I’m really interested in forensics and would love to write a short story on some kind of criminal investigator, but I realize I’ve never really gotten a grip on how the whole process works.
So, to ask morbidly: A witness finds a dead body with clear foul play, they call the police, what happens next?
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They’ll send a patrol officer first to verify there really is a dead body there and it’s not a false report. Probably fire rescue and an ambulance too on the off chance the person might still be alive. Probably a few more officers to tape off and secure the scene and make sure no on touches it until Crime Scene gets there.
The whole drawing a chalk line around the body thing is a movie trope and never really happens in real life
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