Introduction to Forensic Science: Coursework Assignment. Joe Soap was apparently found dead in his living room by two acquaintances, Bernard White and Arnold Brown. He had been stabbed twice in the chest with a kitchen knife,
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“Who killed Joe Soap?”-
Introduction to Forensic Science: Coursework Assignment
The Scenario:
Joe Soap was apparently found dead in his living room by two acquaintances, Bernard White and Arnold Brown. He had been stabbed twice in the chest with a kitchen knife, and there were signs of violent struggle at the scene. SOCO recovered various items and material from the scene.
In the laboratory session these items and materials were analysed by specific methods. The laboratory session comprised of four separate but linked activities involving the items and materials collected by SOCO. Each session contributed in aiding me find the Joe Soap killer. The first activity involve the lifting and comparison of fingerprints. During this activity we were shown the steps taken in finding fingerprints and then lifting them, as fingerprints are one of the most useful types of forensic evidence (because they are unique to an individual and are often left inadvertently at the crime scene by the perpetrator). In terms of the case of Joe Soap a partial fingerprint was found and lifted from the handle of kitchen knife. This partial fingerprint was identified as being from Arnold Brown. The way this print was found to belong to Arnold was by finding as many comparison points as possible on the control and the found partial print. In this case there were the central pocket loop whorl with two deltas. The difference between the control print from Arnold and that of
