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NAME: ________________
CASE ASSIGNMENT – Homicide
Write a forensic report to include the following sections:
I.
Synopsis – this is an overall narrative of the facts of the case. It should answer the who,
what, when, why, and how of the investigation.
II.
Suspect(s) Identified – This should have all the identifying information for the suspect.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
Name:
DOB:
Address:
Height (approx.):
Weight (approx.):
Address:
III.
Witnesses Identified – This should include the same information for each witness that
processed the forensic evidence.
a. Include one or two sentences that identifies what they can testify to.
IV.
Case narrative – This is the meat of the case report. It describes your methodology and
what you found for evidence. Be thorough, but remember it needs to be technical yet
understandable to someone non-technical.
V.
The final item is the evidence list. This should include all items you processed. Each item
should be identified by:
a.
b.
c.
d.
Make:
Model:
Serial Number of the device (this includes individual hard drive located in a PC):
Removable media
i. These should have been labeled when they were seized.
CIS 607 – Case Study #2 – Additional Information
This case study demonstrates the process for investigating a possible homicide and the use of warrants
to obtain evidence. You need to download the Worksheet at the end of the case and complete it in
based on the information from the case study and supplemented below. Remember to put your name
on it.
http://idcontent.bellevue.edu/content/CIT/cis/607/MurderInvestigation/
Thomas Browne is a primary suspect in a murder investigation. Two days ago, Nancy Thomas
was found dead in her home. An autopsy revealed high levels of rat poison in her system. As her
boyfriend, Thomas is the police's prime suspect. You need to look through the digital evidence
and start the forensics report.
Include your name as the investigator.
I your sear h of the suspe t’s ho e, you fou d his dri er’s li e se pi tured elo .
Nancy has two neighbors: (1) Jane and Bob Alexander and (2) Jack Smith. She works as an
assistant manager in a bed & bath store where her boss is Sara Johnson.
Thomas’ boss is Michael Adams and the director of IT where he works is Jim Nelson.
In listing the evidence, you may use the information from your own, home Windows PC for the
laptop fou d at Tho as Bro e’s ho e. To do this, o plete the following:
o In the text box in the Run window, type msinfo32 and click OK. This will open the
System Information program. It shows all information about your computer.
o Fill in all of the details on the worksheet using your home PC information supplemented
by the information below if you need to fill in any gaps.
Alternately or if you do ’t ha e a ho e Wi do s PC, you a the follo i g specifications of the
suspe t’s laptop computer:
o Dell Latitude E6510 - 2nd Generation Intel Core i7 M640 @ 2.80GHz, 4GB DDR3, 500GB
HDD, DVDRW, Windows 7 Professional 32-bit
o The BIOS Make is Dell Inc, A05, Date is 8/10/2010, and Serial Number is F127845
o There is a PCI Video card, internal sound card, internal 100Mb network interface, a
modem interface, and three internal USB ports.
The two work desktops are identical and have the following specifications:
o Dell OptiPlex 760 – Intel® Core 2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00GHz, 2GB DDR3, 500GB HDD,
DVDRW, Windows 7 Professional 32-bit
o The BIOS Make is Dell Inc, A03, Date is 4/29/2009, and Serial Number is GU284153 &
GU324519
o The USB thumb drive in the case is a SanDisk 8Gb drive.
o There is a PCI Video card, internal sound card, internal 100Mb network interface, a
modem interface, and three internal USB ports.