This article starts out explaining one of the snipers victim's. Their name was not released, but it does say that it was a male. The victim's body was a crime scene in itself. The bullet's fragments were "scattered inside his torso like tiny pieces of confetti" says a nurse (The Washington Post).
In order for a proper investigation, the bullets needed to be identified. "All cases involving firearm identification start with identifying intentional designs that would be common to a particular group of weapons, such as caliber and riffling patterns" (The Washington Post). Then the article states how each gun leaves a specific pattern on the casing as well as the bullet; this is what is known as riffling patterns. The bullet is left with microscopic scratches that are created by the gun's barrel pattern. This case was very difficult due to the severely fragmented bullet, which then needed to be identified through forensic, which matched this bullet to the other shootings, which linked this sniper case to the others. .
This case was matched due to Forensic Techniques, which is the science of gathering, identifying and analyzing evidence. (Criminal Justice in America p. 116).
When a firearm shoots a bullet, the firearm leaves noticeable marks on the bullets. ... Bite marks on a victim can be DARDAR 3 compared to a suspect. ... Just like fingerprints, everyone is uniquely different. ... These extra chemical units give everyone's DNA a unique pattern. ... In conclusion, criminals never truly away with a crime; they always leave evidence. ...
By the four-hour mark, the body is usually completely stiff or is said to have rigor mortis, which begins with smaller muscles. ... Sometimes at crime scenes where a shooting occurs, bullets and casings will be found in the surrounding area. ... The same thing goes for tool marks. ... (Campbell) Because of the high speed that the bullet shoots down the barrel of a gun with, the spiral pattern on the barrel are engraved into the bullet. ... If the gun goes off in the vicinity of anything soft, like hair or clothing, fragments from these articles are sucked up like a vacuum into the barrel. ...
Because criminals often are not the brightest people on the planet they often do not plan out a burglary or theft and carelessly leave behind distinct clues that allow an investigator to track them relatively easily. ... Some of the items most often encountered in crime laboratories, and the information sought in regard of them , are: (1) Body fluids and viscera to be analyzed for poisons, drugs or alcohol, quantization of which may assist in determining the dosage taken or the person's behavior prior to death; (2) Licit and licit pills, vegetable matter, and pipe residues for the presenc...
