Learning how to secure a crime scene

A replica of the Ramsey home to be built to teach criminology students how to properly secure a crime scene.

Jodi Weigand at the TRIBUNE-REVIEW writes
November 12, 2008:

You probably wouldn't want to have a tea party in the doll house unveiled yesterday at Point Park University.

But the 3-foot replica of the house where Lizzie Borden is said to have axed her father and stepmother in 1892 is perfect for Point Park criminal justice students.

"It's a great tool to teach forensic students about fingerprints, shoe prints, blood spatter, DNA evidence and where you would look for evidence at a crime scene," said Steven Koehler, an associate professor in the criminal justice department. "What kind of evidence would (the perpetrator) deposit?

They're planning to recreate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy to help professors teach ballistics. They're also hoping to build a replica of the Boulder, Colo., home where JonBenet Ramsey died to teach students how to properly secure a crime scene, Koehler said

Too late to help JonBenet's cause, better late than never.