Cobweb Presence Solved the Mystery in a Simulated Burglary Crime Scene: Rare Animal Forensic Investigation Report
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Forensic science is a known science popularised by movies and media. It is a broad spectrum of sciences to investigate the situations after getting the facts and to establish what happened through crime reconstruction. Forensic crime scene investigators play a vital role in solving crimes mostly based on non-living physical evidence such as footprints, fingerprints, hairs, fibres etc. Animals have relevance to crime scene investigation without necessarily being the main object of the crime, but associated indirectly, in also other situations. Insect evidence may provide clues when dealing with dead bodies. It is important to fully understand the context of the presence of animals or insects irrespective of size and place, whether dead or alive. Cobweb, also known as Spiderweb found in unused areas in residential, godown, and stock rooms. In the present case study, the author also a former Government Forensic Crime Scene Investigator visited a burglary crime scene, and the offender was fixed based on the presence of Spiderweb on the roof of the house.
Author: Nataraja Moorthy T
Institution: Management and Science University
Language: English
Subfield: Insect Science
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4409970739