Create a Profile

For this activity, we were supplied with five individual pieces of evidence such as a set of fingerprints, two hair or fiber samples, a handwriting sample, and a lip print or blood sample. We were required to analyze each clue and determine if we could identify the type of person might have committed a crime and left these clues at the scene.

As a group we had to analyze each exhibit and record what we knew for sure, what needed more testing, and what we didn’t know. In the end, we determined the perpetrator was most likely a female African American. Also, we were led to believe that there was a Caucasian female on the scene. After reviewing our pieces of evidence, we discovered that there was a struggle between the victim and the suspect which resulted in the death or injury of the victim.

This exercise required us to use all of our forensics knowledge because we had to apply what we learned in fingerprinting, hair and fiber, handwriting, and lipstick in order to create a profile for the suspect of our crime. This technique of analyzing all clue to form the profile for the suspect of a crime is extremely useful in investigations because it is used to identify all of the possible people who committed the crime.