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Forensic Hair Analysis Web Quest
Hair Analysis: http://www.crimelibrary.com/criminal_mind/forensics/trace/1.html
- Click on Chapter 5
1. What can be determined from a hair sample?
2. Hair evidence is useful how?
3. What are the 3 layers of hair and explain what each layer entails.
4. How can we get DNA from a hair sample
5. What technique was developed in the 1950’s and when was it first utilized? Discuss the case.
Case Study
- Click on Chapter 4 and Read the Case Study
1. Who were the suspects in the Shoen’s case?
2. What was already on Marquis’ record that help lead police to investigate him further?
3. How did hair analysis play in solving the crime?
Hair Diagrams and Patterns: http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/lab/forensic-science-communications/fsc/july2004/research/2004_03_research02.htm
- Click on Basic Structure of Hair
1. Label the following image.
2. What are the 3 common scale patterns, draw an image and give a specimen example of each.
3. List the 3 Medulla types and draw an image of each.
Case Study – Ennis Cosby
- Google the Ennis Cosby case and discuss the main facts about the case and how hair analysis was involved. (Don’t use Wiki!)