Crime Scene Report
Investigative Team:
Scene Location:
Search the Scene:
What are the Exit/Entry Points?
What is the layout of the Scene?
Is there anything about the
ground, surroundings, landscape
that’s important?
What does the ground look like?
What kinds of buildings surround
the scene?
Where was the body found?
Gather Evidence:
(1) weapons
(2) blood
(3) imprints or impressions
(4) tool marks
(5) dust and dirt traces
(6) questioned documents
(7) miscellaneous trace or transfer
What types of evidence were
found at the scene?
Where was that evidence located?
Is there a pattern to the evidence?
List out the physical evidence
found at the scene:
Victim as evidence:
Autopsy report information:
What do the pre and post mortem
reports tell you?
Was the body staged?
If so, how?
What kind of weapon was used?
What is the wound pattern and
why is it important?
Additional types of evidence:
Interview the Witnesses:
Were there any?
What did they see?
Who discovered the body?
What, if anything, did that person
see?
What were the observations made
by the authorities at the scene?
Socio/Economic Background of
the neighborhood:
Additional notes:
The logical end of crime scene analysis is crime reconstruction.
A plausible theory of who, what, when, where, and why the crime happened should develop from all information involving the victim,
witnesses, crime scene evidence, suspects, questioning, databases, and records (Lee et. al. 2001).
Your crime scene briefing will have at least the following segments: 1. suspect information, 2. harm or property damage, 3. physical
evidence analysis, 4. victim information, 5. statements of witnesses, and 6. observations and opinions of the investigative team.