Blood Stain Analysis Midterm
Bloodstain Pattern Analysis Midterm
Kirstin L. Daniels, SSgt, USAF
American Military University
Professor Nichole Cain
ABSTRACT:
This is the midterm scenario in which we were told to describe what we think happened here. Due to the lack of information associated with the crime scene and information on the length, width and depth of the bloodstains it was very difficult to analyze. I think I may have figured out what happened. The victim Ms. Williamson was attacked in her kitchen, but the murder took place about ten to fifteen feet from the front door parallel to the table where the body was found. The perpetrator was attempted to clean up the crime scene, though unsuccessfully.
Blood Stain Pattern Analysis Midterm When you first look at the crime scene, it looks as though the victim may have been doing dishes. This explains the broken dishes found on the kitchen floor. Since there is no noted damage to the front door, it is likely that the perpetrator knew the victim, and he/she knocked at the door. The keys thrown to the side is very odd and makes me think that the victim was frightened and tried to keep the perpetrator out of her house, when he/she was able to finally push his/her way in the victim ran to the kitchen. This is where the first of the injuries occur. The dishes were likely used to fend off the attacker, and when that did not work, the victim pulled a knife from her knife block. She in an attempt to protect herself, attempted to use the knife on the perpetrator. He over powered her, and took the knife from her. It is possible that blood B is a drip trail from the perpetrator, which he got from the struggle for the knife. A Drip trail is a pattern of spatter that is deposited on a surface from one point to another. A drip trail is a bloodstain pattern that is typically consistent in both size and shape (Bevel & Gardner, 2008). A drip trail bloodstain pattern can range in size from 3 to 25
Kirstin L. Daniels, SSgt, USAF
American Military University
Professor Nichole Cain
ABSTRACT:
This is the midterm scenario in which we were told to describe what we think happened here. Due to the lack of information associated with the crime scene and information on the length, width and depth of the bloodstains it was very difficult to analyze. I think I may have figured out what happened. The victim Ms. Williamson was attacked in her kitchen, but the murder took place about ten to fifteen feet from the front door parallel to the table where the body was found. The perpetrator was attempted to clean up the crime scene, though unsuccessfully.
Blood Stain Pattern Analysis Midterm When you first look at the crime scene, it looks as though the victim may have been doing dishes. This explains the broken dishes found on the kitchen floor. Since there is no noted damage to the front door, it is likely that the perpetrator knew the victim, and he/she knocked at the door. The keys thrown to the side is very odd and makes me think that the victim was frightened and tried to keep the perpetrator out of her house, when he/she was able to finally push his/her way in the victim ran to the kitchen. This is where the first of the injuries occur. The dishes were likely used to fend off the attacker, and when that did not work, the victim pulled a knife from her knife block. She in an attempt to protect herself, attempted to use the knife on the perpetrator. He over powered her, and took the knife from her. It is possible that blood B is a drip trail from the perpetrator, which he got from the struggle for the knife. A Drip trail is a pattern of spatter that is deposited on a surface from one point to another. A drip trail is a bloodstain pattern that is typically consistent in both size and shape (Bevel & Gardner, 2008). A drip trail bloodstain pattern can range in size from 3 to 25