Secrets+and+Flies

1/31/2008

1. Describe how the CSI team knew that the suicide note was forged.

blood on gun but no blood on hand note written in red pen, no red pen in house forced entry in door mother was a virgin mother and son dont match dna possible serrigut mother not supposed to keep baby project sunflower saves embrois and places them in women match the flow of the ink left the baby to biological parents gun shot resedue on blouse biological mother was wearing day of being shot mothers blouse had blood on it red pen in mothers purse

2. Explain how Grissom figured out that the blow fly data in Mark Thayer's was incorrect.

text books and science shows it takes 11 days video shows 15 days circles dead blow flies fly larva taken from the pig, injectied with toxin called malathion belived that was sprayed onto pigs flesh the position of the egg laying would be delayed up to 4 days eggs were not being layed when the video showed it