Alyson:)
i'm doing a forensic project for school. i need a case study for forensic pathology and cant find one. pleeease help:-)
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http://library.thinkquest.org/04oct/00206/text_casestudies.htm
The Azaria Chamberlain Case
On the 17th August 1980, the Chamberlain family was camping at Uluru in Australia's Northern Territory, when at around eight o'clock at night, they heard a cry from the tent where their ten week old baby girl and four year old son were sleeping. Rushing to the tent, the mother of the child, Lindy saw a dingo near the tent's entrance and upon entering, realised with horror that her baby daughter Azaria, was missing and all that remained was a pool of blood on the floor. The police arrived and a search was organized but no traces of the baby were found.
The Chamberlains were interviewed the next morning and only some of the bloodstained items were removed from the tent, with many being left behind. The family was interviewed again later on that same day, by a different officer who thought the Chamberlains' recounts of the previous night were suspicious. A week passed and no new evidence was found, that is, until a tourist found Azaria's vest and jumpsuit. But despite this new piece of evidence, the crime scene was not sealed off and a full examination of the clothing was never conducted. This lack of proper crime scene and evidence analysis led the police to believe that Lindy Chamberlain was lying about her story. The lack of dingo bite marks and saliva on Azaria's jumpsuit and the fact that the baby's shoes were still tied inside the jumpsuit while the vest was inside out, heightened the police's suspicion even further. In 1981, it was however, concluded that Azaria was indeed taken by a dingo, allowing Lindy and Michael Chamberlain to at last get over the accusations after the tragic loss of their child and move on with everyday life.
This was however, not to be the case, because after a later analysis of the baby's clothing, it was found that there was a bloody handprint in the shape of a women's hand, reopening the case in 1982. Analysis of the Chamberlains' car also revealed a pair of scissors, baby's blood and some experts claimed that the rip marks on the baby's clothing were actually scissor stab marks. And so it was with this new evidence that another court case was held on the 2nd February, 1982. The case concluded for what was thought to be the last time, when Lindy was convicted with murder of her daughter and sentenced to life in prison. After serving six years in prison, there was a turn in the case when baby Azaria's jacket was unbelievably, found partly buried at Uluru. Just five days later, Lindy was immediately released from prison, but to this day, nobody knows the exact truth and we'll probably never know.
http://www.forensic.gov.uk/html/media/case-studies/
Case Studies
Diane Chenery-Wickens Birmingham, April 29, 2009 ⦠Forensic Science Service experts worked their way through hundreds of pieces of evidence as part of the police investigation into the disappearance of Emmy award-winning make-up artist Diane Chenery-Wickens.
Colin Pitchfork First murder conviction on DNA evidence also clears the prime suspect
Kaspar Hauser Kaspar Hauser - the lost prince?
http://library.thinkquest.org/04oct/00206/text_casestudies.htm
The Azaria Chamberlain Case
On the 17th August 1980, the Chamberlain family was camping at Uluru in Australia's Northern Territory, when at around eight o'clock at night, they heard a cry from the tent where their ten week old baby girl and four year old son were sleeping. Rushing to the tent, the mother of the child, Lindy saw a dingo near the tent's entrance and upon entering, realised with horror that her baby daughter Azaria, was missing and all that remained was a pool of blood on the floor. The police arrived and a search was organized but no traces of the baby were found.
The Chamberlains were interviewed the next morning and only some of the bloodstained items were removed from the tent, with many being left behind. The family was interviewed again later on that same day, by a different officer who thought the Chamberlains' recounts of the previous night were suspicious. A week passed and no new evidence was found, that is, until a tourist found Azaria's vest and jumpsuit. But despite this new piece of evidence, the crime scene was not sealed off and a full examination of the clothing was never conducted. This lack of proper crime scene and evidence analysis led the police to believe that Lindy Chamberlain was lying about her story. The lack of dingo bite marks and saliva on Azaria's jumpsuit and the fact that the baby's shoes were still tied inside the jumpsuit while the vest was inside out, heightened the police's suspicion even further. In 1981, it was however, concluded that Azaria was indeed taken by a dingo, allowing Lindy and Michael Chamberlain to at last get over the accusations after the tragic loss of their child and move on with everyday life.
