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Examples
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He walked up to the house and stooped under the police tape and entered the building just as the bulb in the scene-of-crime officer's camera flashed.
The Devil's Bedpost 2010
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“The scene-of-crime squad also found a small bottle of eyedrops—”
FALSE MERMAID ERIN HART 2010
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“The scene-of-crime squad also found a small bottle of eyedrops—”
FALSE MERMAID ERIN HART 2010
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Hall's scene-of-crime kit includes a collapsible net to capture adult flies, a magnifying glass, a digital thermometer, a small cube of high technology called a data logger (it checks and records the temperature at the scene every hour), and a small plastic airline coffee spoon that's "brilliant for scooping up maggots".
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Suppose a suspect's DNA profile matches the scene-of-crime sample.
Archive 2004-12-01 2004
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At this point, the scene-of-crime teams are still on the site, along with some of the best forensic experts in the world.
Dance Of Death Preston, Douglas 2005
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Museum Drive was packed with police vehicles, unmarked cars, and scene-of-crime vans, these in turn surrounded by television vans and a seething crowd of reporters.
Dance Of Death Preston, Douglas 2005
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` Might have been here a while, 'the scene-of-crime officer offered.
Fleshmarket Close Rankin, Ian 2004
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This was where all the activity was: scene-of-crime officers; photographers;
Fleshmarket Close Rankin, Ian 2004
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A large part of the crop was ruined, crushed under the feet of detectives, scene-of-crime officers, a police surgeon, a pathologist, and police photographers.
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