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Yes, it's spatter, not splatter.
Several passive drops of blood dropped from varying angles ranging from 10º to 60º at a height of 30 inches creating an elongating shape in most drops. A few drops also overlap creating some satellites in the drip pattern, and a larger splash area.
It doesn't look as good as it should, because I put it in my folder with a piece of paper on top of it, and it got stuck to the paper while I was taking a nap. So it dried up and it looks a bit worse because of the paper that got stuck to it when removed.
Odd facts: Used in a Polish article about emulating the CSI-kind of stories on a gaming session. I only know because they wrote back to me. Good guys, they are.
Used in a blog article about primal peculiar foods you probably haven't eaten.
Is used in the cover of this book:Writer's Workshop of Horror.
From the back cover:
THE HOUND MEANT DEATH
The ancient legend of the savage hound that first made its appearance at the horrible death of the drunken Hugo Baskerville, persisted in the family history, along with the fact that many of the male Baskervilles died violent and unnatural deaths. It was the mysterious death of the contemporary head of the family, and the report that the legendary hound had been seen again that brought Sherlock Holmes upon the scene. Then, with a background of the Devon moors, he solves a mystery and averts another tragedy by those unique methods of deduction which have turned this immortal character of fiction into a being almost as real as flesh and blood.
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Mossend Road, including the entrance to Mossend A&E is closed to all but Emergency Service vehicles due to a “Police Incident”. An anonymous Police source claims that Officers responded to a call reporting gunshots fired directly across from the Hospital, and that the body of one deceased male was subsequently found. The victim is unnamed at this time, however is described as a white male, mid 20’s, wearing a black leather jacket, blue jeans and red Converse shoes.
Further sources claim that a senior figure in Organised Crime had self discharged against medical advice, having been brought to Mossend A&E by private car, with injuries sustained in an earlier attack, and that this same unnamed person was gunned down upon leaving Hospital grounds.
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Mossend Road, including the entrance to Mossend A&E is closed to all but Emergency Service vehicles due to a “Police Incident”. An anonymous Police source claims that Officers responded to a call reporting gunshots fired directly across from the Hospital, and that the body of one deceased male was subsequently found. Other sources claim that a senior figure in Organised Crime had self discharged against medical advice, having been brought to Mossend A&E by car with injuries sustained in an earlier attack, and that this same unnamed person was gunned down upon leaving Hospital grounds. In reality I bought a set of 3D printed figures including x3 Scenes of Crime Officers, x1 female uniformed Police Officer and x1 “body”. These were some of the pictures taken as part of the previously shown photoshoot. The story above comes from me recently watching The Sopranos.
Due to the increasing availability and quality of desktop publishing software and printer/scanner technology, the US Treasury department introduced a re-designed twenty dollar bill in an attempt to thwart counterfeiting. The bill features many high tech security features that are extremely difficult or impossible to reproduce using commonly available publishing technology.
1. Microprinting under the border to the left of Andrew Jackson's portrait says "THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 20 USA 20 USA"
2. Microprinting around the first three letters of each line to the left of the Treasury Department seal repeats "20 USA"
3. A watermark embedded into the paper the bill is printed on depicts a portrait of Andrew Jackson that is identical to the one printed on the face of the bill.
4. The 20 on the bottom left of the front of the bill is printed using color-shifting metallic flecks. Changing the angle at which the bill is held will change the apparent color of the printing from gold to green. Additionally, the eagle and shield image is printed with an embossed sparkly ink.
5. A mylar security thread runs vertically 17mm from the edge of the paper. This strip will glow green when exposed to UV light and has the microprinting of "USA TWENTY" along with a US Flag. Instead of stars, the miniature flag has the number 20 printed.
6. The bill is printed using an engraving process that is able to reproduce extremely fine lines (first image). When the bill is printed using a commercial inkjet (second image) or laser printer (third image) the fine lines are obscured and colored ink spray is clearly visible under high magnification. The images were taken at 100x magnification.
7. The back of the bill is printed with two types of optically indistinguishable ink. Under infrared light (second image), a vertical strip of printing on the left side of the note disappears. The inks used to create the bills also have varying magnetic properties. These two features are extremely difficult to reproduce and allow advanced commercial scanners to identify counterfeits.
