Solving a murder is challenging. Sometimes it may seem near impossible, but with time and perseverance, it is possible. That is what FBI agent John O'Hara learned while he investigated Nora Sinclair. In the book Honeymoon by James Patterson, Nora Sinclair is the suspect of three, seemingly unconnected, murders. Agent John O'Hara is assigned to her case. He decides that the best way to discover the truth is to go undercover as an insurance seller. He uses the fake name of Craig Reynolds. Craig uses the insurance as a cover as he gets to know Nora. It takes a long time, but Craig does eventually uncover the truth and stops her from murdering innocent people. Solving a murder is not an easy task, but there are five basic steps that can be used …show more content…
to solve them. These five steps are writing everything in the murder book, establish the timeline, follow every lead, treating everything as evidence, and lastly persevering. At the beginning of any murder investigation, a detective will begin to write in their murder book.
A murder book is different for every detective, but it is usually a notebook. In this notebook, everything should be written down. It should include photos of the scene, witness reports, crime scene reports, and anything and everything that may be useful. It is important to write down everything because a detective does not know when something they have written down will be useful. The next step is to begin establishing the timeline. This step takes a lot of effort. In this part of the investigation, the detective will learn everything they can about the victim's friends, acquaintances, enemies and everything in between. This helps to learn more about the weeks leading up to the murder. By understanding and knowing everything a detective can it allows them to break suspects alibis. Although there are other steps, this is the most important one in understanding why this crime was committed. By learning everything they can about the victim, it helps the detective to get leads. It is important in every murder case to follow every lead. Although some of them may lead to nothing it helps the detective to break down what did and did not happen. It also can help them gather information on possible suspects. It can also help detectives to cross check facts. By questioning multiple people, it helps them to see the true colors of the
suspects. Next, everything that is found needs to be treated as evidence. Evidence is very important in murder cases. It can disprove what happened or it can help prove guilt. It also gives insight that cannot be found any other way. By being to find the weapon with fingerprints, hair or any other kind of DNA, it helps them to catch the murderer. It is also important to wear gloves when examining evidence so that their DNA is not found on the evidence. Evidence is what makes or breaks a case. The most important thing in any murder case is persevering. It is difficult to solve a murder case. It often has many leads and many dead ends. That is why it is important to keep pushing through even though it may not be leading anywhere. A break through is possible at any moment. It must be a very rewarding to see all that hard work pay off in the end. That is why it is necessary to keep going even when it gets hard. It is also important to bring justice to the murderer, so they get what they deserve for murdering. Every year, countless of people are murdered. These ever-growing numbers of murders are concerning. That is why it is important to know and understand how much work is needed to solve a murder. By knowing and understanding it allows the public to have more patience and willingness to help those who are working to solve the crime. Murder is no joke, especially to the victim's family, but knowing who did it, and they got their consequence can allow for closure and peace for that family. Solving a murder is a difficult task, but through the five-step process it is possible.
After they have a clear understanding of the situation, they find out how this event took place. After they find out about this, the most important part comes, and that is finding out who was responsible for the crime. Searching is an extremely important part of investigation as it gives an extremely clear picture of what has happened (Weiss & Gross, 2000). 2. What is the difference between a..
In criminal justice, detectives need many skills that help capture the suspect. One of the important skills is finding and presenting evidence. This is significantly important because according to the Criminal Justice
I think that one of the most important parts about this job it that it helps people, probably not in the way most people would like it, but it can help certain people. It helps especially in trials, when the prosecutor or defender needs evidence against the criminal to prove his or her innocence.
The birth of classic detective fiction was originated just in the mid nineteenth century, and was producing its own genre. Classical detective fiction follows a set of rules called the ‘Ten commandments of detective fiction’. The genre is so popular it can bee seen by the number of sales in any good book stores. Many of these books have been created a long time ago and there is still a demand for these types of books. The popularity is still ongoing because it provides constant entertainment, and also the reader can also have a role of detective trying to solve the crime/case committed. Classical detective fiction has a formula, the detective story starts with a seemingly irresolvable mystery, typically a murder, features the astute, often unconventional detective, a wrongly accused suspect to whom the circumstantial evidence points, and concludes with a startling or unexpected solution to the mystery, during which the detective explains how he or she solved the mystery. Formula that includes certain elements such as, a closed location to keep the number of suspects down, red hearings spread around the stories to keep the reader entertained yet interacted.
Picture this: you walk into a crime scene and the first thing you see is blood. It is all over the walls, the floor, and even the ceiling. Now any other person would probably not know the information that this evidence holds, but those that have studied blood, how it works, bloodstain patterns, and what they all mean, have an abundance of evidence to examine. Just from looking at the bloodstain patterns, they can discover many things about the crime and how it occurred.
