Name: ____________________________

Evidence and Investigation: Evidence Package

SuspectsThere are three lead suspects in the case: The following suspects have been detained and their descriptions are given below:

Name: Peter McKayAge: 24Hair Colour: BrownHeight: 6’2”

Wearing: SweaterMotive: Attacked by a beaver as a childOpportunity: Evening Janitor at school

Name: Lisa CrowAge: 20Hair Colour: RedHeight: 5’4”

Wearing: CardiganMotive: PETA memberOpportunity: Smartboard Technician at school

Name: Ken DorrAge: 29Hair Colour: BlackHeight: 5’11”

Wearing: CoatMotive: Animal EnthusiastOpportunity: Professor who has an office across from the classroom

Fingerprints: Exhibit ADirections: In your group open up your Exhibit A envelope. In the envelope you will find everything you need to solve who’s fingerprints were found on the door when Bucky was taken. Each person needs to take at least one fingerprint and identify what suspect it belonged to as well as what type of fingerprint it is: an Arch, Loop or Whorl.

Crime Solving Tip: Remember when looking at Fingerprints to identify what type of Fingerprints they are classified as:

Arch Whorl Loop

Tape your fingerprint to the box below.

What pattern is your fingerprint sample?__________________________________

How can you tell?______________________________________________________________________________________________________What suspect does your fingerprint belong to?__________________________________

Fabric: Exhibit BDirections: At your table open up the Exhibit B envelope. In the envelope you will find a thread that was left at the scene of the crime but you will also find cloth samples. Please match the evidence with the samples provided.

Crime Solving Tip: Remember to look at: The colour, the weave of the fabric, how the fabric feels, and if the fabric stretches

Sample 1: Lisa CrowWhat colour is it? ______________________What is the texture? ______________________________________________________How thick is it?______________________________________________________

Sample 2: Peter McKayWhat colour is it? ______________________What is the texture? ______________________________________________________How thick is it?______________________________________________________

Sample 3: Ken DorrWhat colour is it? ______________________What is the texture? ______________________________________________________How thick is it?______________________________________________________

What fabric sample matches the evidence? How can you tell?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Footprints: Exhibit CIn your group open your Exhibit C envelope. In the envelope you will find everything you need to solve who’s footprints were left outside of the classroom door.

Crime Solving Tip: Remember when looking at footprints to look for the following indicators:

Length and width of the print Visible Treads Wide treads, no treads, wide treads, narrow treads Size of shoe print Pointed tow, rounded tow

Compare the samples of the suspects to the footprint found at the scene of the crime.

Describe the partial footprint that was found at the scene of the crime. What characteristics does it have?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Based on your observations who does the footprint belong to?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Handwriting: Exhibit DIn your group open your Exhibit D envelope. In the envelope you will find everything you need to solve who wrote and left the ransom note in the classroom.

Crime Solving Tip: Remember when looking at handwriting to watch for the following indicators:

The spacing and slant of letters Spacing of words Loops Cross t’s Dots Joining of letters Size of writing tools How letters are joined

Based on the samples and the ransom note what observations can you make on who wrote the ransom note? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

How can you tell?_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Tire treads: Exhibit EIn your group open up your Exhibit E envelope: In the envelope you will find everything you need to solve who’s tire tracks were found exiting the school.

Remember when looking at tire tracks to look for the following indicators: Pattern of tread Width of tread Spacing

Based on the sample and the different tire tracks what observations can you make on who’s tiretrack belongs to what suspect?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

How can you tell?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Based on the evidence and your investigation who Beavernapped Bucky?__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

If you have extra time at your table you can colour the front page of your investigation package or solve the whodunit attached on the back of this package.

Whodunit- Crypto Strikes Again!

“What do you make of this, Sergeant?” asked Detective Smart. She handed him a folded sheet of paper. “I was questioning a suspect about a stolen car that he said he had just bought secondhand. This fell out of his wallet while he was looking for the receipt.”

“A receipt he couldn’t find, I bet,” said Sergeant Zupp. The detective nodded.The Sergeant examined the sheet of paper. “This is almost certainly a Crypto

communication. It could be important. So could your suspect. The brains behind the organization doesn’t trust telephones, so the top boys pass coded messages when they’re planning something big. Where is the suspect and what did he have to say about this?”

“He’s in the stateion house,” said Sue Smart. “He says he must have picked up the piece of paper at home, by mistake. It belongs to his son, who’s a Boy Scout.”

“Get me a copy of it,” said the Sergeant. “Then he can have it back with our compliments. This code is made up of computer symbols. And by the look of it, your man has already begun to decode it. You must have interrupted him. He only got as far as the first word and filled in the same letters throughout the message. Inspector Ketchum will be back in a couple minutes. So far he’s broken all their codes. And Crypto thinks they’re unbreakable.” Here’s what the code looked like:

When Inspector Ketchum returned, he went to work on the secret message. Detective Smart kept the suspect talking until Ketchum was finished. Then the man was allowed to leave, but he was followed. What did the message say?