Running head: PROJECT 1

Who did it?
Michelle Ruiz
4/24/14
Dr. Lewis

Murder
Background
On April 17, 2014 I called out to a murder scene of a 40 year old man named Michael Tavares a very known Ontario police department of the gang unit. He was also a new professor at Westwood College he was teaching classes on gangs. When I arrived to the scene the corners informed me that the death was committed about eight to ten hours before Professor Mark Lewis discovered the body. I was also informed that my victim Tavares received several death threats, and also in is younger life was a former gang member.
The room
The room was a regular size class room with a white board, teacher desk, based on the chairs being flipped upside down it seemed like there was a struggle before Tavares life was taken. First that caught my eye was the writing on the white board that stated “w/$ OVS ISURI CALLE RIFA” I believe there is a different message behind it. I then moved towards the teacher desk where I found I note with five different names on them Leroy, Eddie, Wilson, Izzy, and Stan. I also noticed when I first saw the victim that there was a typed letter I had the teachers computer and keyboard dusted to see if we could pick up any fingerprints that could lead us to the person who committed the crime. When I finally got to the victim I noticed that he was handcuffed but these weren’t any type of handcuffs there were local police officer handcuffs. The victim was also strangled and suffocated to death. The killer strangled Tavares with the wire of a computer mouse. The victim was also shot and stabbed with a pair of scissor. The last evidence I came across was bloody cloves and a foot print right by the door.
Murder
Testing
Back at the crime lab I had sent the evidence to get tested and also sent the names that where on the list to get a background check