Forensic Science - March 28th 5th period

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The classroom was dark when the students entered and Abby was standing by the rack of laptops she had handed out last week.

"We're going to be using these today to solve our crime." Abby said, loading a program on one and explaining how to do handwriting analysis. "Also, you're going to be looking for matching injuries in crime databases. When you're not sure what happened at a scene or you want to check and see if this fits the profile of different crimes, you can enter the information and look for a match."

"Today's crime scene is very cool. It's our first hanging!" Pulling the door open to the crime scene, Abby grinned excitedly and ushered the students into the room where Bel lay on the ground. "Police found our dead guy this morning swinging from the rafters. They cut him down but they aren't sure if he's a suicide or the victim of a homicide. It's up to you guys to decide what happened."

[ooc: OCD up!]

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Ami Mizuno

Lecture/Talk to the teacher

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Listen, take notes, sleep

Time of death:
Cause of death:
Other injuries:
Was there a note?:
Pictures of injuries:

[ooc: Handout = stuff you find out in the crime scene thread]

Re: Lecture/Talk to the teacher

[slr-mercury.livejournal.com]

Ami took detailed notes.

Crime Scene

[cheerfulgoth.livejournal.com]

For checking out the scene, looking for fingerprints, chatting

Re: Crime Scene

[slr-mercury.livejournal.com]

hmm... Ami looked around, a bit preoccupied with her own thoughts.

Re: Crime Scene

[imac-kenzie.livejournal.com]

Mac checked out the room for a minute, before honing in on a stack of papers on the table and starting to flick through them.

Re: Crime Scene

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

Billy was gonna want a sample of Bel's handwriting he thought.

Re: Crime Scene

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

Lana carefully checked out the scene, dusting for fingerprints and taking notes and pictures of anything that seemed pertinent.

Re: Crime Scene

[swerval_zero]

Zero dusted for prints and took about a half-frillion crime scene photos.

Re: Crime Scene

[the_merriest]

There was fingerprint dusting. And photography. And much bagging up random items and looking for cluuuuuuues.

I see dead people!

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Bel is lying on his back, a rope still around his neck.

[Bel is not really dead, so normal playing rules apply. Please don't do anything to the character without checking with the mun first.]

Re: I see dead people!

[demonbelthazor]

Bel was trying to prove he was a good and helpful student. You know, to make up for the whole Source thing. And, well, he had experience with being dead.

And so:

*is dead omg*

Lab

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For computer playing, photo checking, other...stuffing.

Re: Crime Scene

[imac-kenzie.livejournal.com]

This is the part Mac likes. Any class where she gets to play with a laptop, is all good with her. So she set about scanning a note she'd found at the crime scene in to the program.

Re: Lab

[slr-mercury.livejournal.com]

Ami scanned the note in and started doing a handwriting comparison. While that ran she checked the database for similar injuries.

Re: Lab

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

Lana began examining all the evidence she had collected, taking special care with the handwriting comparison from the note.

Re: Lab

[the_merriest]

Rikku checked the profiles for other similar cases. And looked at all the fingerprints and photographs for anything that didn't fit or make sense.

Re: Lab

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

Billy began looking for a match on the handwriting.

Re: Lab

[swerval_zero]

Zero checked Bel's handwriting sample against the note, as well as checking fingerprints and other evidence.

CHUNG CHUNG

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What do you think happened?

[ooc: There is no right or wrong answer! Mod the bad guys! Solve the crime!]

Re: CHUNG CHUNG

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

Lana presented her evidence linking Bel's murder to an ex-girlfriend and her protective older brother. She'd matched fingerprints at the scene to both of them and had matched the ex's handwriting with that found on the note.

Re: CHUNG CHUNG

[the_merriest]

Rikku bounced a bit triumphantly. "Okay, so! The scratches could have been the rope? But they totally weren't. They were fingernails, and not his either. Oh! And the note wasn't even his handwriting, and who says 'Goodbye Cruel World' anyway? Nobody! And that bump on his head didn't get there by itself and so it looks like he was in a fight of some kind." She showed off her bits of so handwavey evidence.

"So: no way was this a suicide. Somebody wanted to make it look like one. We took handwriting samples from his friends and Bob," she pulled out a photograph, "has no alibi, has similar handwriting, and I say we totally check to see if he's got skin under his fingernails, 'cause that's always a fun test. His fingerprints are there, but they'd be there anyway since he's a friend, but he's got a black eye like he's been in a fight. So he totally did it."

Re: CHUNG CHUNG

[swerval_zero]

"So, it seems that our Bel was involved with the mob--excuse me, Italian fraternal organizations. He welshed onna deal an' they took him out. The handwriting on his 'suicide note' matches known hitman Girly Johnny Simone, an' his financial records show some very interesting transactions in the last three months."

OOC

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Major thanks to Bel for being our dead guy this week! Yay you!

Also, this is posted insanely early because I'm sick liek whoa and fading fast.

*sniffles and goes back to bed*

Re: OOC

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

*hugs and sends virtual chicken soup and tea*