8. The yellow 20's printed on the back are placed to form a constellation that assists anti-counterfeiting technology in copiers and computer imaging software in identifying a scanned image as currency. This constellation, called EURion, is also featured in the bank notes of several other countries.
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Attic diorama details:
Reported to Nutshell Laboratories, Tuesday, December 24, 1946.
Miss Jessie Compton was discovered dead in her house by Mr. Harry Frazer, a milk delivery man who gave this statement:
On the morning of Tuesday, December 24, 1946, about 6 o’clock, he stopped at Miss Compton’s kitchen door to deliver the milk. The weather was very cold and he was surprised to find the kitchen door open. He put his head inside and called, but received no answer so he then went in to see if anything was wrong. There seemed to be nobody about. After looking the house over, he went part way up the attic stairs and saw Miss Compton’s body hanging there, so he went down stairs and telephoned the police.
Policeman John T. Adams received the telephone call at 6:34 Tuesday morning, December 24, and went at once to Miss Compton’s house. The snow on the path to the kitchen door was somewhat trampled and no distinct footprints could be recognized. There were unwashed dishes for one person on the kitchen table. The house downstairs was neat. The bed was made and undisturbed. However, he found the attic as represented in the model.
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Three-Room Dwelling diorama details:
Reported to Nutshell Laboratories, Monday, November 1, 1937.
Robert Judson, a foreman in a shoe factory, his wife, Kate Judson, and their baby, Linda Mae Judson, were discovered dead by Paul Abbott, a neighbor.
Mr. Abbott was question and gave the following statement:
Bob Judson and he drove to their work together, alternating cars. This was Abbott’s week to drive. On Monday morning, November 1, he was late—about 7:35 a.m.—so, when blowing his horn didn’t bring Judson out, Abbott went to the factory without him, believing Judson would come in his own car.
Sarah Abbott, Paul Abbott’s wife, was also questioned and gave the following statement:
After Paul had left, she watched for Bob to come out. Finally, about 8:15 a.m., seeing no signs of activity at the Judson house, she went over toothier porch and tried the front door, but it was locked and she knocked and called but got no answer. She then went to the kitchen porch, but that door was also locked. She looking in through the glass, and then, thoroughly aroused by the sight of the gun and blood, she ran home and notified the police.
The model shows the premises just before Mrs. Abbott went to the house.
N.B.: Dawn broke at 5:00 a.m. Sunrise at 6:17 a.m. Weather clear. No lights were lighted in the house. Both outside doors were locked on the inside.
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Two-Story Porch diorama details:
Reported to Nutshell Laboratories, Monday, April 5, 1948.
Mrs. Annie Morrison, a housewife, was found lying on the ground below a second story porch.
Harry Morrison, the husband of Annie Morrison, relayed the following:
On Monday morning, April 5, 1948, at about eleven o’clock, he was in the kitchen of the top story apartment where he and his wife lived. Mrs. Morrison had done the week’s washing and was standing on the chair out on the porch hanging it out on the line to dry. Mr. Morrison heard a sort of noise and went to see what it was and found conditions as represented by the model. He had a job on the late shift but was up earlier than usual that day as he hadn’t worked the day before, which was Sunday.
Mrs. Agnes Butler, a neighbor of the Morrisons, gave the following statement.
She lived in the apartment below the Morrissons. She had bathed the baby on Monday morning, April 5, and put him in his carriage. She had done his way and hung it out to dry. She was cleaning up the kitchen when she heard a crash and rushed out onto the porch and saw Mrs. Morrison lying on the ground below. The Morrisons quarreled a lot and Mr. Morrison didn’t treat his wife very well. He drank some and Mrs. Butler guessed he had lady friends besides. She heard the Morrisons quarreling that morning.
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Red Bedroom diorama details:
Reported to Nutshell Laboratories, Thursday, June 29, 1944.
Marie Jones, a prostitute, was discovered dead by her landlady, Mrs. Shirley Flanagan.
