FINAL ASSIGNMENT FOR MEDICAL CLASS

Final Project: Cold Case Simulation: Arrest Warrant Report

Short of investigating an actual homicide, participating in a virtual death investigation is perhaps the most effective way to acquire a deeper understanding of how investigators gather information and solve cases. In this course, you will participate in an interactive virtual homicide investigation. The crime scene simulation is located in the Course Modules area. As you progress through the investigation, you will conduct interviews and examine case files, an autopsy report, death scene photographs, and forensic reports. Your goal is to solve the case and to gather sufficient credible evidence to convince the prosecutor to issue an indictment for the perpetrator.

You will have two assignments to submit in relation to this cold case. The first is a plan for the management of the case. After reviewing the cold case binder, write out in approximately one page exactly how you will proceed in this case. What steps will you take to solve it?

Then, proceed according to your management plan. Work the case carefully and take your time. Once you have successfully attained the indictment, write a final report that will serve as the basis for your arrest warrant of the suspect. In your report, be sure to identify the important forensic concepts, techniques, and practices from the textbook that are exemplified, illustrated, or demonstrated in the case investigation.

Everything you received in information should be summarized in your report. You should hit all of the following subjects:

· Summary of Homicide

· Summary of Armed Robbery

· Summary of Witness/Suspect Statements

· Evidence

· Forensic Reports

· Determination of Facts

· Conclusions

DO NOT ASSUME I (or your reader) know anything. Your true reader is the judge or commissioner who will issue the warrant. They know nothing about your case. You must convince them to issue a warrant.

This assignment will help you to understand the scientific and investigative methods applied in homicide investigation. It will also give you a sense of how the various elements of investigation come together to help solve a case. Your grade on this paper will make up 30 percent of your final course grade: 5 percent for the case management plan and 25 percent for the arrest warrant report.