An Investigation Of The Crime Scene Units

While investigations were going on to determine how victims died, there was a discovery of fibers on the victims’ bodies. The goal of the investigator was to determine if any fibers in Wayne Williams home or person matched those fibers found on the victims. Williams denied killing

As the police and the investigators began their search, everything began to get intense. Detectives stated that they found strands of hair that matched Caylee’s hair in Casey’s Car. (Timeline of Casey Anthony Trial, ABC News Internet Ventures). When Casey was released from jail, she was sent right back it for first degree murder ; also she had been telling everyone false information. Everything she had stated was a lie. (Timeline of Casey Anthony Trial, ABC News Internet Ventures).

Teresa Halbach’s car, keys, and bonesbody were all found on Steven Avery's property. Her car was found in Steven’s auto salvage. Her car was found far back out, covered with branches and wood. Blood, Sweat, and fingerprints from Steven Avery were found in her car. The car keys were found inside of Stevens House. In addition bullets were found in Steven Avery’s garage. These bullets matched the rifle he had hanging above his bed. In addition, the most important piece of evidence found in this case was Teresa Halbach body. There had been a burn pit where Steven burned wood, tires, old things, and Teresa's Body. Her bones were found scattered all over in the burn poit. In front of Steven Avery's door were Teresa's cellphone and

Since the time that the scientific science dramatization "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" turned into a tremendous hit and generated its fans, reporters have been worried about what they instituted the "CSI Effect." The hypothesis behind the effect is that fans of the well-known show disguise misguided judgments about the law that they bring with them into the court as jurors. In this way, the trepidation is that the TV show is at last influencing the results of trials - and not in a great manner. Criminal justice researchers have started to study the inquiry of whether nationals who are called to serve on juries bring unreasonable desires and convictions to the court as a consequence of TV projects. The impact that these projects may have on the jurors, their desires, and their choices is known as the CSI effect.

In addition, according to the interviews collected by NBC news Lawson Lamar, Florida state attorney said “We’re disappointed in the verdict today because we know the facts and we’ve put in absolutely every piece of the evidence that existed .... This is a dry-bones case. Very, very, difficult to prove. The delay in recovering little caylee’s remains worked to our considerable

to this case is that the authorities found chloroform and hair that belonged to Caylee in Casey’s,

Caylee Anthony was reported missing by her grandmother, Cindy, on July fifthtenth. Her body was found in a wooded area near her home on December eleventh. Casey Anthony was later arrested for child neglect. The jury should have charged and sentenced Casey with the murder of Caylee for these reasons: she lied to the police multiple times during her integration, for example her saying that Caylee was kidnapped by her nanny, another reason being that there were no other suspects that had the motive to partake in this murder, lastly the medical records all point back to Casey for more reasons

Cindy Anthony retracted her previous testimony, regarding her opinion on the stench of the car by now saying that she without a reason blurted out that statement during her 911 call in an attempt to get police on the scene as quickly as possible (Mann). With respect toward the positive testing of the smell of decomposing remains, Cindy disputes the forensic findings, claims the evidence has been misinterpreted and that the smell most likely derives from a moldy pizza (Michels). In general, the defense disputed the odor analysis due to it being admissible evidence for the first time in a Florida court. However, from the actual findings of Dr. Vass, the defense questioned the absence of the remaining compounds associated with a decomposed body. In particular, it was questioned why undecane, the primary compound found in human decomposition was not found in Dr. Vass’ analysis. These absences were not explained by Dr. Vass. With that, the defense attorney introduced their own expert witness, Dr. Furton, a professor that studies the chemistry of human decomposition and the scent of human remains. He testified that there is no instrumental method that validates whether there was a presence or absence of a decomposed body in the location at question. In fact, he believes Dr. Vass’ findings

Casey’s actions a few days before Caylee was reported missing should tell you that she

As the search continued in the car, there was a smell of decomposition in the car. When Cindy Anthony first called the police she claimed “There’s something wrong. I found my daughter’s car today. It smells like there’s been a dead body in the damn car.” (Tru TV) later on when the car was taken by the police she said that the smell could have come from garbage in the car. The County Sherriff’s Detective Yuri Melich testified in court saying “I was a homicide detective for 2 years and in my opinion the smell coming from the car was the smell of decomposition.” (Examiner) To investigate the odor in the trunk, they brought in Dr. Vass who used a new technique to define the odor in the trunk. This was debated in court because it is a new technique. However the FBI laboratory used gas chromatography mass spectrometer, it isolated the compounds found in the car and 67% of the compounds were found linked to human decomposition. There were also high levels of chloroform found in the trunk, but the evidence could not be cleared as chloroform from a decomposing body or from that of something else.

On August 5, The State Attorney's Office officially filed formal charges against Casey Anthony for one felony count of child neglect.After two months of being in and out of jail, for both case-related reasons, and other charges unrelated to her missing daughter, a Florida grand jury officially indicted Casey Anthony on charges of first degree murder, aggravated child abuse, aggravated manslaughter of a child, and finally four counts of providing false information to law enforcement officers (Anthony Indictment, 2008). At this point, all charges of child neglect were dropped against Casey due to the belief that Caylee Anthony was presumably dead. Casey Anthony officially plead not guilty to all charges on October 28. For two months following the indictment, Florida’s state Assistant State Attorneys built their case against Anthony. However, on December 11, 2008, the investigation into the disappearance of Caylee’s disappearance changed as officers discovered skeletal remains in the woods behind Cindy and George Anthony's house (CNN Library, 2014). Pieces of duct tape were found on the skull, and hanging from strands of hair and tissue still left on the skull. Eight days later, on December 19, medical examiner Dr. Jan Garavaglia confirmed that the remains found were the remains of Caylee Anthony. Her death was ruled a homicide, but ultimately Garavaglia labeled the cause of death unknown (Office of the Medical Examiner,

Like you see in the Crime scene investigation shows like CSI and Bones, there are many things that go into investigating shows a lot of those things happen but it takes much longer than forty or sixty minutes to solve the crime. While crime scene investigating is very serious job, collecting evidence at crime scenes requires education and knowing of what you're doing, requires hard work, and it can be difficult to perform this job.

In the Casey Anthony case Jeff Ashton who is a former state attorney in Orange county Florida, and also the first prosecutor in the United States to get a conviction based on DNA decided to use a new Forensic method in the Anthony case. The smell of death would be the allowed as evidence for the first time ever. In the trunk of Anthony’s car was a stained area on the carpet and an odor. Ashton stated that the smell was that of human decomposition. That piece of carpet was removed, sealed and sent to Dr. Vass, a forensic anthropologist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Dr. Voss has been studying human decomposition at the University of Tennessee’s “body farm”.

On December 11, 2008 the remains of Caylee Anthony were discovered by a utility worker at approximately 9:32 a.m. eastern time. The utility worker picked up the plastic bag and a small skull rolled out. She was discovered in a wooded area that was less than a half-mile from her grandparents’ home. The bones were wrapped in a plastic bag and bound with duct tape (Evans, 2008).

I have always loved suspenseful whodunit television shows, movies, and books that use forensic science to crack the cases. My favorite television show is The First 48, my favorite movie is The Silence of the Lambs, and my favorite book is The Body Farm. Therefore, I was excited to have the opportunity to take this course and learn even more about the subject of forensics. This essay gives a summary of N. E. Genge’s book, The Forensic Casebook: The Science of Crime Scene Investigation, and includes the things I disliked and liked about the book.