READ THROUGH ALL THE INSTRUCTIONS VERY CAREFULLY! FAILURE TO DO SO WILL RESULT IN A LOSS OF POINTS
Please answer the following questions in a separate document. This document should be a word document. Do not use any other types of documents as I cannot open and process them. If you do not have word, the library computers have this program. Your answer should be in essay format (no numbers or bullet points, only paragraphs) typed, double-spaced(please check your settings for this”nothing should be on multiple or 8 spaces), size 12, Times New Roman font, with no bigger than 1 inch margins, and no longer than 5 to 5-1/2 pages in length. An essay of 1 to 3 pages is missing information. Your name, date, and class and section number should be in the top-hand corner and SHOULD NOT be double-spaced. You do not need to title your exam”this is to ensure saving space.Please submit the separate document on Canvas by 11:59 pm, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2ND. Click on Assignments then click on the Exam 2 Take Home folder to upload your document. Make sure you include your name, date, and section number. Any exams without a name and proper heading will not be graded. NO LATE EXAMS/E-MAILED EXAMS WILL BE ACCEPTED”NO EXCUSES 🙁
 EVERYTHING MUST BE IN YOUR OWN WORDS IN TERMS OF EXPLANATION. WITH REGARD TO EACH ELEMENT”YOU SHOULD USE THE EXACT TITLE. FOR ALL OTHER INFORMATION, DO NOT CITE OR COPY DIRECTLY FROM THE TEXTBOOK OR NOTES. I SHOULD NOT SEE ANY QUOTES FROM THE TEXTBOOK OR NOTES AS THIS MEANS YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE INFORMATION. IF YOU USE DIRECT QUOTES OR PARAPHRASE WITHOUT PROPER APA CITATION, THIS WILL BE CONSIDERED PLAGIARISM AND WILL RESULT IN A GRADE OF F WITH FURTHER DISCIPLINARY ACTION. TRUST ME, I WILL CATCH YOU.  IN ADDITION, FOR THIS TAKE-HOME EXAM, YOU MAY USE YOUR TEXTBOOK AND NOTES, HOWEVER IF YOU TAKE DETAILED NOTES, THEY SHOULD HAVE EVERYTHING YOU NEED 🙂
Please review your university catalog under academic dishonesty for any questions about plagiarism. Feel free to e-mail me with any questions as long as it is not at 11:50 pm on Saturday night. 
*NO ONLINE SOURCES ARE ALLOWED. ANY ONLINE SOURCES USED WILL BE CONSIDERED CHEATING AND/OR PLAGIARISM AND WILL RESULT IN A FAILING GRADE. IN ADDITION, YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO WORK ON THIS WITH ANOTHER CLASSMATE/TUTOR OR ANYONE ELSE. THIS IS CONSIDERED CHEATING/COLLUSION. IF CAUGHT, YOU WILL RECEIVE A ZERO AND FURTHER DISCIPLINARY ACTION WILL OCCUR. I HAVE NEVER HAD THIS PROBLEM IN THE PAST AND I DO NOT FORESEE HAVING THIS PROBLEM NOW. 
**I highly recommend e-mailing me to make sure your exam has been uploaded to Canvas properly. 
Take-home Exam #2 Essay Prompt:

Explain the three major components of a death investigation employing the following information provided.
Correctly name and describe each component as they pertain to the information.
Use the information below to create a scenario in a creative fashion. Your creative scenario should have the following: names of all individuals, locations, evidence, and any other relevant information to show application, knowledge, and creativity of a realistic death investigation; and detailed descriptions of all pertinent information needed for the death investigation based on the information provided. You will need to expand on the death investigation as needed. 
Apply all of the information below to show you fully understand the complete process of a death investigation.

*Pretend I know absolutely nothing about this process and you are teaching me in a creative and realistic way to fully understand death investigation. 
General Information Needed
A crime scene was reported to the Merkville Medical Examiners Office at 1:15 am. You are a brand new forensic pathologist and your boss, Dr. M., has informed you this will be your very first case in which you are in charge. You arrive to the crime scene at 1:40 am. ***Please do not use I or me in your exam and be cautious of grammar. 
Crime Scene Information Needed

One male victim (age thirty-five) found in closet; two female victims (one age thirty-four”found in master bedroom on bed); second female victim (age seventy-two”found on living room couch)
Under house, four sets of skeletal remains found. Skeletal remains including the following: one wide pelvic bone; two sacrum longer and thinner; one large cranium; one small cranium; one long humorous bone; one short femur
Male victim has several contusions on forehead, back, and arms with two long lacerations on the back of the head; gun powder residue is found on the victims chest which appears to have a hole and dried blood
Male victim is wearing a college sweatshirt”gray; light denim jeans; one sock
Male victim body temperature is 15 degrees 
Female victim #1 (age thirty-four) has bruising and blood in between her legs, on her arms and back; petechiae is found in the victims eyes, however her skin is not blue; this female victim has three deep, but short cuts on her chest and neck; the victim is laying face up; the skin is discolored with different lividity patterns
Female victim #1 is wearing a cotton t-shirt (torn); her pants and undergarments were found scattered on the floor, stained with blood and torn
Female victim #1 body temperature 62 degrees
Female victim #2 (age seventy-two) has discoloration on the skin which appears to be fixed; no contusions or lacerations; no wounds or bullet holes; ants are all over the victim
Female victim #2 body temperature is 0 degrees

I will be looking for realism and a creative scenario! Do the best that you can!
If you are having trouble coming up with names, locations, and so forth”think of your favorite actors, TV show or movie characters, book characters, and feel free to use me (please do not make me a victim though”HA!).