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Cesar Aguilera Forensics Columbine The book I choose was Columbine by Dave Cullen, the story of two high school students, 18 year old Eric Harris and 17 year old Dylan Klebold, who terrorize the lives of hundreds of students at Columbine High School. The shooting took place on April 20, 1999 at Columbine High School. They’re plan was to plant two propane bombs in the middle of their schools cafeteria and another miles away to distract the police at a certain time. They planned on the bombs doing most of the work, but after the malfunction of both bombs, Dylan and Eric became restless and began to barge in the school and shoot people who got in their way. They entered through the west doors and made their way to the cafeteria and …show more content…

The evidence was put together by when it happened, for example the journals and videotapes that were filmed were put towards the beginning because they happened before the shooting. Ballistics reports were placed towards the middle with all other evidence that can be found during the shooting. Autopsies and testimonial evidence was towards the end because most people were interviewed after the shooting. Overall the evidence was carefully captured and safely stored. At the time there were no new techniques for collecting evidence so they did it like they usually did. With ballistics, they observed the ammunition and could project where the victims where, when they were shot and where the criminal was placed. They can also check the ammunition and weapons and trace them to their exact location of the sale and who sold it. Well the only testimonial evidence was all the interviews that happened after the crime, which helped the sheriff’s office put together what had happened. They could not be used to convict the criminals because they committed suicide before they were arrested. The only evidence that was used to convict someone was the ballistics report which helped the police see who sold the guns to Dylan and

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