Hanks Quiz (Death Investigation)

Question 1

What is a DNA profile?

Answer 1

DNA is a molecule that is found in most cells ofthe human body

Samples from crime scenes orsuspects, usually obtained fromblood, hair or body fluids, areanalyzed, resulting in a DNA profilewhich can be compared againstother profiles within a database

Question 2

Whether or not a DNA order is given depends?

Answer 2

largely on the type of criminaloffence in question

Question 3

A DNA order, is made by a?

Answer 3

A Judge & allows the police to take a sample of bodily substances (such as saliva or blood) from an offender.

Question 4

Depending on the type of criminal offence that an offender has been found guilty of, the Crown may ask the judge to make?

Answer 4

DNA order

Question 5

DNA samples are often taken rightin the?

Answer 5

Courthouse
or
sometimes the offender will have to go to a police station to havethe sample taken.

Question 6

Bodily samples cannot be taken without?

Answer 6

a warrant where the subject does not consent

Question 7

Two types of DNA identification

Answer 7

1. Direct Matching
2. Kinship Matching

Question 8

What is Direct Matching?

Answer 8

A direct DNA sample from the missing person,
EX. a prior medical sample or a personal item such as a toothbrush, can be compared to the DNA from an unidentified body or human remains to see if a match can be found

Question 9

What is Kinship Matching?

Answer 9

Biological relatives share apercentage of their DNA, dependingon their relationship. In the event thata DNA sample from the missing person cannot be obtained for direct matching, DNA from close family members (parents, children, siblings)can also be compared.

Question 10

Evidence is kept for ?

Answer 10

100 years

Question 11

Problems to be considered with evidence

Answer 11

Contamination
Degradation
Lost investigator notes
Lost/missing case files/audio and video statements

Question 12

How to solve cold cases?

Answer 12

Advancement in science
Changes in relationships
Perseverance
Slowly and methodically

Question 13

Scientific Method

Answer 13

The systematic pursuit of knowledge involving the recognition and formulation of a problem, collection of data through observation and experiment, and the formulation and testing of a hypothesis.

Question 14

The manner of death

Answer 14

Will be established by the investigating Coroner from the Office of the Chief Coroner

Question 15

The Cause of Death (COD)

Answer 15

will be deemed by the Forensic Pathologist (OFPU)

Question 16

A fatal fire investigation is a three-pronged affair

Answer 16

Cause of Death
Cause of Fire
Conditions under which both occurred

Question 17

Identity

Answer 17

Visual
Dental
Pathological (Signs left by illness or previous injury)
Unique tattoos/ scars
DNA

Question 18

Degree of Thermal Injuries

Answer 18

First Degree: Superficial, reddened skin ( sunburn)
Second Degree: Deeper damage with blisters formed; partial thickness burns
Third Degree: Severe Damage to full thickness of skin to underlying tissue
Fourth Degree: Very Severe including underlying tissue with charring
Fifth Degree: Underlying muscle and bone involved

Question 19

Human Bodies

Answer 19

Human fat will not smoulder, it will burn only as a flame and has a high enough flash point that it normally requires a rigid porous wick to maintain a flame.

Question 20

Approximately fifteen thousand deaths investigated annually by coroners in general

Answer 20

reflects 20 % of all deaths in Ontario

Question 21

Thirty-five per cent of those are paediatric deaths

Answer 21

Newborn to 19th birthday

Question 22

Coroner

Answer 22

medical doctor with specializedtraining in the principles of death investigation. Orders autopsy.

Question 23

Forensic Pathologist

Answer 23

medical professionalwho specializes in determining the cause of death. Performs autopsy

Question 24

SIDS

Answer 24

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

Question 25

SUDS

Answer 25

Sudden Un-Explained Death Syndrome

Question 26

Abusive Head Trauma

Answer 26

Traditional shaking of an infant backand forth
Throwing of an infant onto a bed ormattress and the head recoils backand forth
Swing of the infant while holding thehand or leg

Question 27

The chiefs report is sent to the chief ___ Hours after the homicide?

Answer 27

24

Question 28

How long do you think it takes for a body to decompose in water? Would you say it decomposed faster or slower than a body that’s lying on the ground, on land? To what extent?

Answer 28

It Depends !

Question 29

What percentage of the Earth cover is comprised of water, in liquid and solid form?

Answer 29

Water covers about 75% of the Earth’s surface, with the vast majority (96.5%) being the oceans and seas

Question 30

Most commonly used DVI methods:

Answer 30

DNA
AM medical records
Fingerprints

Question 31

Presumptions

Answer 31

Should not presume fire was accidental and/or incendiary based on circumstantial data

Question 32

Effects of Fire

Answer 32

The human body represents a fuel package and the application of heat (intensity and duration) will alter and destroy anatomical features

Question 33

Skin can blister after about

Answer 33

about 11 seconds of exposure to HF of 10kw/m2

Question 34

Body fat has a heat of combustion value of

Answer 34

30-32 kJ/g (17,100 BTU) and an auto ignition temperature of approx. 350 Degrees Celsius

Question 35

Healthy person has COHb saturations of

Answer 35

0.5 to 1 %

5-15% due to medical conditions, environment, smoking
20 %- headache, nausea
30%- Confusion, collapse
40-50%- Convulsions, heart attack
50-60%- Fatal

Question 36

A forensic PM examination will take place in a majority of

Answer 36

fatal fire incidents

Question 37

Since 2004, all forensic autopsies on criminally suspicious cases, homicides and cases going to inquest undergo a peer review process to ensure?

Answer 37

thequality of the autopsy and the resultingconclusions.

Question 38

Since 2006, coroners, pathologists,police and other members of the death investigation team now follow a new and more stringent protocol

Answer 38

when investigating the death of a child under the age of five

Question 39

Manner of death 0 to 19 years (2012 STUDY)

Answer 39

92 cases were deemed to be natural deaths
26 cases were accidental
79 cases were undetermined
22 cases led to a charge of homicide
220 deaths of children under the age of 5 years