1. CHAPTER 2

3. INTRODUCTION

4. SECURING THE CRIME SCENE

5. PHOTOGRAPHY

6. Sketching the Crime Scene

7. Taking the Evidences

9. Before moving the body Take note!!

13. Suicide Method

14. Hanging Suicide

15. Hanging suicide using rope Various knot positions in suicide hanging attempt

16. Pesticide poisoning Drug overdosing Carbon monoxide poisoning not poison which can act slowly, over a long period of time. immediate effect, within minutes to avoid them from suffering. relatively painless death, no muss, no fuss, no blood to mess up the bedding Poisoning

18. People rarely shoot themselves in the eye or abdomen. It is also virtually impossible to shoot yourself in the back. Firearms include a wide range of handguns and rifles, revolver, shotguns, semiautomatic pistol. Distance of gun from the body: at contact or near contact range Angle of the shot: Most suicide shots are angled slightly upward. Firearm suicide Number of shots fired: After one shot, even if a suicide victim is not dead, he would likely be unconscious or physically unable to fire a second time Type of wound: A contact wound creates presumption of suicide rather than homicide.

19. victim left a suicide note, or was known to have personal problems, or if there was evidence of drug use or drinking, suicide is likely. A suicide victim will rarely shoot through clothing Firearm suicide Wound sites often depend on the type of weapon that is used: Evidence of a struggle: If there are scratches, cuts, bruises, homicide is likely. Presence of gunpowder residue and blood on victims’ hand

21. Cuts and Stabbed

22. DROWNING

23. MURDER VS SUICIDE DROWNING

25. Jumping From High

26. SUICIDE JUMPER

27. Ballistics Analysis Latent fingerprints and impressions Analyzing The Evidence Chemical (drug and unknown chemical) Questioned documents Primer Gunshot Residues (GSR) Analysis Serology and DNA

29. Ballistic Analysis

31. Primer Gunshot Residues (GSR) Analysis

32. Serology and DNA Conduct body fluid analysis, including DNA analysis for blood stains found on gun in firearm suicides for identification and comparison.

33. The presence of suicide note must be investigated to detect forgery Conduct handwriting comparisons Questioned documents An analyst will use a magnifying glass and sometimes even a microscope in the comparison process. An analyst is looking for a wide array of individual traits:

34. Letter form

36. Example of Kurt Cobain’s Death note Courtney’s handwriting