Mrs. Shirley Flanagan was questioned and gave the following statement:
On the morning of Thursday, June 29, 1944, she passed the open door of Marie’s room and called out “hello”. When she did not receive a response, she looked in and found the conditions as shown in the model. Jim Green, a boyfriend and client of Marie’s, had come in with Marie the afternoon before. Mrs. Flanagan didn’t know when he had left. As soon as she found Marie’s body she telephoned the police who later found Mr. Green and brought him in for questioning.
Mr. Green gave the following statement to police:
He met Marie on the sidewalk the afternoon of June 28, and walked with her to a nearby package store where he bought two bottles of whiskey. They then went to her room where they sat smoking and drinking for some time. Marie, sitting in the big chair, got very drunk. Suddenly, without any warning, she grabbed his open jackknife which he had used to cut the string around the package containing the bottles. She ran into the closet and shut the door. When he opened the door he found her lying as represented by the model. He left the house immediately after that.
The above photo series shows the results of a thin layer chromatography test completed on a sample of Afghan hashish.
Unlike the presumptive Duquenois test, this thin layer chromatography test is specific to hashish/marijuana and definitive proof that the sample tested is one of these illicit substances.
1. A small sample about the size of the tip of a knife is removed so it can be subjected to the chromatography test. Since this is a non-destructive process, this sample can be recovered at the end of the testing.
2. An extract reagent is added to the suspected hashish in a quantity just enough to cover it in liquid. This will leach off a liquid sample that can then be applied to the thin layer chromatography (TLC) sheet.
3. The TLC sheet is blotted with the extracted sample ensuring that only liquid is deposited onto the sheet. It is then placed into a developing jar with mobile reagent to a level just above the dot. Over the course of approximately five minutes, the mobile reagent will carry the suspected hashish sample along the TLC sheet if it is chemically Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).
4. After the mobile reagent has reached the top of the TLC sheet, it is removed from the developing jar and quickly exposed to the color developing jar. This process is a simple in and out and will create a visible coloring of any reaction present on the chromatography sheet.
The main photo shows the results of this test on a sample of strong hashish. This is indicated by the relatively large spot and intense coloring.
Other samples of hashish and marijuana will produce the following effects:
Strong reactions - Big spots and intense colors
Moderate reactions - Moderately sized spots and distinctive colors
Weak reactions - Faint spots and faint colors
No reaction - No discernible colors from red to blue are present on the TLC sheet and the sample that was tested is not hashish or marijuana.
This photo was created as a tool to train the Afghan National Army in the identification and testing of illicit drugs.
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Three-Room Dwelling diorama details:
Reported to Nutshell Laboratories, Monday, November 1, 1937.
Robert Judson, a foreman in a shoe factory, his wife, Kate Judson, and their baby, Linda Mae Judson, were discovered dead by Paul Abbott, a neighbor.
Mr. Abbott was question and gave the following statement:
Bob Judson and he drove to their work together, alternating cars. This was Abbott’s week to drive. On Monday morning, November 1, he was late—about 7:35 a.m.—so, when blowing his horn didn’t bring Judson out, Abbott went to the factory without him, believing Judson would come in his own car.
Sarah Abbott, Paul Abbott’s wife, was also questioned and gave the following statement:
After Paul had left, she watched for Bob to come out. Finally, about 8:15 a.m., seeing no signs of activity at the Judson house, she went over toothier porch and tried the front door, but it was locked and she knocked and called but got no answer. She then went to the kitchen porch, but that door was also locked. She looking in through the glass, and then, thoroughly aroused by the sight of the gun and blood, she ran home and notified the police.
The model shows the premises just before Mrs. Abbott went to the house.
N.B.: Dawn broke at 5:00 a.m. Sunrise at 6:17 a.m. Weather clear. No lights were lighted in the house. Both outside doors were locked on the inside.
Latent print developed on US Currency ($1 bill) using fluorescent magnetic power. Picture taken under UV light with Canon 100mm Macro.
The above photo shows the positive results of the number 2 Marquis reagent presumptive drug test when used with a sample of opium.
