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Global View - Crime Scene #D0224

Detective MeGee: Alright, Officer McGraw, Give it to me straight, what are we looking at here?

McGraw: Detective MeGee! We’re glad to see you! We could sure use your expertise on this one. It’s a break-in, but nothing seems to have been stolen. We received a call from the Bear family at around ten thirty this morning. They had gone out for a walk before breakfast and came home to this mess! Broken chairs and porridge all over the place! Apparently, Momma Bear had made the porridge a little too hot, you see, and they were waiting for it to cool down.

Detective MeGee: Okay then, let’s start examining the evidence... Have the forensics team been in yet?

McGraw: Yes sir. They found some fingerprints on the bowls and are analyzing them back at the lab as we speak. Hopefully, they will be able to identify the burglar soon.

Detective MeGee: Hmmmm, Ah ha! What’s this? A strand of golden hair... this is a very important piece of trace evidence McGraw. It tells me the suspect has long golden hair... very few men have long golden hair... our criminal could be a woman...

McGraw: A woman? Was she working alone? Did she have an accomplice?

Detective MeGee: An accomplice? No, no McGraw, she was definitely working alone. See here, there are footprints in the porridge, here on the floor... footprints, tells me that our suspect is small... could possibly be a child.

McGraw: A child? Surely not, sir...

Detective MeGee: We must follow the clues, McGraw! The evidence doesn’t lie! Now, let’s reconstruct the crime... the suspect came in, sat in each chair breaking the smallest one into little pieces. Next, the porridge. She obviously tried to eat it and because it was so hot, she dropped it on the floor... this mess. Interesting. These footprints seem to lead upstairs. McGraw, did your officers clear the scene?

McGraw: Well, there was no one down here... and maybe we forget to check upstairs.

Goldylocks: Hey! What’s with all the noise? I’m trying to sleep up here!

Detective MeGee: There she is! Get her!

Key Vocabulary

forensics - scientific tests used in the investigation of crime

identify - discover and define

strand - a single length of

accomplice - a person who helps another in committing a crime

reconstruct - form a picture of a crime by piecing together evidence

give it to me straight - tell me something directly and honestly

suspect - think something is false

Supplementary Vocabulary

yellow tape - a tape used by police to block off a crime scene

Crime Scene Investigator - the person in charge of collecting evidence

trespasser - a person who illegally enters private property

destruction of property - the physical damage of private property