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Emma Pratchios pretends she was the victim of a hit and run.

Lancer Spotlight 2/1/22: Forensic Science films mock crime videos

by Brayden Gregory, Editor-In-Chief February 1, 2022

Do you know how to properly move around a crime scene? Ms. Jessica Baker’s forensics classes created and filmed their own crime scenes. The subject was up to their own discretion, as long as it was...

Kirk Bloodsworth and Bloodsworth by Tim Junkin

Bloodsworth: Maryland’s One Book is a tragic, yet inspiring story

by Spencer Derrenberger, Reporter October 18, 2018

“Heartbreaking, thought-provoking, and well-written.” These are the words forensics science teacher Ms. Jessica Baker, used to describe the events of Bloodsworth: The True Story of the First Death...

Christian Nolan shows Baker his calculations concerning bullet trajectory.

Baker’s forensic science class practices crime scene calculations: Photo of the Day 10/10/17

by Grace Corbitt, Reporter October 11, 2017

Students in Ms. Jessica Baker's  forensics classes were outside the building on October 10 examining styrofoam heads.  The purpose of the experiment was to model a bullet going into a skull to learn...

Sylvia Nelson plays dead for the day

Forensic Science gets gruesome around school: Photo of the Day 2/17/17

by Cindy Zheng, Reporter February 17, 2017

Every year caution tapes and blood splatters are found all over the school.  The halls are transformed into crime scenes that need solving. Ms. Jessica Baker's Forensic Science class experiences real-life...

Abby Maloid puts special effect makeup on Jessica Bendler.

Forensic Science class seeks to find out whodunit: Photo of the Day 9/15/16

by Taylor Holmes, Reporter September 15, 2016

Whodunit? That’s what the Forensic Science students wanted to know. The Forensic Science students were using fingerprints, body placement, and interrogation to figure out who the murder was and why...

Abby Maloid spreads fake blood around Kelly Rippeon as she acts as the victim in their crime scene.

Forensic Science starts the school year bloody: Photo of the Day 8/25/16

by Kennedi Ambush, Editor August 26, 2016

On Wednesday August 25, 2016 Mrs. Baker's Forensic Science class create their annual Murder Videos. These videos are split into different ways to collect information from the crime scene. There are three...

Sam Closs and Jacob Frey measure the trajectory of the bullet.

Forensic science class studies ballistics: Photo of the Day 3/11/16

by Sylvia Nelson, Reporter March 11, 2016

You've seen it on CSI, now ballistics analysis has come to Linganore--no violence took place, but there were plenty of interested crime solvers. On March 10, Mrs. Dillon’s forensic science class measured...

Air Force Lt. Col. Laura Regan, the military's only active duty forensic anthropologist, examines a donated skeleton in the morgue at the Armed Forces Medical Examiner headquarters in Rockville, Maryland. Regan, 38, is an expert on "fragmented remains,'' cases involving U.S. military members killed by roadside bombs or air crashes in Afghanistan and Iraq.

New crime-solving class draws 131 registrants

by Theresa Bentz, Reporter April 20, 2015

Forensic Science, a new elective, attracted 131 students for the 2015-2016 school year, according to Mrs. Jessica Dillon, science teacher. Forensic science is the scientific method of gathering and...

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