An unidentified corpse arrived in a cargo ship, offering precious clues as to the man’s identity. Enter Chief Medical Examiner, Kay Scarpetta, whose investigation leads her across the Atlantic to Interpol’s headquarters in France. She soon discovers that the dead man came from a very wealthy family and was also involved in a criminal cartel which may be linked to Scarpetta”sintrepid niece, ATF agent, Lucy Farineli. With the help of Pete Marino and the hindrance of someone desperate to ruin her career from inside, Scarpetta must locate and stop the killer before he strikes again on U.S soil. (SFS1) When Dr.Scarpetta went to exam the body she removed the breastplate of rib so she could look at the organ of the dead body. They were soft and …show more content…
friable .I think it’s realistic because the body could have been in the cargo ship for weeks before they found it.It’s unbelievable because the man could have snuck his way into the cargo right before they closed. This would have been predictable because people sneak in and out of train. (SFS2) In Black Notice they found a dead body in a cargo ship and the body began rigor mortis had already begun when the removal service came to remove the dead body from the cargo ship. How did the man get into the cargo ship without anyone knowing? That is impossible because they double check the cargo ship before shipping the cargo off. I predict someone had to set this up. (SFS3) At the end of Chapter 13, Dr.Scapetta obtained Stat alcohol from the sample she took from the brain of the corpse.it was 0.08 but it didn’t mean anything because the brain wasn’t showing any alcohol level.
I don’t think it is realistic because they have other technology to detect the alcohol level in the brain. That’s why it’s impossible and unpredictable but Dr. Scarpetta will try to found out the cause of death …show more content…
herself. (SFS4) In Chapter 25, Dr.Scapetta was examining the dead female body.
The first thing she did was swab the for saliva mouth of the corpse and then took photograph of the dead body. Her autopsy revealed the bullet in Kim Luong’s neck had hit her carotid also bruised her spinal cord between the fifth and sixth cervical disk. That injury instantly paralzyed her .Her spleen, kidney and liver were within normal limits. She was dragged while spurting blood everywhere by one of the robbers. Yes this is realistic, but it’s still unbelievable because the robber didn’t have to drag her. She was already dying, but It was impossible for her not to know something was wrong or a sign of a break in .It was predictable that she was going to die because she had been dragged and blood was going everywhere. (SFS5) In Chapter 26 the road was clear enough for the other forensic scientist to come to work and the examiner but to come to work the PRC polymerase chain reaction made it possible to get a blood sample in days instead of weeks. The hair that was taken from Kim Luong and the man in The container match but the fingerprint was different. That’s not realistic because normal. The hair and fingerprint match. This unbelievable and kind of impossible to happen. No one couldn’t have even predicted it. I think this is an inside job and could have something to do with Dr.Scapetta husband’s
death. (Conclusion) I think Patricia Cornwell reason for writing black notice .So she can help other people understand forensic science, Medical examiner and the police officer also what they do at a crime scene. I recommend this book too other reader the only warning I there’s a lot of cursing in this book, but once you get over that you’ll see how Patricia Cornwell did an amazing job with this book .When Dr. Scarpetta did and autopsy she tell every information about the dead body and I hope other reader enjoys the book to.
Her body had been bathed and thoroughly washed before being placed, it was also completely drained of blood [2]. Two detectives were assigned to the case: Harry Hanson and Finis Brown. When they and the police arrived at the crime scene, it was already swarming with people, gawkers and reporters. The entire situation was out of hand and crowded, everyone trampling all over in hopes of good evidence. One thing they did report finding was a nearby cement block with watery blood on it, tire tracks and a heel print on the ground.
When the first responder got to the scene he adimatately meet the 911 caller, who lead him to a car in an apartment parking lot. The car doors were closed and all of the windows were fogged. The police officer used his flashlight to see inside of the car before opening the door. He found a young African American woman who had been shot several times. The officers quickly called for backup, investigators and medical personnel. While awaiting for their arrival he secured the crime scene with caution tape, creating an initial perimeter setup as discussed in lecture two. Once everyone arrived he left it to them to search the car while he talked to the 911 caller, witnesses and others who had information on who had been present in the car. The investigators were able to collect physical evidence of bullets and cartage casings that were found outside the vehicle and inside the vehicle on the floorboard of the driver’s side. The team determined the bullets came from a 40 caliber. Other types of physical evidence that were found on the scene were the bloody clothing on the victim, the victim’s cell phone and fibers in the car from the driver’s side. personnel at the scene crime took several photographs, powered test for finger prints and did a blood spatter analysis. Stewart’s autopsy revealed that she had been shot at close range in the left hand once and in the
Most alcoholics proceed to a stage where their brains or their bodies have been so harmed by alcohol that the effects persist even when they are not drinking. This stage may be reached...
As the book begins, Dr. Scarpetta is called to a crime scene at a garbage dump in Virginia. When she gets there she soon realizes that it must be a horrific scene because everyone there was almost in shock. She walked up to the taped off area and started understanding why everyone was in so much shock. The body at the crime scene was nothing but a decomposing torso. The person’s legs, arms, and head had been cut off. They had found the body when a tractor was spreading the trash around. After examining the entire crime scene, Dr. Scarpetta bought the body back to the morgue to look at it closer. She preformed an autopsy and found out that the body was a woman, older, and had a petite frame. The search for the murderer began.
