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Crime Scene Set Up
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A back storage room is ideal for the crime scene. The storage room should have high shelves with science equipment and other school supplies. Rest a ladder against the shelves. The “crime scene” can be cordoned off with yellow crime scene tape (available from police stations). The following evidence should be in the storage room:
- The storage door has tool marks on it, and the keyhole is stripped
- A piece of fabric is on the window ledge
- Blonde hair strands are on the window
- A piece of chewed gum is outside the window
- Several footprints are outside the window, but they are on top of each other
- Zinc metal (white substance) is spilled outside the window and on the window ledge
- The window is open
- There are two different types of shoeprints leading from the storage room to the window
- Blonde hair and some blood are on the ledge of a shelf about 5 feet high
- Sodium borate (borax, a white powdery substance) is on the ladder and floor
- Nine chemicals are missing
- Zinc metal is spilled on the ground
- Broken glass is on the floor
- A chemical inventory list is on the table in the storage room
- A bloody napkin is in the trash can in the storage room
- A water bottle with lipstick on it is on one of the shelves
- Spilled black carbon powder is on the floor
- Small white board hanging on the wall
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