CRIME RECONSTRUCTION, A TOOL TO SOLVE MYSTERY AND ACHIEVE JUSTICE - AN INTERESTING CRIME SCENE REPORT

Abstract

Crime reconstruction or crime scene reconstruction is the forensic science discipline in which one gains "explicit knowledge of the series of events that surround the commission of a crime using deductive and inductive reasoning, physical evidence, scientific methods, and their interrelationships". A competent crime scene Reconstructionist must understand the value of various piece of evidence and need to fit within the overall context of the scene. The dead body is the most valuable piece of potential evidence at any death scene. Both forensic crime scene and autopsy officers should undertake a systematic and keen examination of the deceased. There are instances wherein dilemmas arise regarding the manner and cause of death among officers in particular, crime scenes of suspicious death cases. The following is a case report in a suspicious death scene wherein a boy aged about 18 years found dead under a tamarind tree. His body found decomposed with a rope around the neck. The cause and manner of this suspicious death, an alleged homicide case was solved as suicidal death through crime reconstruction based on physical evidence and the justice was achieved. The fact was explained to family members of the deceased in the crime scene itself and they accepted the forensic explanation.