The Marquis test is conducted by placing a small sample of suspect material (about the size of the tip of a typical pocket knife) inside the test vial. The bottom ampoule, containing a concentrated form of sulfuric acid with formaldehyde is crushed and the tube shaken. The dark brown final color of the liquid is indicative of a presumptive positive result for opium.
This photo was created as part of a training program to assist the Afghan National Army in properly investigating, forensically testing and prosecuting drug crimes.
Ref: Color Test Reagents/Kits for Preliminary Identification of Drugs of Abuse NIJ Standard–0604.01
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Red Bedroom diorama details:
Reported to Nutshell Laboratories, Thursday, June 29, 1944.
Marie Jones, a prostitute, was discovered dead by her landlady, Mrs. Shirley Flanagan.
Mrs. Shirley Flanagan was questioned and gave the following statement:
On the morning of Thursday, June 29, 1944, she passed the open door of Marie’s room and called out “hello”. When she did not receive a response, she looked in and found the conditions as shown in the model. Jim Green, a boyfriend and client of Marie’s, had come in with Marie the afternoon before. Mrs. Flanagan didn’t know when he had left. As soon as she found Marie’s body she telephoned the police who later found Mr. Green and brought him in for questioning.
Mr. Green gave the following statement to police:
He met Marie on the sidewalk the afternoon of June 28, and walked with her to a nearby package store where he bought two bottles of whiskey. They then went to her room where they sat smoking and drinking for some time. Marie, sitting in the big chair, got very drunk. Suddenly, without any warning, she grabbed his open jackknife which he had used to cut the string around the package containing the bottles. She ran into the closet and shut the door. When he opened the door he found her lying as represented by the model. He left the house immediately after that.
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Three-Room Dwelling diorama details:
Reported to Nutshell Laboratories, Monday, November 1, 1937.
Robert Judson, a foreman in a shoe factory, his wife, Kate Judson, and their baby, Linda Mae Judson, were discovered dead by Paul Abbott, a neighbor.
Mr. Abbott was question and gave the following statement:
Bob Judson and he drove to their work together, alternating cars. This was Abbott’s week to drive. On Monday morning, November 1, he was late—about 7:35 a.m.—so, when blowing his horn didn’t bring Judson out, Abbott went to the factory without him, believing Judson would come in his own car.
Sarah Abbott, Paul Abbott’s wife, was also questioned and gave the following statement:
After Paul had left, she watched for Bob to come out. Finally, about 8:15 a.m., seeing no signs of activity at the Judson house, she went over toothier porch and tried the front door, but it was locked and she knocked and called but got no answer. She then went to the kitchen porch, but that door was also locked. She looking in through the glass, and then, thoroughly aroused by the sight of the gun and blood, she ran home and notified the police.
The model shows the premises just before Mrs. Abbott went to the house.
N.B.: Dawn broke at 5:00 a.m. Sunrise at 6:17 a.m. Weather clear. No lights were lighted in the house. Both outside doors were locked on the inside.
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Parsonage Parlor diorama details:
Reported to Nutshell Laboratories, Friday, August 23, 1946.
Dorothy Dennison, a high school student, was found dead after being reported missing by her mother, Mrs. James Dennison. Mrs. Dennison was questioned by Police Lieutenant Robert Peale, and gave the following statement:
On Monday morning, August 19, 1946, about eleven o’clock, Dorothy had walked downtown to buy some hamburg steak for dinner. She didn’t have much money in her purse. When she failed to return in time for dinner, her mother telephoned a neighbor who stated she had seen the girl walking toward the market, but had not seen her since. Mrs. Dennison also telephoned the market and the proprietor said he had sold Dorothy a pound of hamburg some time before noon but didn’t notice which way she turned upon leaving his shop. By late afternoon, Mrs. Dennison, thoroughly alarmed, notified the police.
Lieutenant Peale’s investigation report stated that on Monday afternoon, August 19, 1946, at 5:25 p.m., he received the telephone call from Mrs. Dennison at Police Headquarters, and at once took charge of the matter personally. The customary inquiries began and by Wednesday, August 21, a systematic search of all closed or unoccupied buildings in the vicinity was undertaken. It was not until Friday, August 23 at 4:15 p.m., that he and Officer Patrick Sullivan entered the Parsonage and found the premises as represented in the model.
