In the front customer area of the bank, behind the counter where the body of Thomas Freeling lay in a pool of rapidly-congealing blood, Sergeant John Singh, a senior forensic officer, clad from head-to-feet in protective clothing, carefully stepped around the body, taking photographs from various angles. Another similarly clad member stood on the customer side of the counter, carefully studying the floor and the countertop for clues. Outside the bank, in the mall complex, several uniformed officers kept a rapidly growing throng of curious onlookers outside a cordoned off area. Murder, despite its ugliness, seemed to have an element of the curious to it that attracted onlookers like moths to a flame.
The forensic examination of any crime scene was a critical component of any subsequent inv
