ABSTRACT
All of the aforementioned are commonly heard arguments toward the establishment of reasonable doubt. Again, while there are no statistics on just how many crime scenes are staged each year, it is fair to say that some staged crime scenes are detected where the suspect is tried; some are detected where no arrest is made, but investigators know who the primary suspect is; and then
some go undetected being ruled suicide, accident, natural, or undetermined. Of the individuals who are arrested, they become defendants and successful prosecution of a defendant suspected of staging a murder can be very complicated because it oen rests on circumstantial evidence. First, this type of prosecution involves developing strong evidence of the general motive, that is, establishing that there was a serious conict between the defendant and victim that was resolved for the defendant by way of murder. Second, the prosecution must prove the defendant is lying. ird, the prosecution must prove motive two in that the defendant engaged in behaviors consistent with what the specic motive demonstrating consciousness of guilt. is is where the diligent investigator and his or her crime analysis can be helpful in some cases.
