and exploded."

[ooc: OCD up! Play!]

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Tell Abby what you think happened and who you identified at the crime scene. Also, she's here to talk about your absences.

[ooc: Please mod the ID's and what you think happened in the garage.]

After matching the teeth to the records of two of the people there and checking the bones of the 'missing' person, Lana felt fairly confident about her conclusions. "I believe Miley and Fred, as identified by their dental records," she pointed them out in her paperwork, "were murdered before the explosion. Both necks seem to have been broken before any of the other injuries occurred. The explosion was most likely then set to cover up the murder - make it look as if they had an accident as they were assembling a pipe bomb."

"Ooh, good one." Abby grinned. "A for the day, Lana."

Lana beamed. "I'm really loving this class."

She hesitated, biting her lip. "Do you... do you think this is something I might do well in if I pursued it in college?"

Abby blinked and thought for a moment. "You seem to do well dealing with the crime scenes and your lab work is always spot on. I think you have a real future in this."

"Of course, the dead bodies will be a bit more...dead in real life. Is that something you think you can handle?"

"Ms. Sidle took us to the body farm last year and I did okay - didn't get sick or anything," Lana said. "I think... maybe I could."

"That's good." Abby nodded. "If you want, I can see if I can swing a visit for you to the forensic department at NCIS. Sorta like a one day internship?"

"Really?" Lana said excitedly. "I'd love that!"

"Great." Abby smiled. "We'll have to decide when you want to do it ~~handwavy or not~~ and then get you approval to leave school."

Lana beamed again. "Wow, thanks! I can't believe you'd do that for me! Thank you!"

Rikku cleared her throat. "Okay, so Miley's teeth matched a couple of different people in the files, right? And her neck was broken. She didn't die in the explosion. Which means I think that ..." She scratched her head. "I think somebody was faking their own death. I think this one girl," she pulled out a file, "wanted people to think she was dead, 'cause she's wanted by the law and scary and evil, and the other person just matched up right. The other girl's just a runaway."

"The other dead person wasn't dead beforehand. I think they were just in the wrong place at the wrong time, and the bomb went off and they were all KABOOM!"

"I, uh, could be wrong. Maybe this is a dumb theory. I dunno." She shrugged. "And, uh, I think I missed class? Should I talk to you about that now?"

Forensic Science - 3/14 - 5th Period

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