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Introduction to
Patterns of Murder
elcome to Patterns of Murder, a blood Additionally, students will conduct an experiment
spatter analysis lab in the Mystery of to determine properties of blood spatter, then use
WLyle and Louise. A brutal murder case a spreadsheet program to create a mathematical
is unfolding in a small Appalachian town. Already model of blood properties.
the case spans two crime scenes and five people
are dead. In this lab activity, your students must Students will also examine blood drop and spatter
analyze the blood spatter evidence left behind photographs from the investigation and string a
during the murder of two people in a remote fishing crime scene to determine points of origin of blood
cabin, determine the type of weapon used in the spray. Once the lab results have been analyzed,
crime, and develop a theoretical time line of how students may host a mock trial to hold a chosen
the crime unfolded. suspect accountable for their actions.
Students will first learn about types of blood Teacher’s notes can be found at the beginning of
spatter, how blood spatter patterns are formed, and the manual, and copies may be freely made of all
how to interpret their presence at a crime scene. materials for your students.
4 THE MYSTERY OF LYLE AND LOUISE
