Forensic Medicine
 

Case Study

Case Study #1

Dr. Goldberg was chosen to investigate this case. It was solved and the murderer is now behind bars.

*PLEASE BE ADVISED, THE FOLLOWING CONTAINS GRAPHIC CONTENT*

In this case two bodies were found in an apartment with no apparent signs of forcible entry. With this in mind, it seemed as though the suspect was a friend of the victim, or at least known well enough to be allowed into the apartment. In the first photo there are blood drops visible, but no real sign of a struggle.
In this next photo, the ash tray shows multiple brands of cigarettes; which again confirmed that the suspect was welcome in the home. After laboratory analysis was done on the cigarettes, the results showed they had been saturated in "crack" cocaine.
One of the victims, a nine year old boy, had been tied up with rope then his throat was cut. His only crime was that he was the son of the other victim, and the fact that he was home when the crime took place.
In this photo the mother of the nine year old is shown as she was found. It was originally thought that an angry boyfriend or a robbery could have been the reason for these murders. Dr. Goldberg came to a different conclusion. A male larger than the victim should have been able to physically take down a female of 95lbs. without the need of a blunt weapon. She was taken down with a statue, then stabbed multiple times in the head area. With this, the conclusion was that they were killed by a female friend during a protracted argument.

As it turned out, a friend of the victim stole the crack from her "dealer" boyfriend, and after she was confronted by him, she tried to make the victim pay for the drugs. This was the catalyst for the fight that ended in the murders. These murders were caused by cocaine psychosis.

Case Study #2