The last forensic technique that was used was blood typing. Forensic investigators found five bloodstains in the station wagon driven by Williams. They blood typed each other the stains in the car and they were consistent with two of his victims, William Barrett and John Porter. Although the blood types were not as persuasive as the hair and fiber analyses, it was still a crucial forensic technique used in the case.
Scene: This story takes place in New York City, New York in the mid 90's. While the UN conference is in town, a series of kidnappings has erupted and it's up to a team of forensic scientists to follow the clues and find the killer.
murdered him. A lynch mob gathered and drug her off and hanged her. Later on
Alcohol abuse can be very dangerous because it can come at a time when a person is going through the bad times in their life. The only thing drugs do is worsens people’s lives because the behavior of the victim can change dramatically. Many drink at social events, to celebrate or relax. The problem is that many of the drinkers end up drinking more than what the body can withstand. According to the National institute on alcohol abuse and alcoholism (2014), alcohol enters the blood as soon as the first sip and affect the body in as early as ten minutes. The amount then increase depending on the amount of drinks and the effects range from impairment, breathing problems, slurred speech, and coma. Some can even experience death as a result of becoming intoxicated because of having too much alcohol in the bloodstream. National institute on alcohol abuse and alcoholism (2014). A young adult is more likely to experience a change in their mood and behavior because they are goi...
Alcohol abuse is a rising concern in today’s world. More than 80,000 Americans die each year due to alcohol related incidents, making alcohol the third leading cause of preventable death in the United States.
The school's undercover narcotics officer, Randy, was killed in the faculty parking lot. A car pulled up, and a black tinted window rolled down. The passenger in the back seat shot him once in the head with a handgun, then the car sped away. Randy was killed instantly, and the people in the car were never caught.
Later, the police found Mark?s fingerprints around and inside the car, where he had been talking to the lawyer, and even on the gun. FBI agents and local police all suspected that Mark knew more than he was telling them. Mark hired a lawyer, Reggie Love, to help him get out of the mess he put himself in. A couple newspapers got word of the fingerprints of the boy and they quickly made up stories that Mark was now suspected to be the killer of the lawyer. Mark realized that the best thing to do would be to let the police know where the body was and tell them the truth about everything he knew. The next day, he and Reggie had an appointment with some FBI agents. On the way to his lawyer?s office, Mark ran into a man obviously in the Mafia. He threatened to kill him if he told anyone about what Jerome Clifford had told him. He knew the man wasn?t joking because he was holding a switchblade to his face at the time. By this time, Mark no longer wants to talk to the authorities. Through all this, Mark?s mother was still living at the hospital, worrying about her youngest son, who was still in shock and comatose.
Blood stains are one type of evidence that can be found at a crime scene. Blood that is still in the liquid form should be picked up on a gauze pad. Once the blood is dried thoroughly it should be refrigerated and sent to the Laboratory (Andrus et al., n.d., para. 1). If the blood stain is found dried on clothing, the officer should wrap the piece of clothing in clean paper and place it in a sealed and labeled container. An object with dried blood stains needs to be sent to the Laboratory if it is small enough. If the object is too large to send, then using a clean knife the stain needs to be scraped onto a clean piece of paper, which then can be folded and placed in an envelope (Andrus et al., n.d., para. 2). When collecting autopsy blood samples, the officer should request that the pathologist obtain the sample directly from the heart and place it in a yellow or purple stoppered vacutainer. If the victim is still alive but in serious need of a blood transfusion, then the pre-transfusion blood sample needs to be obtained promptly before the hospital discards it (Andrus et al., n.d., para. 4). It is important for the Laboratory to receive all blood samples within 48 ho...
The topic I find such fascinating is Forensic Science and how forensic science has significantly changed over the years. “The area of forensic science has grown considerably over the last 150 years and more so since the mid 1980’s.” (Lyman, 2016) Forensic science has gone from taking basic information, and fingerprints to DNA and blood splatter. During a crime scene investigation evidence is collected, analyzed in a crime laboratory and then if needed are presented to the court. However, today the crime laboratory is becoming mobile and can go to the scene to analyze the evidence. Each crime scene and investigation is unique and distinctive, with the help of forensics it can help solve a case.
Damage to the nervous system in alcoholics has been recognized for many years. Some of the possible neurological effects of alcoholism include: Development of diseases caused by vitamin B deficiencies. Impairment of overall mental functioning. Some of the ancient physicians recognized an impairment of overall mental functioning in those who drank excessively and recent brain cell studies suggest that an alcoholic literally kills off brain cells at a more rapid pace than normal. If one destroys brain cells rapidly enough and for a long enough period of time, eventually the "cell bank" of reserves will be depleted, and the subject will begin to show impaired mental functioning. This appears to be the sequence of events observed in the EEG tracings and clinical observations of alcoholics.
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