INTERPOL HANDBOOK ON DNA DATA EXCHANGE AND PRACTICE

•police arrival at the sceneHaving received a radio message about a forced store room door, a young police officerwalks through the airport to the East Pier Transit lounge arriving at 06.10.The supervisor has already placed cones across the corridor to stop passengersentering this area leading to the toilets. On seeing the officer he rushes towards himand starts to explain what he has just discovered. The two men walk quickly along thecorridor to the open store room door. The supervisor still remains reluctant to enterthe room and instead guides the officer through the doorway.Inside the room the officer looks around to make an assessment of the scene.He walks to where the body lies and kneels down to the left-hand side.Carefully taking hold of the victim’s left wrist, he feels for a pulse. The hand is cold andlifeless and no pulse is located. He looks towards her head and notices a red silk scarftied around her neck.He stands up and backs away from the body taking a mental note of the disturbedclothing. He believes the victim has been raped and murdered within the confines ofthe room which is now considered to be a murder scene.The responding officer instructs the supervisor to secure the end of the corridor andensure no one enters the area until further assistance arrives. He then confirms thedetails of the incident with his control room and requests supervision and crime sceneexaminers to attend the scene.•medical examinationThe medical examiner arrives at the scene with other CSI personnel and accompanyingpolice officers and enters the store room to examine the body. Having noted all injuriesand marks to the victim he pronounces life extinct and estimates that the victim waskilled at least five hours before being found. The murder, therefore, occurred during theprevious night. At this moment in time it appears that the most likely cause of deathwas strangulation. This assumption is made due to the bruises around the victim’s neckand is later confirmed by autopsy results.•investigation of the sceneCrime scene examiners then conduct a full forensic examination of the scene andphotograph the corridor, storeroom, door and body. No fingerprints or other physicalevidence are found within the scene area at this time. The room and corridor are notcovered by the airport CCTV system.PAGE 14FICTITIOUS SCENARIO