In Ms. Jones’s forensics science class, students are working on a lab to determine who took Barbie. Over three days students go through various tests to discover new evidence that matches who took her. Little evidence was left at the scene but enough to find the kidnapper.
“Students have to go in and access the crime scene,” said forensics teacher Lisa Jones. “They have to take photographs and illustrate it so they can kinda see what their view is. Then they collect samples and do toxicology testing to see what the powder was,”
Students also did a DNA analysis and worked with blood that was found throughout the crime scene and had to match it to one of the four suspects. Another resource they had was a fingerprint that was found on a knife and had to do a twelve-point match.
“I have a suspicion,” said Marissa Lussier. “The fingerprints we found on the kitchen knife matched Barbie’s best friend and the blood that was found on the kitchen knife matched her trainer. So I think it was one of them,”
At the crime scene, a ransom note was found. The suspects had markers which all had a similar color to the one that was found at the scene. With this piece of evidence, they ran criminology tests. Once students have found out who the kidnapper is, they must write up a report and make a presentation on who did it and what evidence led them to believe this.
“Fransiscs is a really fun class,” said Lussier. “This is what I’m going to do when I’m older, this is what I’m majoring in when I go to college and I want to be a crime scene investigator. I have been waiting to take this class since fourth grade and I finally get to do it.”
