CSI: Lake Bracken

Hello Carl Sandburg students. Some of you may not know but I am a student worker in the Marketing and Public Relations department. As a student worker I am asked to assist in some of the tasks and duties preformed by the staff. On Tuesday I got an awesome opportunity to go take pictures at a crime scene skit for the Criminal Justice students.

The scene was held at Lake Bracken back in the park area. I wasn’t sure what to expect at first, but after getting there and hearing the details I was very excited to be a part of it.

The students were broken up into groups that consisted of three or four teams. There was one lead chief, and each of the team members had a certain job task. The teacher had a series of crime scenes set up to lead into an overall scene of a baby that was taken from its mother and thrown into the water. The students started with the first clue of en eye witness on a bike. The witness heard screams and crying for help coming from the bridge. One of the jobs was to interview the witness. The team members who were in charge of interviews asked a series of questions to the witness, while the other team members started to investigate. Along with the witness on the bike, there were three other female witnesses.

The students then found clues of blood trails, knives, and a baseball bat. These clues lead them to a woman lying on the bridge with severe beatings. The team who came upon the victim first, called for a medic and began to assist the victim. The members began to ask the victim a series of questions, while the others were examining the blood and taking pictures of the scene. While one team was evaluating the hurt victim, another team was taking finger prints of the baseball bat and knife. As students were evaluating these scenes another team headed to focus on the lake. At the lake, they found a plastic bag that was floating in the water. They removed the bag from the water and found the baby (fake baby doll) in the bag unresponsive. The students then began to examine the baby for any type of clues, and called for the coroner. This was then the final scene of the crime and then the students began to piece it all together.

That was a basic run down of what I got to experience while taking pictures. I was very impressed by the students, they all took it very serious and were acting like true professionals out there. I really enjoyed this opportunity and being there to watch the student’s perform the skills they are learning here at Carl Sandburg College.


Until Next Time,
Natalie Malone