Forensics DNA Fingerprinting

Ana Pacheco, Brooke Bruder, & Maggie Boyer

DNA Fingerprint

Data

Analysis of Data
The crime scene DNA fingerprint is a match to Suspect 3. The distances of each
band math as well as the sizes are the same. Suspect 3 is Kat Pack.

Interview
I analyzed an interview of Kat Pack since she was a match for the DNA fingerprint.
In the interview, she seemed pretty defensive and tried to blame Dangerkitty. Also,
she said that she went to her lab after the party, meaning that she could have been
fiddling with pathogens or something of that nature. This interview definately
doesnt get her off the hook.

Crime scene 1

Hair on jacket(white)
Human hair also on jacket

Crime scene 2

Station 3
-one newspaper, magazine article, insurance policy, article

Crime scene 4

scene 5

Scene 6
-in the DNA fingerprint it matched 3 Dr. Kat PAk
-A suspect 2 Dr. Thomas Canada , B is suspect 3
-Ab negative blood

Who is Guilty? And Motive

Suspect 3, Dr.Kat Pack, is guilty of poisoning Dr. Doodles Donley. We know this
based on the fact that her DNA was found on the site, she has toxin experience, she
was exposed to the pathogens, and her blood type matched. Her motive was to outdo
Dr. Donley in the world of pathogens. She has always been jealous.

Information on Our Tests

ELISA: a test that detects and measures antibodies in your blood. This test can be used to determine if you have

antibodies related to certain infectious conditions. Antibodies are proteins that your body produces in response to harmful
substances called antigens.

Electrophoresis: A technique used in DNA fingerprinting and other processes in which large molecules are to be

identified. Fragments of DNA are placed in a semi porous gel, and an electrical field is turned on. The fragments move in
response to the field, with smaller fragments generally moving faster. Aftera time, the fragments have separated enough to
form a series of separated lines like a barcode that characterizes the DNA.

Blood Type: Blood type refers to the surface antigen, or the protein that is present red blood cells. The blood at the
crime scene was AB-.

Information on Pathogens
Smallpox
Variola major or smallpox virus
Spread through aerosols of an infected persons clothes. It is spread from person to
person.
Symptoms: headache, high fever, pains in back, rash
Treatment: vaccination within 2 to 5 days after exposure, after vaccination, antiviral
drug treatment
This was used for biological warfare in the the 18th century by the british.
HIV
Stands for human immunodeficiency virus
Ways to contract it: sharing needles, sharing bodily fluids, not physical/causal
contact.

Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
Also known as TB
Spread through air from
person to person, bacterium
is in the air when an infected
person sneezes or coughs
Symptoms: chest pain,
chronic cough, chills, loss of
appetite, fever
Treatment: antibiotics like
rifabutin
TB is fatal for infants

How DNA fingerprinting works

A DNA fingerprint is unique to each person. DNA fingerprints are found by
taking the DNA out of the nucleus of a cell. This can come from skin, hair, saliva,
DNA is in all the cells in the body. There are four building blocks of DNA A,C,T,G.
Junk DNA is DNA which is not made into useful proteins. These changes create a
pattern which help determine differences in DNA between two people. DNA can be
cut into shorter pieces by enzymes called restriction endonucleases. Then they are
separated by size on a gel. Each piece of DNA forms a band. The smallest pieces
travel a shorter distance and are closer to the bottom of the gel. The larger pieces
are close to the top.

Science of: Information on other evidence and how it works

that you used to support case
The tests that we ran our used in todays forensics field. Fingerprinting, ELISA
tests, blood typing, and more provide information on exposure and markings of
people around the crime scene. DNA has gotten a big role in crime scene
investigation now that our technologies have improved.

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