Aidoann
Crimelab webmaster
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Post by Aidoann on Aug 20, 2005 20:24:20 GMT 1
Illnesses, leaves of absence, pregnancies and a crime wave on top of that had forced Crimelab supervisor Ann Newland to make some drastic shift changes at the New York Crimelab.
She had just called a briefing to introduce the new additions to the team, when the news about a school fire came in.
Introducing would have to wait. So she adressed the CSIs and detectives who where gathered in front of her:
"The firemen just cleared the scene. It is now up to you to gather any evidence that wasn't destroyed by the fire."
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Fabian
Former RPG Moderator
RPG character: Luke Versteeg
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Post by Fabian on Aug 21, 2005 12:45:18 GMT 1
Luke Versteeg was driving as fast as he could to make it to the briefing, when he heard about the fire on the radio:
"It has been reported that 4 students and 2 teachers died as result to the fire that broke into the Mayflower Highschool around 11 o'clock. The firemen succesfully distuingished the fire and the crime scene investigators are on the case right now".
This sounded like an 'all hends on deck' case, so he decided to immedialy go to the school. Hopefully his supervisor, Ann Newland, wouldn't make a big deal out of the fact that he was too late for the briefing. He had a perfectly good reason anyway...
What a horrible sight: crying people and a school that look like a pile of debris. This case is gonna be a rough one.
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bluebean
RPG Character: Dr. Sheldon Consare, M.E.
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Post by bluebean on Aug 21, 2005 21:05:52 GMT 1
Dr. Sheldon Hawkes, having arrived just in time for the briefing, looked up from his seat at the back of the room at the supervisor's words. He waited for the room to clear of CSIs and Detectives before making his own way out of the room.
He got to the morgue as quickly as possible, setting aside tables for the victims he was suspecting. He got the room ready, and he waited.
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Doreen
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RPG Character: Doreen Valenti; NYPD homicide detective
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Post by Doreen on Aug 22, 2005 1:56:15 GMT 1
Doreen Messer arrived at the crime scene; her kit in hand. It's a good thing she brought it cos she was on her way to a briefing before she was called to the school. People were gathered around the crime scene. Some were crying and she guessed that they were probably the family of the victims. She tried not to treat this case as personal as possible considering her past experience with her parents.
Head high, she walked towards the other detectives and her fellow CSIs.
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bobbydee
RPG character: Sean Davis
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Post by bobbydee on Aug 22, 2005 11:28:19 GMT 1
Sean Davis Looked at the building it was apparent that the fire had been bad and that so many people escaped, the grass on the outside of the school was littered with survivors sobbing, mourning, Sean was stood taking to Det. Flack, it was the first time either of them had ever dealt with the death of a group of children.
Not knowing what to expect inside he psyced himself up to prepare for the inside of the school
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Post by James on Aug 24, 2005 20:44:14 GMT 1
J.D. Cooper had been briefed and he was on his way to the crimescene, it was his first fire and at a school it sounded worst.
He pulled his car up to the crimescene and saw the rest of the team and the scene of panic and chaos.
He grabbed his kit and put on his blue overalls and prepared to enter the remains to assess the damage and collect evidence.
J.D. also read out a list of victims he got from the detective:
Susan Granger, 42 Chemistry Teacher Dr. Franklin Huthinson, 45 Biology Teacher Lisa Drake, 18 Harry Raver, 17 Max Kane, 13 Jessica Franklin, 14
James prepared himself for the sights he would see and asked the team:
'So, who wants to do a preliminary walkthrough with me?'
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Fabian
Former RPG Moderator
RPG character: Luke Versteeg
Posts: 1,085
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Post by Fabian on Aug 25, 2005 11:59:44 GMT 1
"Let me introduce myself, my name is Luke Versteeg. You are J.D. Cooper I presume? Welcome to the team. I'll go with you". Luke could see that J.D. was very ambitious and willing to do a good job on this case. He had confidence in him.
They both put on their protective masks and entered the school. Luke heard from Det. Flack that just recently the school was re-opened after a lot of renovation. What a shame! 750 students and 80 teachers, it could have been worse, but this just should not have happened.
The hallway was pretty much intact, Luke Versteeg could immediately see that the fire did not start here. "I believe there are still 5 bodies in the school, the youngest girl died in the hospital. The chemistry teacher is in one classroom together with Lisa and Harry and the biology teacher in a room with Max and Jessica. So the start of the fire most likely was in one of those two classrooms. Let's go there".
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Post by e6r6i6c on Aug 25, 2005 13:46:04 GMT 1
After the CSI team arrives, Detective Jim brass walks up to Ann Newland.
“Hi Ann, nice night to bring in some new reinforcements", His voice sounding sarcastic. "
So we got 6 victims so far, but the paramedics are still counting heads. We have 750 students and 80 teachers but we are still not sure how many people where inside that building when the fire started. The Fire squad released the first two hallways, but the east wing is still closed due to all the smoke, they have brought in some fans to take care of that, should take about an hour or so. I have got a couple of my men interviewing some of the teachers and students, but most of them saw nothing but some flames and a lot of chaos when they ran out of the building. I’ll keep you posted. And Ann I hope you brought some coffee with, cause this is going to be a long, long night".
