FlyAzzLove asked this question on 4/18/2000:

This is for a book, so I need some help making sure the conclusions drawn are realistic of your average cop/detective. WARNING...kind of gruesome.

There's been a string of murders....the first two are actually deemed missing persons because the bodies have never been found (am I correct to say that missing persons is a different division than homocide...so as soon as a body turns up a different detective is called in?).The third body lies sprawled on the floor ( a female in her own first floor apartment). The door is untampered, the chain still linked. The window is shattered. A small coffee table is the only turned over piece of furniture the magazines and a shattered glass spread on the floor. The girl is nude, with a hankerchief covering her eyes. Her wrists are red and bloody as if she was bonded but they aren't now. The arms are outstreched to the sides so her body looks like that of a 'T.' They've recovered hair, that seems to be of a cat, and s bit of blood that is not the victim's. Her fingertips have been removed. On her stomach is carved "The Last One" on her back, "Is Coming." Oh yeah...the victim is found lying on her back.

Fr_Chuck gave this response on 4/22/2000:

depends on how large a city this happens, many missing persons are actually not investigated merely reported.

if they are missing from the same house, most likely the same detectives would search for them either as possible victims, the person who did the crime or as possible witness so in most cases I feel the same dectivies would investigate the missing persons also

you would have a fornisic team come in and do the actual on scene investigation, after the officers finding it did the first walk through. They when they are done normally let the investigation team in who then may ask for addition fornisic tests or will ask for first opinion of team. They may also have a seperate photographic team seperate from the fronsic for their own shots.

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