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5th “Daily” Update, Written 12/19/22
Howdy, updating my site finally. I’ve been busy with things outside of school. There’s always lots to talk about and I should always write more for the site, but that’s just how life goes. I’ve written about arson, basic toxicology, I should write blood spatter and blood spatter calculations but I find myself wanting to write about the basics of evidence. There’s interesting principles and rules I’ll delve into a bit. I also find blood spatter to be difficult to write about because there’s a whole other side to blood evidence that is essential to mention; DNA. Mentioning DNA also implies that the reader knows about the basics of biology, or somewhat. Modern DNA typing doesn’t require knowledge of the actual science behind the work. It can be automated with certain typing and all you have to do is operate the machinery and follow safety protocol with stringent sanitation standards. But I find knowledge of the ‘principles’ of DNA to be interesting enough to learn, as it could help with other studies or to help plan for contingencies. What if the concentrated DNA is contaminated and shows a tri-allelic pattern and what do you do? Etc, etc, etc. I also need to update toxicology to include things like nerve agents and common household mixes for harm reduction purposes. I also want to write up a lab report on luminol production at home to detect blood. Hydrogen peroxide works on visible stains, but luminol is better suited for visualization without complete annihilation of DNA evidence. Overall I have to write more, but I think I’ll update some pages maybe go over the basics of evidence. We’ll see. N
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