Forensic Science Day

Forensic Science Day 2017

Another murder at Sevenhills? The third murder in three years? Surely this shouldn’t be possible? It really must be a dodgy place to work !!!

On the morning of the 19th July a ‘dead’ body was discovered at Sevenhills. It belonged to Mr Heaven Sills, a local pest controller who had been helping treat the ant infestation. Suspects for murder were:

  • ‘Jittery Jenny’ with a possible motive that Mr Heaven Sills was threatening to close the school by over running the site with a plague of various pests (including wolf spiders).
  • ‘Versatile Vanessa’ who was suspected of being extremely familiar with Mr Sills, and was also known to own a number of exotic pets, including a mischief of rats.
  • ‘Masterful Matt’ who seemed to have seen Mr Heaven Sills poking around the school and going ‘above and beyond’ outside his remit.
  • ‘Kindly Kelly’ who had hoped to get the pest control contract and was devastated over the mysterious disappearance of her pet anteater, Anton.
  • ‘Studious Shara’ who seemed rather too friendly with Mr Sills and surprisingly wealthy for a recent graduate.
  • ‘Gallant Gary’ who seemed to be scared his secret (and sinister) past was about to be revealed by Mr Heaven Sills.

 

Our investigators, suitably attired, scoured the scene of crime looking for clues. Dusting and analysing of fingerprints, microscopic analysis of fibres and hair, blood group matching, flame testing of powders, chromatographic analysis of ink, DNA profiling and measuring maggots all helped determine the main suspect and the estimated time of death. Working in small teams our investigators analysed and masterfully presented their findings. All evidence pointed to Studious Shara being the guilty party.