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Post by James on Aug 25, 2005 20:13:02 GMT 1
J.D. and Luke began to survey the burnt out corridor, he assumed that the most damage would be from a science lab where the risk of fire is greatest and due to the combustible material.
They began to draw sketches of the scene and took photographs of the burn damage; J.D. spotted a fire extinguisher on the floor leading to the science lab, he examined closer and noticed it had been tampered with. He grabbed his kit and dusted for prints, he managed to pull a clear print off the top of the extinguisher. 'Did someone try to stop the fire but couldnot?' He then examined the base and noticed something, he swabbed it and tested it, it was definately blood.
He bagged the evidence and sent it to the lab and followed Luke as he moved to where the fire started ...
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Fabian
Former RPG Moderator
RPG character: Luke Versteeg
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Post by Fabian on Aug 25, 2005 23:40:47 GMT 1
"Allright, I just heard that the bodies have already been picked up. Dr. Hawkes is already working on them."
While entering the classroom, Luke noticed that there was a heater on every table. "It would seem logical that any of these might have done the damage. Those things seemed so innocent when I was in school". There were two heaters that looked rather interesting. "These two have catched the most fire at the look of them. " Luke Versteeg tried to get prints of the heaters, but they were only vague or partial, due to the damage. "These defenitely go back to the lab".
Luke's phone rings: "Luke here. That's odd. Okay." Luke hangs up. He turns to J.D. : I just heard that the girl who died in the hospital, Jessica, wasn't a student at this school. Why the hell was she in this classroom?""
It seemt like this case would bring more questions than answers.
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Doreen
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RPG Character: Doreen Valenti; NYPD homicide detective
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Post by Doreen on Aug 26, 2005 17:01:58 GMT 1
Doreen started inspecting the crime scene; trying to see if she can find any clue which led to the school being burnt. The other CSIs were doing the same. They were all searching the kitchen, some searching the labs; trying to see if any trace of somehting that started the fire. Suddenly she heard someone call out her name.
"Detective Messer! You gotta come over here!"
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bobbydee
RPG character: Sean Davis
Posts: 85
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Post by bobbydee on Aug 26, 2005 21:14:16 GMT 1
"Messer" "Messer" "Luke" I got something. Sean yelled down the corridor. I got it. "what is it?" asked luke' the janitors closet, the lock had been forced explained sean, pointing at the padlock busted on the floor. "It could have been the fireman" stated Luke "JD go ask the fire cheif" As JD walked off to find the fire cheif, "are you sure he was the right choice we had the chance to get Nick Stokes" "You let me worry about who i hire, Sean" replied Luke.
Sean continued to look, inside the closet, it was apparent that because of scorce mark that the fire had begun in here, the closet had the remnents of a handful of exploded gas canisters, numerous burnt bottles that had been burnt away at, Sean entered the room as he did he snagged a burnt stick as he did a body fell from behind the door, shocking both Messer and himself.
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Fabian
Former RPG Moderator
RPG character: Luke Versteeg
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Post by Fabian on Aug 26, 2005 23:01:36 GMT 1
Luke Versteeg was busy looking for evidence in the school's cantine, when he heard something happening in the corridor. Luke walked inside the closet and saw Messer and Sean looking over the dead body. "God...I guess the body count is 7 now." Luke took a glimpse at the card that was on the dead man's shirt. "Jake Combs, Janitor".
"Can you guys investigate this part of the crime scene? It is usefull that the body is still here. J.D. and I are practically done with the classroom and the one's nearby. The cantine and teachers lounge don't give us much either, so let's focus on this closet. The fire chief stated the firemen actually did break into this closet, but maybe there is some evidence which tells us somebody else has been in here. I'll be nearby. I'm keen to hear what te detectives heard from students or family members."
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Doreen
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RPG Character: Doreen Valenti; NYPD homicide detective
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Post by Doreen on Aug 27, 2005 1:00:31 GMT 1
Doreen Messer walked on over to Detective Don Flack who just finished talking to a student. Thes student was seating on a bench, a towel wrapped around her. She looked scared.
"So what did you hear?" she asked. Flack explained that the student said that she smelled a weird gas coming from the cheminstry lab and when she went over over to the lab, she saw a boy getting something from the janitor's closet and when the boy saw her, he took off.
"Did the girl managed to see who the boy was?" asked Doreen. Flack just shook his head indicating No. She sighed and nodded to him before staring back at the burnt school. Morgue attendents brought a strecher out of the school and Doreen knew that that was the corpse that she and Sean found.
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bobbydee
RPG character: Sean Davis
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Post by bobbydee on Aug 27, 2005 6:55:05 GMT 1
Sean began to process the closest bagging various bottles, rags and shrapnul, he checked the wallet of the dead man, confirming that he was Jake Combs. "Luke I'm gonna take this back to the lab to start processing"
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