Forensics Crime Scene

Scene Description: The owner of Yo Fat Mama club and bar asked one of his employees, Ginger Snap, to close the business for the night. When the owner came into work the next day, the body of a young woman with red hair was found lying on top of an unidentified car. The victim had wounds to the throat and still had on her bartender ID and evidence of violence was found across the scene.

Ginger Snap (murder victim)

Clues Obtained

Artifact One: Photo of the scene; Girl with red hair dead on top of a car with a slashed throat; Gash was approximately one and a half inches wide at the largest point and around ten inches long.

Clue 1

Artifact Two: O negative blood found at the scene matches up with Ginger Snap and Candi Stores

Clue 2

Artifact Three: A plain arch fingerprint found at the scene matching the prints of Candi Stores

Clue 3

Artifact Four/ Five: A blue liquid; possible mixed drink or poison; lipstick traces possible on edges of cup; mixture is cocaine positive and contains sugar; lipstick is found to be on the edge of the cup by use of paper chromotography

Clues 4-5

Artifact Six: White Fluffy Fiber found at the scene that under microscopic analysis was revealed to be cotton




Clue 6




Clue 6 Under a Microscope



Artifact Seven: A note saying "Please help me" in the handwriting of Ginger Snap

Clue 7

Artifact Seven A: A note saying "I needed the money" in the handwriting of Candi Stores

Clue 7A

Artifact Eight: Black String discovered at the scene and under microscopic analysis was revealed to be wool identical to that of the wool comprosing the victim's shirt




Clue 8



Wool under a Microscope

Artifact Nine: gold chain necklace (possible murder weapon)

Clue 9

Artifact Ten: Double Loop Fingerprint belonging to Ginger Snap

Clue 10

Artifact Eleven: Prints on glass (car windshield); one print was ulnar loop and the otehr was tented arch

Clue 11

My Story of the Events:

      Ginger Snap was asked to close the Yo Big Mama club and bar but was brutally murdered at some point before morning. All clues lead directly to Candi Stores and here's what I believe happened.

      First, Ginger was bartending when her old friend Candi Stores stopped by. Ginger hadn't seen Candi in years and was curious as to why she should show up now. Her question was soon answered as Candi approached the bar, ordered a mixed drink, and proceeded to badger Ginger for money. It was a well-known fact that Candi was bad news, from her drug addiction to her abusive relations, yet still Ginger had befriended her in eighth grade through high school. But it never failed, Candi was back and asking for money either to continue feeding her drug addiction or to buy off her parents from selling her out to the police. Ginger repeatedly turned down Candi's inquiries but Candi was persistant. After about ten minutes of conversation (if you could call it that) Candi, indiscretely, adds a bit of extra flavor to her drink which Ginger immediately recognized to be cocaine. Upon this realization, Ginger knew this encounter with her old friend wasn't going to go well and chose to write a quick note saying please help me to leave unnoticed at the edge of the bar. Candi eventually left the club (or so Ginger thought) and Ginger continued to run the bar until closing when she walked out and locked the doors. That's when Candi attacked in the emptyness of the dark parking lot. Before Ginger knew Candi was around the side of the building, she had already been tackled to the ground. In the struggle, Ginger managed to throw Candi off and attempt to run to her car across the lot but Candi pinned her to the hood of the car and continued to fight. While the attack continued, a fiber of cotton from Candi's clothing came loose on Ginger's sweater. Candi then took off her gold chain necklace and tore it through Ginger's throat but in her haste, her work was sloppy and she left her prints on the car winshield. As she ran to escape, the murder weapon fell out of her pocket, unnoticed, into a small puddle which washed off the blood and had evaporated by the next day when the body was found leaving no one to suspect Candi of the horrid murder.

Candi Stores (murder suspect)