On Oct. 31, the Forensic Science Club held the perfect event for Halloween: a murder mystery. The goal was simple: find the murderer through the use of forensic science. 

Participants had to pass through four stages. Stage one was examining fingerprints, stage two was using graphology to compare handwriting, stage three was comparing photos of suspects and stage four was performing an autopsy. After participants went through the four stages, they submitted a guess to one of the people running the event. All of this combined, examining clues, fingerprints, handwriting of the suspects and photos of evidence was to make students feel as if they were true forensic investigators.

Christina Bailey, campus activities board director, explained why she held the event. 

“We wanted to make something fun for Halloween for students that are either in forensics or not to come and enjoy,” Bailey said.  

Student feedback on the event was very positive and many enjoyed solving the case. 

“I really liked it!” said Victoria Marconi, senior forensic investigations major. 

However, the event could be seen as more than just a fun Halloween activity. Tyler Haywood, junior forensic investigations major, commented on how the event is a way for other students to look into the forensic field. 

“It’s something we’ve done for the past three years now, so it’s kind of something that we look forward to do, but it’s also just a way to get into Halloween spirit, but also apply the forensic kind of outlook on things,” Haywood said. “It’s just a way for anybody to come and get an outlook of what the forensic field looks like.”  

They have a meeting every month in Benton 211 at 5:00pm. 

 Edited by Morgan Albrecht and Alijah McCracken