Temperature during that time period ranged from 86 degrees and 92 degrees with high humidity.
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Kitchen diorama details:
Reported to Nutshell Laboratories, Wednesday, April 12, 1944.
Barbara Barnes, a housewife, was found dead by police who responded to a call from the husband of the victim, Fred Barnes, who gave the following statement:
About 4 p.m. on the afternoon of Tuesday, April 11, 1944, he had gone downtown on an errand for his wife. He returned about an hour and a half later and found the outside door to the kitchen locked. It was standing open when he left. Mr. Barnes attempted knocking and calling but got no answer. He tried the front door but it was also locked. He then went to the kitchen window which was closed and locked. He looked in and saw what appeared to be his wife lying on the floor. He then summoned the police.
The model shows the premises just before the police forced open the kitchen door.
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Blue Bedroom diorama details:
Reported to Nutshell Laboratories, Wednesday, November 3, 1943.
Charles Logan, an employee in a box factory, was discovered dead by his wife Carolyn Logan.
Mrs. Logan gave the following statement:
On Tuesday night, November 2, 1943, she was alone in the house when Charles came home about midnight. He had been drinking and was in a quarrelsome mood. They had an argument but she was finally able to persuade him to go upstairs to bed. She waited downstairs for him to go to sleep before she also went to bed. After about half an hour she heard him moving around and shortly thereafter heard a shot. She run upstairs and found the situation as illustrated by the model.
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Garage diorama details:
Reported to Nutshell Laboratories, Monday, January 7, 1946.
Hugh Patterson, Vice-President, Suburban Bank, was found dead in the garage by his wife, Sue Patterson.
Mrs. Patterson was questioned and gave the following statement:
Hugh had gone out alone in the car after dinner on Saturday, January 5, 1946. He often did this, especially lately, and stayed out very late. Sunday morning when he hadn’t come home by breakfast time. Mrs. Patterson went to the garage to see if the car was there. She looked in the left-hand door and saw Hugh hanging out of the car. She then telephoned the local police station for help as she couldn’t reach the doctor.
When the patrolman arrived he went around to the back, broke the glass, climbed in the window and opened both doors. He left, again through the window so as not to disturb footprints in the front. He found the garage full of gas fumes, the car’s ignition turned on, and the gas tank empty.
Hugh had seemed troubled for some time and money hadn’t been as plentiful as it once was. Some time ago, he told her that he carried heavy life insurance, with the double indemnity clause for accident, in her favor, and about that time he deeded the house over to her. He had begun to drink a good deal lately.
The model shows the premises just after the patrolman left the garage by way of the window.
I'm a tutor at the Forensic Science Living Learning Community located in Botwinik. This is Dante, my fellow tutor, helping a student. We tutor in the dorm Sunday through Thursday for 2 hours a day.
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Unpapered Bedroom diorama details:
Reported to Nutshell Laboratories, Monday, June 4, 1949.
An Unknown Woman was discovered dead in a rooming house (registered as Mrs. John Smith).
Mrs. Bessie Collins, the landlady of the rooming house, was questioned and gave the following statement:
She kept a rooming house, and on Saturday, June 2, 1949, in the early afternoon, the deceased and a man rented this room until Monday morning, registered as Mr. and Mrs. John Smith. On Monday morning, June 4, the man had left early—about six-thirty a.m. He paid for the room up to six o’clock that evening and said not to disturb his wife, as she wanted to sleep late.
About three o’clock on Monday afternoon, Mrs. Collins told Stella Walsh, the maid, to try to get into the room to make it up. Just before five o’clock, Stella told Mrs. Collins there was something wrong. She had tried twice but she couldn’t wake the woman, so Mrs. Collins and Stella entered the room, the door of which was not locked, and found the woman was cold—evidently dead. They left the room without disturbing anything, closed and locked the door, taking the key with them, and notified the patrolman on the beat.
The model shows the conditions in the room as the two women found them.
This case presents two problems:
Who was this woman? (The means of identification is clearly visible.)
DO YOU SEE IT?
