Introduction

You are a small town forensic detective and a murder has taken place. You and your
peers have the task of solving it, however, your department isnt well equipped in terms
of equipment. You will have to wait for the big state lab to provide you with more
information as you conducted the investigation, but this could take weeks!! The towns
prosecutor (aka your teacher isnt a very patient person and is demanding that you
wrap this investigation up as soon as possible.
The Crime
The rain fell violently on the night of !pril ", "##$. ! dinner party was being held at the
house of an eccentric man, %aptain &elish. %aptain &elish, a mysterious person was
'ust released from prison and possesses a new name. (e decided to have a celebration
party with the people he considered acquaintances.
7:00 pm:
%aptain &elish escorted )orma )anny, Theresa Thyme, *red *leckstone, +am +tubs,
and ,len ,lendora to the dinner table. !lthough the guests didn-t know it, each persons
life was somehow affected by %aptain &elish.
7:30 pm:
The host and guests sat down to a dinner of Tomato +oup, *resh ,arden +alad, .rime
&ib, /aked .otato and small talk.
7:35 pm:
The lights of the house suddenly went out. %hairs rustled, people screamed, and
%aptain &elish loudly groaned.
7:36 pm:
The light returned to show captain &elish slumped forward, his face in his tomato soup
and a large steak knife embedded in the back of his neck.
7:40 pm:
The police are called.
7:55 pm:
The police arrived.
8:00 pm:
%aptain &elish was officially pronounced dead at the scene. The knife was quickly sent
to the police lab.
9:30 pm:
The police lab determined that there were two types of blood on the knife0 the killer-s
and the captain-s. The lab report is enclosed along with important information about all
the %aptain-s dinner guests. 1ith the following information determine the %aptain-s killer
and the killer-s motive.
Who Killed Captain Relish?
Theresa Thyme's Family tory:
Thomas 2ustard returned from 1orld 1ar 33 and married his high school sweetheart,
4une /asil. The couple had three children0 Thomas, 5athy, and 6ominic. !t the age of
"7, Thomas changed his name to Thomas +andstone and ran away from home.
Thomas was never heard from again. 5athy married 4erry Thyme, and 6ominic married
+usan +pice. 5athy had a miscarriage after two years of trying to have a child.
8ndaunted, -they -tried 9again, and this time they were blessed with Theresa.
:n a wild night, in a fit of anger 5athy 2ustard killed her husband, and 6ominic
strangled +usan to collect on a life insurance policy. !ll the 2ustards had ; blood while
4erry had ! blood (both of 4erry-s parents had !/ blood. There has been no incidence
of (untington-s %horea or 2arfans in the family.
Fred Flec!stone's Family tory:
4oe ,ranite (: blood, an infantry man from 1orld 1ar 33,
met +arah +and in the <.!. hospital after he returned from
the war. +arah, a very tall woman with / blood, and 4oe
married. Their first child died during labor due to an
into=icated doctor. !fter two years of severe depression, the
couple tried again and this time they had identical twin girls0
4oan and 4une (4oan had / blood. +adly, +arah died when
her aorta burst during labor. >ater it was determined that she
had 2arfan +yndrome. 4une married a man named Thomas
+andstone. Thomas and 4une had two children0 .eebles (a
female and *red (a tall, slender man who was double
'ointed. 3n a bi?arre love triangle, Thomas killed 4oan and
.eebles. @mbarrassed about his father-s actions, *red
changed his last name to *leckstone. *red was later
engaged to Theresa Thyme.
am tu"s' Family tory:
4immy /utts (!/ blood, an older tank driver from the second
world war, re'oined his wife, &ita (/ blood and four children0
Tina (/ blood, Tawny (! blood, +usan ( ! blood and Tony (!/
blood. Tina and Tawny became nuns while Tony died in a
bi?arre gardening accident (after he married and had children.
+usan married +teve +tubs, an older man with / blood. +teve
and +usan had A children0 +arah and +am (+am has !/ blood.
8nfortunately, +teve had (untington-s %horea. 1hile +teve was
deteriorating, +usan had an affair with a man named Thomas
+andstone. ! male child was the result of this affair, but
Thomas took this child to an adoption agency immediately after
his birth.
3ronically, +usan +tubs died from (untington-s %horea "B years
after the death of her husband. +am was engaged to .eebles
+andstone and has been very despondent since her murder.
>ately he has been seen with )orma )anny.
#len #lendora's Family tory:
,len doesn-t know much about his family history. You see, ,len was adopted by the
,lendora family when he was C months old. This is what he says he knows.
,len-s father was Thomas +andstone and his mother was +usan +tubs. (e knows that
his mother died from (untington-s %horea (he thinks that he may have the disease and
he knows that he has a half sister and half9brother, but he doesn-t know their names.
