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S e ro l o g y P or t f ol i o Dear Dr. Smith, Your expertise is needed for the Martin versus the People trial. We have heard that you are the best in your field of blood analysis patterns. Since you live in Greenland, we are sending you the list of videos to analyze. In order to help us plan and carry out our investigation, we are asking that you please view the videos and answer the questions that the cross- examiner has prepared. Create a PowerPoint presentation with your answers, so that we may show the PowerPoint to the jury. We appreciate your help in seeking justice! Section 1: Angle of Impact View the videos for this section as labeled, below and answer the follow-up questions. Click on the links below to access the videos: 1 0 d e g re s s 3 0 d e g re e s 5 0 d e g re e s 7 0 d e g re e s 9 0 d e g re e s 1. View each of the video clips above. Each video clip is labeled with an angle of impact; you will be re-calculating these angles of impact using your own measurements to ensure that your video clips are accurate and ready for the court room. Measure the width and length of each of the blood drops in millimeters directly on your screen. Or, you can use the grid lines that are provided in the video. Each grid line would equal 1 unit. Estimate the measurement to 1 decimal place if it does not fall directly on a grid line. Complete the data table below with the information as requested. Angle as labeled in video Measured width in mm Measured length in mm W/L (decimal) Calculated Angle (using Trig. table 1 below) Does your calculated angle match the given angle? If not, why do you think the angles did not match? (Example) 10° 9mm 65mm 9/65=.138 No, it is off by 2° It was really close, so it is possibly due to a measuring error. 30 4 units 9 units 4/9=.44 26 degrees No, it is of by 4 degrees. It was close, but this could be because I’m using grid units rather than millimeters. 50 4 units 5.5 units 4/5.5=.73 47 degrees No, it is of by 3 degrees. It was close, but this could be because I’m using grid units rather than millimeters.
70 4.5 units 4.5 units 4.5/4.5=1 90 degrees No, it is of by 20 degrees It was very off, but this could be because I’m using grid units rather than millimeters and there might be a calculation error. 90 4.5 units 4.5 units 4.5/4.5=1 90 degrees Yes Analysis: 1. Were all of the calculated angles in your data table the same as the labeled angles in the video? The majority of my calculated angles in my data were different.
2. How would you explain this discrepancy to the jury? This could be due to human error. We are not perfect machines, and we often may have minor mistakes in out measurements or calculations. The velocity in which the blood splatter met the grid could also affect how far it spread out as well. Section 2: Transfer and Movement Patterns View the videos for this section as labeled, below and answer the follow-up questions. Click on the links below to access the videos: H a tc h e t C a st o f f S wi pe Wi pe “Hatchet Castoff” 1. In which direction is the hatchet moving? Be sure to include description of both horizontal/vertical and left/right. It is moving mostly horizontally to the left. 2. In which direction is the sharp side of the hatchet blade facing? It is facing downward, toward the wall. 3. Describe the flight path of the blood droplets: (Hint- where in particular is the blood casting off from on the hatchet?) The droplets are flying off from the sharp side of the hatchet and are landing on the wall in the same horizontal leftward motion the hatchet is moving in. 4. As the blood droplets hit the wall, in what direction are the tails facing? It is hard to tell, but they appear to be facing left 5. Describe the resulting blood pattern on the wall: The resulting pattern is a cast-off because of the arc of the droplets and tails left after the droplets contacted the wall. The droplets appear to be small and disperse, but the follow the same direction that the hatchet swung from.
“Swipe” 1. Did the person have blood on their finger before touching the plexiglass surface? The person did have blood of their finger before touching the plexiglass surface 2. Describe the bloodstain pattern caused by the swipe: The bloodstain pattern caused by a swipe appears as little blood toward the center of pressure where the object made contact while the majority of the blood is found around the less pressured point of the object. 3. What do you notice at the end of the bloodstain where the finger left the plexiglass surface? The blood curves around the end as the surface of the finger releases its pressure of the plexiglass surface. “Wipe” 1. Did the finger have blood on it before touching the plexiglass surface? The finger did not have blood on it before touching the plexiglass surface. 2. After the finger moved blood from the left and right side of the bloodstain, an outline of the outer edges of the bloodstain remained. This is known as “skeletonization” and it is characteristic of a wipe. Why would some blood remain and form this skeletonization? The edges of a bloodstain will generally skeletonize within 50 seconds of deposition and be left intact even if the central area of a bloodstain is altered by a wiping motion to show the original formation of the stain when it was first deposited. 3. Describe the bloodstain pattern that you saw in this wipe video: The original stain made had skeletonize markings while it also showed the direction in which the wipe was made by skeletonizing around the finger wipe. 4. What is the difference between a wipe and a swipe? A wipe occurs when a bloodstain is removed or altered because a non-bloody object has moved through a wet blood stain. A swipe, conversely, occurs when blood is transferred from a bloody object to a previously unstained surface. S e c tio n 3 : P r o je c t e d B lo o d s ta i n P a tt e r n s
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