This was however, not to be the case, because after a later analysis of the baby's clothing, it was found that there was a bloody handprint in the shape of a women's hand, reopening the case in 1982. Analysis of the Chamberlains' car also revealed a pair of scissors, baby's blood and some experts claimed that the rip marks on the baby's clothing were actually scissor stab marks. And so it was with this new evidence that another court case was held on the 2nd February, 1982. The case concluded for what was thought to be the last time, when Lindy was convicted with murder of her daughter and sentenced to life in prison. After serving six years in prison, there was a turn in the case when baby Azaria's jacket was unbelievably, found partly buried at Uluru. Just five days later, Lindy was immediately released from prison, but to this day, nobody knows the exact truth and we'll probably never know.
http://www.forensic.gov.uk/html/media/case-studies/
Case Studies
Diane Chenery-Wickens Birmingham, April 29, 2009 ⦠Forensic Science Service experts worked their way through hundreds of pieces of evidence as part of the police investigation into the disappearance of Emmy award-winning make-up artist Diane Chenery-Wickens.
Colin Pitchfork First murder conviction on DNA evidence also clears the prime suspect
Kaspar Hauser Kaspar Hauser - the lost prince?
How much did you spend on your honeymoon and what did you do?
SmEllY!
I was planning to spend about $5000 on ours and go to an island, probably vanuatu. My fiance mentioned that he would like to see snow (we live in outback australia! lol) and go skiing but I wasn't too keen on an extreme sports honeymoon, would rather go snorkelling. Anyway it occurred to me today that he could take a few extra days off work and we COULD do both, maybe we could fly to New Zealand first which is close to french polynesia so our airfares from NZ to an island wouldn't be overly expensive.... What do you think?
What did you do for your honeymoon and would you have done anything differently if you had to do it over again?
Answer
We didnt spend much on our honeymoon which was delayed... we drove to the Bay of Islands Christmas day, set up a family size tent just out of Russell and did day trips from our "base" during the Christmas /new year break.
We went up to the tip of NZ... to Cape Reinga Lighthouse where my husband set up his ham radio and contacted as many hams in Australia/ NZ as he could for several hours. I helped him set up then went on a photo shoot. We later walked down to the lighthouse and drove 3 hrs back to the tent.
Next day we went on a 3 hour hike up a huge ridge and down the other side to see an old whaling station's remains. Lovely bay.
We had one day of pouring rain just before we set out on the Cape Brett tramp (hiking with loaded packs)... it turned a hard graded track into a harder grade 20km hike that was slippery. It took 11 hours hard slog to reach the lighthouse keeper's cottage where we stayed two days. The ham radio was again set up taking up all my husband's time... and I spent my time taking photos of everything out there! Beautiful spot!
We took the water taxi back to the car and drove 9hrs back home after packing the tent up. Cape Brett lighthouse stay was the highlight of the trip.
If we were to do it over??
Not go camping for honeymoon!! It is hard to cuddle in camp stretchers.
And like I'd protested all along... THE HAM RADIO IS NOT GOING ON THE HONEYMOON!!
I wanted to go to the Cook Islands for our honeymoon, but he'd already been there done that on his first honeymoon...
At least go see the South Island's alps, lakes and fiyords.
Definately come to NZ... its almost sinking under snow at the moment! LOL. We have had 3 weeks of heavy snow fall and it is so cold!
We didnt spend much on our honeymoon which was delayed... we drove to the Bay of Islands Christmas day, set up a family size tent just out of Russell and did day trips from our "base" during the Christmas /new year break.
We went up to the tip of NZ... to Cape Reinga Lighthouse where my husband set up his ham radio and contacted as many hams in Australia/ NZ as he could for several hours. I helped him set up then went on a photo shoot. We later walked down to the lighthouse and drove 3 hrs back to the tent.
Next day we went on a 3 hour hike up a huge ridge and down the other side to see an old whaling station's remains. Lovely bay.
We had one day of pouring rain just before we set out on the Cape Brett tramp (hiking with loaded packs)... it turned a hard graded track into a harder grade 20km hike that was slippery. It took 11 hours hard slog to reach the lighthouse keeper's cottage where we stayed two days. The ham radio was again set up taking up all my husband's time... and I spent my time taking photos of everything out there! Beautiful spot!
We took the water taxi back to the car and drove 9hrs back home after packing the tent up. Cape Brett lighthouse stay was the highlight of the trip.
If we were to do it over??
Not go camping for honeymoon!! It is hard to cuddle in camp stretchers.
And like I'd protested all along... THE HAM RADIO IS NOT GOING ON THE HONEYMOON!!
I wanted to go to the Cook Islands for our honeymoon, but he'd already been there done that on his first honeymoon...
At least go see the South Island's alps, lakes and fiyords.
Definately come to NZ... its almost sinking under snow at the moment! LOL. We have had 3 weeks of heavy snow fall and it is so cold!
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