Chapter 7

1. Chapter 7

2. Figure 7.1A One of the authors (Turvey) was asked by an attorney to examine a crime scene involving an alleged burglary that resulted in a homicide. The victim had reportedly been attacked in his bedroom while still asleep. The author, and his then partner, Det. John Baeza (NYPD-ret), attended the scene several days after it had been released by law enforcement to document bloodstains and look for anything pertinent that might have been missed. We discovered a blanket, still on the victim's bed, with sharp force cuts consistent with stab injuries inflicted on the victim and corresponding bloodstains—pictured here. The victim had apparently chased the intruder from his home and died outside of the residence after a struggle. The police focused their processing efforts on the location where the victim was found, and the obvious bloodstains inside the residence, but had apparently ignored the bedroom. The item was photo documented; collected in brown paper packaging; sealed under the author's signature, date, case number, and evidence number; and submitted to the attorney as evidence. The discovery of vital evidence missed at the crime scene by police investigators is routine to this author.

3. Figure 7.1B One of the authors (Turvey) was asked by an attorney to examine a crime scene involving an alleged burglary that resulted in a homicide. The victim had reportedly been attacked in his bedroom while still asleep. The author, and his then partner, Det. John Baeza (NYPD-ret), attended the scene several days after it had been released by law enforcement to document bloodstains and look for anything pertinent that might have been missed. We discovered a blanket, still on the victim's bed, with sharp force cuts consistent with stab injuries inflicted on the victim and corresponding bloodstains—pictured here. The victim had apparently chased the intruder from his home and died outside of the residence after a struggle. The police focused their processing efforts on the location where the victim was found, and the obvious bloodstains inside the residence, but had apparently ignored the bedroom. The item was photo documented; collected in brown paper packaging; sealed under the author's signature, date, case number, and evidence number; and submitted to the attorney as evidence. The discovery of vital evidence missed at the crime scene by police investigators is routine to this author.

4. Figure 7.1C One of the authors (Turvey) was asked by an attorney to examine a crime scene involving an alleged burglary that resulted in a homicide. The victim had reportedly been attacked in his bedroom while still asleep. The author, and his then partner, Det. John Baeza (NYPD-ret), attended the scene several days after it had been released by law enforcement to document bloodstains and look for anything pertinent that might have been missed. We discovered a blanket, still on the victim's bed, with sharp force cuts consistent with stab injuries inflicted on the victim and corresponding bloodstains—pictured here. The victim had apparently chased the intruder from his home and died outside of the residence after a struggle. The police focused their processing efforts on the location where the victim was found, and the obvious bloodstains inside the residence, but had apparently ignored the bedroom. The item was photo documented; collected in brown paper packaging; sealed under the author's signature, date, case number, and evidence number; and submitted to the attorney as evidence. The discovery of vital evidence missed at the crime scene by police investigators is routine to this author.