crime scene

noun

: the place where a crime happened
The police found my wallet at the crime scene.

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Here’s a closer look at the DNA evidence in the case: DNA found on knife sheath The Idaho state lab located a single source of male DNA left on the button snap of the knife sheath found on the bed next to Mogen’s body at the crime scene. Eric Levenson, CNN, 10 Mar. 2025 Though Cathy Swartz's killer left behind a fingerprint on a pink phone and a bloody footprint in the bathroom, police ran thousands of prints without finding a match to the prints left at the crime scene. Paige Harriss, ABC News, 7 Mar. 2025 Gunfire at Miami-area bar kills security guard, injures officer and six others, police say One of the officers was struck in the upper thigh and applied a tourniquet on himself, Lopez told reporters Saturday outside the crime scene. Charles Rabin and, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2025 Smith said the man’s DNA and fingerprints were found in multiple areas of the crime scene. Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 6 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for crime scene

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“Crime scene.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crime%20scene. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.

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