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Delete Anonymous Sat 07 Nov 2015 23:23:27 No.16585036,514 ReportDelete

I'm not a police officer but I've taken crime scene photography as part of a criminology degree. Obviously I can't speak on how things were done 25 years ago, but today pictures are taken on brand new SIM cards marked for the case and never used for any other purpose. Pictures aren't printed up like a normal picture, they are viewed digitally and are only printed up for things like court, but even then they wouldn't be a normal 5 x 7 or whatever size those are. They are printed as a group and blown up to size so they can be viewed for more evidence that may have been missed, or to show a jury sitting several feet away. Why a cop would have normal glossy pictures of a crime scene is beyond me, if they are carrying pictures around in a file they should be printed 2 or 3 to a page on standard size photo paper so they don't get thrown around in the file/briefcase etc.



Also police photo's would have identifiable info on them to tell when and where it was taken, the number photo it is in the roll, things like that. A lawyer would destroy a testimony that doesn't have these things because you're not supposed to delete any photos or remove any negatives that aren't consecutive, they would ask why pictures went from 4 to 6, where is 5, where you hiding something which absolves my client, etc. Perhaps these are marked on the back though.



Another thing that tells me these aren't official police photo's is that there is evidence in the picture which is cut out, like the sheet name. A crime scene photographer may be a cop, but they are always photographer. These pictures aren't framed like a csi tech would. All important pieces of information would be framed into the same shot. If that means backing up or scanning over to make sure that the name on the sheet is full that's what they would do, to frame the crime scene. The up close shots would have police markers in view (the little yellow number tags) as well as a ruler or something else as a reference item. The bruising and dirt on the body would be shown clearly and acurately.



These photos basically do no good to an official agency, everything that we are trying to figure out what it is or says would be clearly shown so as not to have any question if the big black raised spot on toothpick lady is a birthmark, burn, or bruise. Crime scene techs take every photo like it will be shown to a courtroom of jurors and that every little detail will be questioned by the defence. Every photo needs to have a reason to be taken, taking pictures like vagina shots need to have a reason for them, or else that person would be heavily scrutinized and possibly cost the prosecution a chance at putting the murderer behind bars.



In short you can't hide photos that have no purpose, so every photo needs to be both necessary and informative, and these are not. I'd think these are legit pictures taken by a suspect. Now if the person who posted the pictures is the one who took them is another question entirely.