They can trace the suspect with only a few clues within an extremely short time. They can even find out the personalities when they see someone's handwriting. They even have a private jet for Behavior Analysis Unite. When they take a case, they can fly to the location right away. They are good negotiators, too.
a chance to play the role of the detective to try and solve the crime,
Crime investigators have the job to solve crime and find the suspect responsible. Sometimes the offense is very difficult to solve, but with the right pieces of evidence and tools, the investigation can be answered a little more easily. The use of fingerprints is a main tool used at crime scenes. Investigators find these at the actual crime scene and analyze them at the lab to determine whom the prints belong to. Each person has an individual print which is why this is a very useful piece of evidence. Sir Francis Galton found that the prints could be categorized into different types as well as different groups. The research of fingerprints from decades before has shaped the way detectives identify suspects and victims.
Denise Moore 's criminal report starts the investigation. A police investigation of a crime is the entryway into the criminal justice system, once Denise Moore reported the crime, Detective Riley and Detective Clay conducted a photo lineup, an investigative tool used when the suspect is unknown and not in custody, to identify the suspect (Burns, 194).
Imagine pulling into your driveway and seeing your neighbor’s house surrounded by police, flashing lights, and caution tape with bodies covered in white sheet on the lawn. It was a drive by shooting. Next, a van pulls up and a Criminal Investigator steps out and starts assessing the crime scene. She begins taking photos, marking shell casings, packaging evidence, documenting tire treads on the pavement and inspecting and collecting DNA evidence from the bodies. Criminal Investigators are highly trained college graduates that are a vital part of bringing criminals to justice.
This is where the crime scene unit (CSU) comes in to play as well as the detectives. Once the detectives arrive on the scene they will be looking for a suspicious individual or individuals and speak to witnesses and take their testimonials or story, they basically tell the investigator what they observed. On a crime scene investigation packet it states "when seeking for witnesses and taking their testimonials it is best to separate them so no individuals have identical stories." Once this has been done and the investigator takes the testimonials they must determine if a crime took place. For example if a person was stabbed in the abdomen and first responders arrived and trying to help the victim and he dies then the crime that took place was a aggravated battery but turned into a homicide. If a person was sexually molested and beaten while being molested then the crime that occurred is a sexual battery and rape. Once this is completed then the investigator will determine the nature of the crime. What this means is that if it is a violent crime, a website
When there is a criminal case, are a set of guidelines a criminal investigator should follow when conducting a preliminary inquiry. These guidelines consist of arriving to a crime scene in a timely manner just in case the suspect may still be at or near the scene (Hess, K.M & Orthmann, C.H., 2013). They will need to take care of any injured person or people that may need emergency care. Check to see if there are any witness seen what had happen. Make sure the crime scene is safe and secured. Once the crime scene became secured that will be the time to start questioning the victims, witness and or the suspects. This would also be the time for some officers to conduct a neighborhood canvass (Hess, K.M & Orthmann, C.H., 2013). Measuring, taking photograph, videotape and sketching the scene just in case the weather is bad that day. Search for evidence,
The detective story is a tale that features a mystery and/or the commission of a crime, emphasizing the search for a solution. It distinguishes itself from other forms of fiction by the fact that it is a puzzle. The detective story did not just spring into being in its current form, but rather, evolved over time. The first true detective stories were written by Edgar Allan Poe. Many writers and critics have plainly stated that he is the inventor of detective fiction. Poe introduces one of the most basic elements of the detective story, which is the presentation of clues for his readers. This idea becomes very important in all subsequent works of detective fiction. That is, in all such fiction, all of the clues are available for the reader and the detective to solve the crime (usually murder), and at the end of the story, the reader should be able to look back on the clues and realize that he could have solved the mystery. A detective story in which the solution is suddenly revealed to the reader in considered bad form.
investigators take from the crime scene. With scientific methods it helps investigators to produce a
The most important part of any type of book or story is that it be interesting. This proves to be particularly important in detective fiction as well. What could be more interesting than having a crime committed in front of you, given all (or most) of the details and still not be able to figure it out? This is exactly how detective fiction authors draw people into these stories and books. By weaving an intricate and interesting plot full of fascinating characters, and all types of details about the crime, readers get drawn into the plot and cannot stop reading until they find out the solution to the mystery. Simply put, readers are drawn to detective fiction because it is so easy to become completely engrossed in the stories. The trick of the author is how to create such an environment to keep readers coming back again and again to the genre.