The Background

Early this morning, Morgan Weiss was found dead in her hotel room. She was discovered by Clarissa, the housekeeping employee, who had entered the room to replace the sheets.

According to the police investigation, Morgan had gone back to the hotel with some friends to cheer her up after breaking up with her boyfriend.

Use the Google Slides presentation below to collect your evidence of the crime scene.

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Complete the table. Evidence types can be found by examining the crime scene (Google Slides presentation above)

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Saliva

Hair

Red Blood Cells

Shoe print

Skin Cells

Fingerprint

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Which pieces of evidence do you think will be the best to analyze and why?

Once evidence had been collected from the crime scene, police started investigating everyone who was at the hotel the night Morgan went missing. Use the Google Slides presentation below to read each suspect statement.

According to police: A knife was found at the crime scene, though no fingerprints were on it. They believe the culprit was wearing gloves to prevent leaving their fingerprints behind.

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According to the police report, Suspect #1 (Clarissa) said she .

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According to the police report, Suspect #3 (Mike) said he .

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According to the police report, Suspect #5 (Jason) said he .

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Who do you currently suspect and why?

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What evidence should police look at to prove that a piece of DNA belongs to the culprit?

Look only at the color of the hair from the sample

Match the sequence of nitrogen bases in the DNA sample to the sequence of nitrogen bases in each suspect

Count the number of sugars in the DNA of each sample to see if there are at least 6 sugars.

See if the DNA was in the nucleus of the cells or in the cytoplasm.

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What other information do we need to figure out who committed the crime?

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Now that we have collected DNA evidence and gotten statements from each suspect, we need to figure out whose DNA matches each sample.

The samples were sent to a lab for further analysis. The results of that analysis are below.

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Whose DNA does the blood on the broken glass belong to?

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Whose DNA does the saliva from the banana belong to?

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Whose DNA do the skin cells from the gloves belong to?

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Whose DNA does the blood from the hand print belong to?

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Whose DNA does the hair sample from the shirt belong to?

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Which person does the fingerprint belong to?

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Which person does the shoe print belong to?

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Who do you think committed the murder?

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What evidence do you have that the person you chose committed the murder?

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Can You Solve a Murder? (2024)

Use the Google Slides presentation below to collect your evidence of the crime scene.

Now that we have collected DNA evidence and gotten statements from each suspect, we need to figure out whose DNA matches each sample.

The samples were sent to a lab for further analysis. The results of that analysis are below.

Can You Solve a Murder? (2024)

The Background

Early this morning, Morgan Weiss was found dead in her hotel room. She was discovered by Clarissa, the housekeeping employee, who had entered the room to replace the sheets.

According to the police investigation, Morgan had gone back to the hotel with some friends to cheer her up after breaking up with her boyfriend.

Use the Google Slides presentation below to collect your evidence of the crime scene.

Which pieces of evidence do you think will be the best to analyze and why?

Once evidence had been collected from the crime scene, police started investigating everyone who was at the hotel the night Morgan went missing. Use the Google Slides presentation below to read each suspect statement.

According to police: A knife was found at the crime scene, though no fingerprints were on it. They believe the culprit was wearing gloves to prevent leaving their fingerprints behind.

Who do you currently suspect and why?

What evidence should police look at to prove that a piece of DNA belongs to the culprit?

What other information do we need to figure out who committed the crime?

Now that we have collected DNA evidence and gotten statements from each suspect, we need to figure out whose DNA matches each sample.

The samples were sent to a lab for further analysis. The results of that analysis are below.

Whose DNA does the blood on the broken glass belong to?

Whose DNA does the saliva from the banana belong to?

Whose DNA do the skin cells from the gloves belong to?

Whose DNA does the blood from the hand print belong to?

Whose DNA does the hair sample from the shirt belong to?

Which person does the fingerprint belong to?

Which person does the shoe print belong to?

Who do you think committed the murder?

What evidence do you have that the person you chose committed the murder?

Create your own narrative:What happened to Morgan Weiss, and how did she die?(Feel free to get as creative as you want with this one)

What happened to Morgan Weiss, and how did she die?

(Feel free to get as creative as you want with this one)

The Background

Early this morning, Morgan Weiss was found dead in her hotel room. She was discovered by Clarissa, the housekeeping employee, who had entered the room to replace the sheets.

According to the police investigation, Morgan had gone back to the hotel with some friends to cheer her up after breaking up with her boyfriend.

Which pieces of evidence do you think will be the best to analyze and why?

Once evidence had been collected from the crime scene, police started investigating everyone who was at the hotel the night Morgan went missing. Use the Google Slides presentation below to read each suspect statement.

According to police: A knife was found at the crime scene, though no fingerprints were on it. They believe the culprit was wearing gloves to prevent leaving their fingerprints behind.

Who do you currently suspect and why?

What evidence should police look at to prove that a piece of DNA belongs to the culprit?

What other information do we need to figure out who committed the crime?

Whose DNA does the blood on the broken glass belong to?

Whose DNA does the saliva from the banana belong to?

Whose DNA do the skin cells from the gloves belong to?

Whose DNA does the blood from the hand print belong to?

Whose DNA does the hair sample from the shirt belong to?

Which person does the fingerprint belong to?

Which person does the shoe print belong to?

Who do you think committed the murder?

What evidence do you have that the person you chose committed the murder?

Create your own narrative:What happened to Morgan Weiss, and how did she die?(Feel free to get as creative as you want with this one)

What happened to Morgan Weiss, and how did she die?

(Feel free to get as creative as you want with this one)

Create your own narrative:
What happened to Morgan Weiss, and how did she die?
(Feel free to get as creative as you want with this one)

Create your own narrative:
What happened to Morgan Weiss, and how did she die?
(Feel free to get as creative as you want with this one)