,len, an achondroplasic dwarf, has fallen deeply in love with )orma )anny.
$orma $anny's Family tory:
,reg )anny couldn-t fight in the Dwar to end all wars.D 3t turns
out that ,reg had poor eyesight, flat feet, an ! blood type, and
had a low 3E. (e and his wife, 5athy (/ blood, had two
children0 )ina(!/ blood and )ancy (; blood. )ina had an
affair with Thomas +andstone when she was "# years old. Their
child )adia was kidnaped and murdered when she was $ years
old. !fter the news, )ina went off the deep end and lost her
mind. +he is now institutionali?ed with no hope for release.
)ancy married Tony +tubs and they raised )orma. Tony died in
a bi?arre gardening accident (one that the authorities said it was
better left alone when )orma was $. +ince )orma was raised
by her mother, she took the last name of )anny. 3ronically, after
Tony died, they did a blood test which showed that he may have
had (untington-s %horea.
)orma, a 'ealous woman, knows that ,len ,lendora has a thing
for her, but she feels that she can-t love a dwarf who may have
(untington-s %horea. *red *leckstone is the one that she
adores.
Captain %elish's Family tory:
%aptain &elish. is a very mysterious man. (e says that he was recently released from
prison and has changed his name. (e claimed to have many children by different
women. (is blood type was Type :.
The Chief Detective Homer has provided you with the following from the
crime scene:
&a" %eport:
/lood types0 awaiting state report
*ingerprints0 )one
@n?ymes .resent0
)o evidence of 2arfan +yndrome.
@vidence of reduced level of neurotransmitters.
5aryotypes from 1hite /lood %ells0 enclosed
6)! +equences0 awaiting state report
Directions:
The prosecutor (aka your teacher) wants to charge someone as soon as
possible, despite not having the state lab report.
You will have to construct karyotypes from the samples taken from the
murder weapon and compare them to the karyotypes taken from the
victim and the dinner guests.
long with that information, continue your investigation by researching
the genetic disorders identified in the dinner guests! background stories.
"ollow the directions on the ne#t page regarding your genetic research.
$t may be helpful to establish the different relationships between the
dinner guests.
#enetic %esearch Component:
F *or each ,enetic 6isorder listed in the dinner guests (family histories, research the
disorder and provide the following information in your report.
F *or this section, format the answer in a list or a table. 3nclude the following information
for each disorder G disease0
". /rief 6escription (no more than B; words
A. +ymptoms
$. 1hat part of the body is affected.
H. 1hich gene or chromosome is affected (indicate if nondis'unction has
occurred
B. .ossible treatment (if any
C. 1hat percentage of the population is affected.
Search: Triple X
%reate a presentation (power point, poster, written report, etc to give to the prosecutor
regarding the case. 3t should include the following information0
" /ased upon the information you have collected, who will you tell the prosecutor was
the murdererI
A @=plain why you chose this person. 3nclude a detailed e=planation of your evidence0
a &elationships between guests,
b) karyotypes, 6)!, en?ymes, and blood type
$ !nalysis of evidence0
a relate to research about diseases
b applied to suspect(s and victims
c conclusionGsummary of findings
H 1ere you able to establish a motiveI 1hat was the motive of the killerI
&efer to the rubric below as you develop your presentation.
%ork &thic
Everyone worked
together, equally and
fairly
' pts
The work done was
unequal; individuals did
not work together
( pts
Soeone did not do their
fair share of the work
) pts
*resentation
!ppealing and
eorable, pictures
prooted understanding
+ pts
"nteresting, use of
pictures enhances
understanding
, pts
#acks interests, did not
use pictures or diagras,
or they were distracting
- pt
.urderer $dentified
$urderer identified
- pt
%ot entioned
/ pt
&#planation 0
$nformation
!ll & criteria et'
E(planations include
support by data and
analysis given of data'
1/ pts
!ll & criteria et and
with e(planations
supported by data'
-+ pts
$issing ) or ore
criteria or e(planations
not supported by data or
isinterpreted'
-/ pts
.otive 0
2oncerns identified
$otive identified with
possible e(planation'
*oprehensive suary
with areas of concern
identified based upon
data and facts of case'
+ pts
$otive identified, but no
e(planation, or areas of
concerns did not address
facts of the case'
, pts
$otive not identified, or
did not address areas of
concerns
- pts
Results are back from the state crime lab regarding the murder of Captain
Relish.
&a" %eport:
/lood types0 A and O
*ingerprints0 )one
@n?ymes .resent0
)o evidence of 2arfan +yndrome.
@vidence of reduced level of neurotransmitters.
5aryotypes from 1hite /lood %ells0 enclosed
6)! +equences0
Who Killed Captain Relish?
Crime cene 'aryotype 'eys:
'aryotype (:
'aryotype ):