What conclusions can you draw if the death event appeared to be a suicide? A homicide? An accident? Explain your findings.

One common forensic finding with a gunshot victim is primer residue. One method is to collect swabbings of both hands of gunshot victims with a gunshot residue (GSR) kit and request the crime laboratory to analyze the swabbings for primer residue. Assume that you are crime scene investigator and have submitted a sample of both hands of a gunshot victim to the crime lab, and the results returned are negative.

What conclusions can you draw if the death event appeared to be a suicide? A homicide? An accident? Explain your findings.

Your journal entry must be at least 200 words in length. No references or citations are necessary.