Evidence from a Crime Scene:
- Evidence from crime scenes can include: Blood Stains, Seminal Stains, Hair, Fibers and Threads, Glass, Paint, Flammable Liquids, Firearms Evidence, Tool Marks, Controlled Substances and Medicinal Preparations, Questioned Documents, and Latent Fingerprints.
- All evidence processed at crime scenes must follow strict guidelines for recording and packaging.
- All evidence must be photographed before it can be collected for analyzing.
- Each type of evidence must follow strict guidelines and chain of custody in order to be deemed admissible in court.
Evidence from the United Airlines Flight 629 Crime Scene:
- Bodies were recovered recovered from the scene were sent to Greeley, Colorado and placed in a morgue guarded by the National Guard Armory.
- FBI Forensic experts and experts from the United Airlines and Douglas Aircraft Corporation performed visual examinations and collected pieces of wreckage between November 2 and 7. They determined that none of the wreckage was due to faulty manufacturing.
- The front and rear parts of the plane remained relatively intact, but wreckage from the center of the plane scattered in between them.
- A surveyor was hired to plot and mark a “base line” through the scene of the crash and in the approximate direction of the line of flight. The entire area was divided by perpendicular lines into 1,000-square-foot plats or grids.The scene was searched by the grid method and all wreckage and other evidence was collected. Each piece was marked for indentification and its location was recorded based on its location in the plot.
- More evidence was recovered as hunters and other persons found scattered mail and insulation from the plane.
- All of the wreckage was examined by agents for any possible parts or remains of a bomb.
- During the search, five small fragments of sheet metal were found that were different from all other materials used for the manufacture of the plane and its equipment. The fragments were burned and covered with a gray soot-like deposit.
- One side of one of the fragments was red and had the blue letters “HO.” This was eventually identified as thel side of a six-volt battery used as a detonating device for the bomb.
- Testing of luggage recovered also revealed chemicals known to be byproducts of a dynamite explosion.
- Jack's mom, Daisie E. King, had multiple personal items on board that were recovered and analyzed by agents.. It included: ersonal letters, newspaper clippings about her family, a personalized checkbook, $1,000 in traveler’s checks, an address list, and two keys and a receipt for safety deposit boxes rented by Mrs. King.