w all of the information that was gathered from him/herself and other investigators. All of the information that was gathered cannot be put into the report, one has to decide what is important and what is not. The investigator needs to organize the material in a logical order so it is understood by anyone who may read it. The report must have steps of the investigation when taken whether they are good or bad.The third step is writing the report. If all of the material is organized and collected, it should be simple to write the report. All of the data has to be complete and accurate. The writing and language it was written in should be precise and able to read. The whole report should be brief but still hold necessary information.One case in particular is the case of a suicidal hanging staged as a homicide. These kinds of suicides are rarely discovered by crime scene investigators. A man was found dead in his bedroom by his roommate. The cord that he hung himself with was suspended over the closet door and fastened around the inside doorknob. He had a sock in his mouth which stayed in place by a bandanna tied around his mouth and the back of Malone 3his head. The victim's hands were harnessed behind his back with a pair of handcuffs and his ankles were tied together with a coaxial cable and no suicide note was found.The forensic investigation of the scene found some fascinating facts. There were no forced entries into the apartment or bedroom and the front door was locked from the inside. The roommate stated that nothing was stolen, and there was one hundred forty dollars in cash was in the living room. By this analysis it is obvious that no one had broken to commit some type of crime.Also a wooden chair was found upright directly in front of the victim. There was evidence of struggle and any restraint that he had on himself could easily be removed. The investigators found on the handcuffs a quick release lever, which c...