What was the cause of her death? (The medical examiner found the clue—Pull the little tassel at the left front of the model.)
This photo series demonstrates the use of the Instant Shooter Identification Kit (ISID-2) to detect the presence of gunshot residue on a shooter's hand. In the first photo, a "sticky-tab" carbon tape particle collection swab is used collect possible gunshot residue from various locations on an individual's hand. Once collected, the swabs are stored with a control swab until they can be analyzed by a scanning electron microscope (SEM) to confirm the presence of gunshot residue.
The second photo shows the results of a presumptive test on an individual who recently fired a handgun five times. The subjects hands (front and back, focusing on the web between the index finger and thumb) were swabbed with a special purpose patch. The patch was then exposed to a chemical reagent which indicates the presence of nitrocellulose in the form of blue spots and flecks. These flecks are highlighted by the red arrows.
The last photo is the same instant test conducted on an individual who had fired a heavy machine-gun numerous times. The blue reaction is present all over the patch indicating large quantities of nitrocellulose on the subject's hands.
According to the developer of the test, the presumptive Sandia LET instant shooter identification technique is 90% accurate. Results typically appear on the swab five minutes after exposure to the chemical reagent.
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Kitchen diorama details:
Reported to Nutshell Laboratories, Wednesday, April 12, 1944.
Barbara Barnes, a housewife, was found dead by police who responded to a call from the husband of the victim, Fred Barnes, who gave the following statement:
About 4 p.m. on the afternoon of Tuesday, April 11, 1944, he had gone downtown on an errand for his wife. He returned about an hour and a half later and found the outside door to the kitchen locked. It was standing open when he left. Mr. Barnes attempted knocking and calling but got no answer. He tried the front door but it was also locked. He then went to the kitchen window which was closed and locked. He looked in and saw what appeared to be his wife lying on the floor. He then summoned the police.
The model shows the premises just before the police forced open the kitchen door.
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Living Room diorama details:
Reported to Nutshell Laboratories, Friday, May 22, 1941.
Mrs. Ruby Davis, a housewife, was discovered dead on the stairs by her husband, Reginald Davis.
Mr. Davis was questioned and gave the following statement:
He and his wife had spent the previous evening, Thursday, May 21, 1941, quietly at home. His wife had gone upstairs to bed shortly before he had. This morning he awoke a little before five o’clock to find that his wife was not beside him in bed. After waiting a while, he got up to see where she was and found her dead body on the stairs. He at once called the family physician who, upon his arrival, immediately notified the police.
The model shows the premises just before the arrival of the family physician.
Blood stained floorboard had been cleaned to where no blood was visible with the naked eye. (See previous photo) After having been treated with luminol reagent, blood was clearly visible. Taken with Canon 50mm lens.
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Parsonage Parlor diorama details:
Reported to Nutshell Laboratories, Friday, August 23, 1946.
Dorothy Dennison, a high school student, was found dead after being reported missing by her mother, Mrs. James Dennison. Mrs. Dennison was questioned by Police Lieutenant Robert Peale, and gave the following statement:
On Monday morning, August 19, 1946, about eleven o’clock, Dorothy had walked downtown to buy some hamburg steak for dinner. She didn’t have much money in her purse. When she failed to return in time for dinner, her mother telephoned a neighbor who stated she had seen the girl walking toward the market, but had not seen her since. Mrs. Dennison also telephoned the market and the proprietor said he had sold Dorothy a pound of hamburg some time before noon but didn’t notice which way she turned upon leaving his shop. By late afternoon, Mrs. Dennison, thoroughly alarmed, notified the police.
Lieutenant Peale’s investigation report stated that on Monday afternoon, August 19, 1946, at 5:25 p.m., he received the telephone call from Mrs. Dennison at Police Headquarters, and at once took charge of the matter personally. The customary inquiries began and by Wednesday, August 21, a systematic search of all closed or unoccupied buildings in the vicinity was undertaken. It was not until Friday, August 23 at 4:15 p.m., that he and Officer Patrick Sullivan entered the Parsonage and found the premises as represented in the model.
Temperature during that time period ranged from 86 degrees and 92 degrees with high humidity.