Forensic Evidence

Glen Garside (03-18-2024)

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"The Devil is in the Details"

Forensics evidence is evidence obtained by scientific methods such as ballistics, blood test, and DNA test and used in court. Forensic Evidence often helps to establish the guilt or innocence of possible suspects. SOme examples of Forensic Evidence include as death investigation, forensic, pathology, DNA blood, "ballistics", fingerprints, and digital forensics.

Digital Forensics includes computers, cell phones, vehicles, and banking. For example anything you ever do on your phone never disappears. No matter whether you delete it or not.

In the field of Forensic Evidence you must be a jack of all tracks, willing to keep up with trends and technology, able to work in conjunction with a team of other specialist, and general knowledge of lifestyles, religions, and fads.

In a Homicide Case, you determine, through physical and circumstantial evidence:

WHY + HOW = WHO

Some things to keep in mind during forensic evidence such as attention to detail, think outside the box, can't see the forest for the trees, tenacity, and don't be content. You need to think as four people at one singular time.

The myths of Forensic Evidence are there are always fingerprints (prints can be washed away), there is always DNA (not true), everyone who commits suicide leaves a note (not true), must have forensic evidence to prove your case (not always), and the time of death (only if there are witnesses).

What evidence would you look for, where, and why? For Suicide