Forensics - small case study - Blood spatter evidence write Q and A of sample interview

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this link is the textbook to refer to pages 218-233 to review any information on blood spatter evidence

you will be writing a Q & A of an imaginary interview of the forensic scientist who studied the blood evidence in the case of Graham Backhouse 1985

Be sure to write in complete sentences with proper spelling, capitalization and grammar. Your work should be thorough and address all tasks of the assignment. WOrk should be submitted in Microsoft Word doc.

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Unit 6 Lesson 3: Apply Unit 6 Lesson 3: Apply For full points, address the key concepts, make specific comments on the example in the case study, and add your own insightful comments. Your response also needs to include factual support from the assigned reading. SCENE SIMET US HE COCATION DE LOS EARTNODALES Read the case below. Should DNA evidence alone be sufficient to convict when there is no corroborative evidence? State your opinion and provide support for it. Submit as a word document or PDF. EVIDENCE GATHERING ELEORDEN FORENSICS DIGITAL lan Simms (1988) METEOHULOST ISUALIZATIONSMS HYSICS TECHNOLOGY EILMITTER UFELLINESE BY CONTOLEY SLOT ENGINEEREG Helen McCourt was last seen alive as she boarded a bus on her way home from work in Liverpool, England. Evidence found in the apartment of lan DEDIFICATESSED Simms, a local pub owner, linked him to McCourt's disappearance. His STRUCTURES DE apartment was covered with blood, and part of McCourt's earring was found there. The rest of her earring was found in the trunk of his car. Bloody clothing belonging to McCourt was found on the banks of a nearby river. Her body was never recovered. Dr. Alec Jeffreys analyzed the blood found in Simms's apartment and matched it to blood from her parents. Dr. Jeffreys determined that there was a high probability that the blood found in Simms's apartment matched that of Helen McCourt. Simms was found guilty of murder, and sentenced to life imprisonment. This was the first time DNA evidence was used to convict a murderer in a case where the victim's body was not found. In this Case Study, imagine you can interview the forensic scientist who studied the blood evidence. Write the questions and answers from the interview. Be sure your questions demonstrate what you have learned about blood and blood-spatter evidence. Submit as a word document or PDF. Graham Backhouse (1985) Graham Backhouse was accused of killing his neighbor and attempting to kill his wife to collect his wife's life insurance. Backhouse's wife had been injured in an explosion of a homemade car bomb. Backhouse claimed his neighbor had a grudge against him, and the bomb was really intended for him. When police arrived at the Backhouse home, the neighbor, Colyn Bedale-Taylor, was found dead from shotgun wounds. Backhouse had sustained wounds to his chest and face. He claimed self-defense. The blood-spatter evidence contradicted Backhouse's statement. The blood spots on the kitchen floor were those made by dripping blood, circular in appearance and not what would have been produced by a violent encounter as Backhouse related. His wounds appeared to be self- inflicted. Chairs and furniture had been overturned on top of the blood spots indicating a staged crime scene. Backhouse was convicted of the murder of his neighbor and the attempted murder of his wife.
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Here is the Q & A as requested.

Running head: BLOOD SPUTTER

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Blood Sputter Questionnaire

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BLOOD SPUTTER

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Blood Sputter Questionnaire

Q: How critical is the blood-sputter pattern in solving cases?
A: A blood-spatter pattern reconstructs the events that took place at a crime scene. Such a pattern
would help to indicate how things turned out and when the owner of the blood is determined, it
can also prove who was doing what at the scene.

Q: Does the type of blood-spatter indicate the kind of injury sustained?
A: Yes it does. For example, a gunshot wound would produce a different blood-spatter from a
stabbing using a knife. The blood-sputter patte...


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