ABSTRACT
Returning to the scene of the crime yet again, we go back in time to just after the discovery of the crime, as the crime scene investigation team begins its collection of evidence. Photographs are taken of the entire scene. Fingerprints are collected from relevant surfaces. Physical evidence such as hair, threads, suspicious fluids, or broken glass are collected and logged. Other evidence such as footprints, tool marks, tire marks, and the like are examined, collected, and logged. What the crime scene investigators are doing is collecting physical evidence that can lead to the identification of the criminal by providing evidence of the means used to commit the crime.
