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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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

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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."