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In the basement of a house, students found a table with long plastic tubes, a battery, cables and gun powder. Droplets of blood marked the floor and a Band-Aid wrapper bore a bloody fingerprint. One of the challenges as an investigator is deciding what to collect as evidence. “A drinking straw could contain the DNA of the perpetrator,” says Pirapakaran. “The smallest thing could be the key to the scene – and the case.” Photo by Nick Iwanyshyn Read More