FAYETTE – It was a shocking crime scene. Glass shattered throughout the classroom. Desks flipped onto their sides. Blood splatter and drug residue spread across the floor and desktops. What happened in the Upper Iowa University’s Colgrove-Walker Hall at Fayette Campus?
Called to investigate the simulated crime scene were students of the UIU Introduction to Forensic Science class. Students collected evidence samples and entered their findings into a newly purchased PMI Evidence Tracker system. In the past weeks, these students learned how to analyze that evidence, including fingerprints, chromatography, blood-alcohol content and drug residue data.
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