SCIENCE FORENSIC VIDEO NAME - ___________________________________________ Directions: Watch the video to complete the worksheet. Questions go in order. HOUR - _______ [Season 3, Episode 9] 1) In what city and state did this forensic case occur? ___________________________________________ 2) What evidence was found by police in their search of the abandoned car? ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 3) How did police identify the blood as Shirley’s? ___________________________________ 4) How did police search for Shirley’s body? _________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 5) What did forensic experts discover on the jacket? ___________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 6) Who was the prime suspect and why? _____________________________________________ 7) How did investigators examine the shoes? What characteristics made the impressions unique? ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 8) How did investigators determine the species from the hair sample on the jacket? ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 9) What type of testing was done to determine exactly where the hair came from? ____________________________________________________________________________________ 10) Why did investigators test a number of other cats on the island? ___________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 11) What was the statistics of finding another sample to that of Snowball? _____________________________________ 12) Where was Shirley’s body found? __________________________________________________ 13) What was the motive for this murder? ________________________________________________________ 14) What was the sentence for this murder?________________________________________________________ VIDEO FOLLOW-UP WRITING DESCRIPTION Explain three important pieces of evidence in this case. Which do you feel was most important? _________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ PROBLEM / SOLUTION Explain a problem police faced in this case and how forensics helped them solve it. _________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________
