Buddhist Monk Murders Case Study

Two cigarette butts, a glove, a plastic bag, a condom and a lighter were found. Police lifted footprints, and possible blood samples from the bathroom, hallway and floor at the front door. The comforter washed at four in the morning was also taken.

Focusing on the child’s room they would photograph the entire area of the crime scene and once done begin processing it. The first area of focus would be where the child was, they would look to find any blood or torn fabric that would indicated she was struck in her sleep to try to keep her from waking up and reacting. If blood evidence was found it would the whole object would be let to dry then packaged in a paper bag, and the paper bag slapped with an evidence tag and filled out with all of the pertinent information for the case. Next the place where the stuffed animals were would be examined and dusted for finger prints, the kidnapper may have left some when they were taking the stuffed animals. If any were found they would also be photographed scaled and evidence tagged, before being lifted and placed on evidence cards with the information filled out in full.

Between the years of 1989-1990, bodies of numerous men were discovered murdered along the highways of central Florida. The bodies that had been found included Richard Mallory, Dick Humphreys, Troy Burress, David Spears, Walter Gino Antonio, Peter Siems, and Charles Carskaddon.

On August 9th, 1991 the Wat Promkunaram Buddhist Temple was broken into by Johnathan Doody and Alex Garcia. They tied up all nine people present, all of which were either monks or members of the temple. After robbing the victims and grabbing anything of value they could find in the temple, they executed all nine of them with a .22 rifle, wield by Doody, and 20 gauge shotgun wielded Garcia. Both where teenagers at the time, Doody 17 and Garcia 16, attending Agua Fria High School together. The two had planned the robbery for at least two months, acquiring the weapons and tools necessary to pull off the heist. Both of them had agreed beforehand that they would leave no witnesses.

Was there an investigation by police for corroborating evidence? I do not believe that the police did an investigation for corroborating evidence simply because the victims purse was located in a dumpster by a gentleman looking for aluminum cans. The police detectives in this case did not take the time to send out a crime scene unit to take fingerprints and the dumpster was located about nine miles from the location of the crime, this would be very difficult for a young man walking to take the purse out that far without a car.

Upon completion of the report, it is clear that an examination of the unresolved murder is necessary. No stone will be left unturned; no avenues left unexplored. To seek justice for Marilyn Monroe and her family, an in-depth analysis must be conducted in order to break down the data and identify a possible killer.

Early the next morning of December 8th, the lifeless body of Debbie Carter was found strangled in her small apartment. The murder of Debbie Carter flipped this small, rural, bible-belt, town on its head. People were outraged, overwhelmed, and stunned that such a thing could happen in this town to a young, beautiful girl whom everyone had known. This gruesome act put enormous pressure on local law enforcement to find the atrocious criminal. Finger prints, hair, and blood spatter was carefully collected from the scene.

On Christmas night, 1996 the death of a six-year-old beauty queen shocked the nation, while sleeping JonBenet Ramsey was taken from her room in Boulder, Colorado. Taken unto the basement wine cellar where there she was beaten,

After investigating the crime scene, the investigator should run the victims information through the police database to see if he/she had any previous convictions. Learning that the victim has been to prison before can open up a whole new list of suspects and motives. After concluding with the background search, the investigator should search for any close living relatives or acquaintances that can provides the victims family background, employment history, close friends, and if any, enemies. The victim's residence would also be processed after receiving a search warrant. Any and all calendars with appointments, phone messages, voicemail, and answering machines would be processed. Information from bank statements and other financial information located at the victim's residence would also be processed. This would be used to trace an individual's movement through the use of their credit cards. Where they were prior to the crime might be traced through the use of their credit cards. Interviews with the staff of

On April 25, the bureau sent Francis Hinks to The Monklands, the representative's living arrangement, to demand that Governor Elgin rapidly come to town with a specific end goal to consent another duty bill. The main European boat of the year had as of now landed in the Port of Quebec and the new law should have been in power so as to assessment its stock. The representative left his living arrangement and went to the Parliament that day.

The six most common physical evidences found at a crime scene are blood, semen, saliva, impressions, fingerprints, and hair. Blood, either wet or dried, is important because it can provide DNA evidence. In addition, when investigators observe blood splatters, they can get clues about what happened at the crime. Along with blood, semen

On June 11, 1963, Malcolm Browne took a photograph. His image would become the symbol for a period in the Vietnam conflict known as the Buddhist Crisis. Browne’s photo was of a monk sitting in the middle of the street, moments after dousing himself in fuel and lighting a match. The monk’s name was Thich Quang Duc, and his suicide would have repercussions not just in Vietnam but overseas in the United States as well. His action stimulated major growth in the Buddhist Crisis, inspiring leaders of the movement to increase militant actions against President Ngo Dinh Diem’s regime. Duc’s self-immolation was symbolic of something much larger than a single political act, representing a movement that would completely alter United States policy in Vietnam and eventually lead to the assassination of President Diem. Revered reporter David Halberstam wrote of Thich Quang Duc’s self-immolation in his book The Making of a Quagmire of, "…a young Buddhist priest with a microphone saying calmly over and over again in Vietnamese and English, 'A Buddhist priest burns himself to death. A Buddhist priest becomes a martyr.'” The fact that the priest was speaking in English showed that he wanted American reporters to get the story, he wanted Americans to understand what was occurring. The photograph captured a dramatic moment in time, but shared only a glimpse of the magnitude with which the Buddhist Crisis would affect the future of the Vietnam

Every time somebody touches something, they leave behind a unique signature that forever links them to that object. This link is their fingerprints, which are unique to every person, for no two people have the same set, not even family members or identical twins. Palms and toes also leave prints behind, but these are far less commonly found during crime scene investigations. Therefore, fingerprints provide an identification process that is applicable to background checks, biometric security, mass disaster identification, and most importantly, crime scene investigations. Fingerprints are so differentiated because they are made up of distinct patterns of ridges and furrows on the fingers. The ridges are the “raised” portions of the prints, and the furrows are the “recessed” portions. This perceived uniqueness has led some people to falsely accept fingerprint analysis as absolute scientific fact. Although overall fingerprints are reliable, there are definitely situations where their accuracy can come into question.

“At this point, we have no suspects, but we are talking to the neighbors to see if anyone saw anything last night or this morning. The CSI team took photographs and checked for fingerprints if you need anything out of the house. You will need to wait until they finish.”

He was a chronic alcoholic and used to beat up his parents on a daily basis for money to pay for his alcohol. The parents used to live in fear and wanted to escape their son's wrath. On the day of the incident, the deceased started arguing for money; furious father hit him multiple times over his head with a hammer and then with the help of the deceased’s mother, strangled him. They cut the body into pieces with the help of an electric stone-cutting machine (fig. 1) and threw the pieces into a nearby drain to evade arrest. The incident took place in front of the mentally ill younger son. Police recovered five severed parts of the body, namely head, part of the right upper limb, part of the left hand, the pelvis and part of the left foot (fig. 2), from the drain two days after the incident (three parts in one day and two other parts on the next day) and brought for postmortem. Meanwhile, the police created a portrait using the severed head and circulated in the area. Neighbors identified the deceased, but the parents denied at once, saying their son had gone abroad for some odd job. However, after detail interrogation, they broke down and gave all the detail of the