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CU NEON MOTEL SIGN "COLONIAL MANOR MOTEL .."

DETECTIVES ARRIVE AT CRIME SCENE AS COPS CARRY CRIME VICTIM ON STRETCHER

OFFICER IN CHARGE DIRECTS ANOTHER COP TO PROTECT THE OUTSIDE AREA OF THE CRIME SCENE. ENTERS CRIME SCENE AND CLOSES THE DOOR

OFFICER IN CHARGE MAKES A PRELIMINARY SURVEY OF THE SCENE LOOKS AROUND HOTEL ROOM. DROPS OF BLOOD ON LAMP SHADE. BLOOD STAINS ON THE CARPET. FOOT PRINT. CRIME EVIDENCE. LOOKS IN THE CLOSET. PARTS SHOWER CURTAIN LOOKS INSIDE SHOWER. SEARCHING FOR CLUES AT THE SCENE OF A CRIME

PAN AROUND WRECKED MOTEL ROOM AFTER A CRIME HAS BEEN COMMITTED. SPILLED TRASH CAN. OPEN DRESSER DRAWERS.
CROOKED PICTURES ON THE WALL. OVERTURNED CHAIR. SIGNS OF A STRUGGLE.

CRIME SEARCH TEAM AT WORK. DUSTING TELEPHONE FOR FINGERPRINTS DUSTING FLOOR FOR SHOE PRINTS. OFFICER IN CHARGE RECORDS INFORMATION ABOUT THE CRIME SCENE.
MAKES A CRIME SCENE SKETCH. DETECTIVE USES A PEN TO PICK UP A COCA COLA BOTTLE SMELLS THE BOTTLE. PICKS UP AND SMELLS A COCKTAIL. GLASS OF LIQUOR.
INVESTIGATOR KNEELS OVER BLOOD STAINS ON THE CARPET.
DETECTIVE POURS LIQUOR FROM GLASS & WATER FROM A PITCHER INTO PLASTIC CONTAINERS AS EVIDENCE.

OFFICER WRITES FINDINGS IN LOG

INVESTIGATOR COLLECTS EVIDENCE AND SEALS IN BAGS. COLLECTING DATA. CU USING TWEEZERS TO PICK UP CIGARETTE BUTTS FROM CARPET EMPTIES CONTENTS OF TRASH BASKET AND EXAMINES.
LOOKING FOR CLUES. LOOKS AT CRUMPLED UP PIECES OF PAPER. LOOKS THROUGH PHONE BOOK MAN LOOKS UNDER THE BED. OPENS DRAWERS OF BEDSIDE TABLE LOOKS BEHIND PICTURE ON WALL. LOOKS UNDER CHAIR CUSHIONS

INVESTIGATIVE TEAM MEN FOLD BEDSPREAD UP. EVIDENCE.
HAIR, CLOTHING FIBERS OR OTHER MATERIAL MAY BE ON IT.

MEN WRAP THE BLANKET IN BROWN PAPER. CRIME SCENE EVIDENCE

INVESTIGATORS SWITCH ZONES SO EACH ZONE IS CHECKED TWICE. MAN TAKES LIGHT FIXTURE DOWN AND INSPECTS IT.

INVESTIGATIVE TEAM PACK UP CRIME SCENE EVIDENCE

POV IN BACK SEAT OF POLICE CAR AS CALL COMES IN ON POLICE RADIO. "10-4"

POLICE ARRIVE AT CAR ACCIDENT SCENE. POLICEMAN FEELS FOR A PULSE OF DEAD MAN ON THE GROUND. KEEPS UNAUTHORIZED PERSONS AWAY.

SEARCH TEAM ARRIVES ON ACCIDENT SCENE. OFFICER IN CHARGE TALKS TO SEARCH TEAM. 1960s AMBULANCE

SEARCH TEAM OFFICER TAKES STATEMENT FROM EYEWITNESSES WRITES INFORMATION DOWN ON NOTEPAD. QUESTIONING WITNESSES.

AMBULANCE BACKS UP, POLICE OFFICER GETS IN AMBULANCE, AMBULANCE DRIVES OFF SLOWLY, NO RUSH, VICTIM IS DEAD

MEMBER OF THE SEARCH TEAM LAYS STRING OUT TO MARK SEARCH LANES (STRIP PATTERN INVESTIGATIVE SEARCH)

SEARCH TEAM INVESTIGATORS LOOKING FOR EVIDENCE AT THE SCENE OF A HIT AND RUN ACCIDENT ON A COUNTRY ROAD.
THREE MEN IN SUITS HUNCHED OVER LOOKING FOR SOMETHING ON THE GROUND. MAN POKES ANOTHER, POINTS TO PIECE OF GLASS, EVIDENCE

INVESTIGATOR USES TWEEZERS TO PICK UP PIECES OF GLASS COLLECTING EVIDENCE AT CRIME SCENE.

CU MEASURNING TAPE. MEASURING 38'11". RECORD OF EVIDENCE. VERIFIED BY ANOTHER OFFICER

PHOTOGRAPHER SETS UP 1960s CAMERA ON TRIPOD TO PHOTOGRAPH TIRE MARKS. CU TAKING PHOTO OF TIRE PRINTS.

MAKING A PLASTER CAST OF A SHOE PRINT AT THE SCENE OF A CRIME. OFFICER MARKS SHOE PRINT CAST EVIDENCE

SEARCH TEAM PACKS UP AFTER CRIME SCENE SEARCH, PLACE EVIDENCE IN CARDBOARD BOX

CU RUBBER-GLOVED HAND CLOSES DRESSED DRAWER

OFFICER TAGGING EVIDENCE, SMASHED BICYCLE. CU PAINT SMEARS

OFFICER USES TWEEZERS TO PICK UP BITS OF BROKEN GLASS CRIME SCENE EVIDENCE

CU SIGN "FBI LABVORATORY"

INTERIOR COURTROOM. JUDGE ASKS THE JURY "HAVE YOU REACHED A VERDICT?" HEAD JUROR REPLIES "WE HAVE YOUR HONOR, WE FIND THE DEFENDANT GUILTY AS CHARGED"
COURTROOM SOUND BYTE CLICHES.

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