Criminology students find real body while searching fake crime scene

Thradia · 6th June 2006, 01:26 PM

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Truth proved to be stranger than fiction for a high school criminology class investigating a fake crime scene when the students discovered a real body during a field trip.

Teacher Sue Messenger had been creating mock crime scenes with fake skeletons and other evidence for more than 20 years to give students in her forensics courses a firsthand look at what crime scene investigators do.

On Monday, however, 29 students from St. Thomas Aquinas High School got more of a jolt they expected when they discovered the real body in Fort Lauderdale's Holiday Park.

"The first thing we thought was, 'That's a real good dummy she set up,' " said student Juan Cantor, 15.

"I think they kind of went into shock and disbelief," Messenger said. "What are the odds that we would be out here?"

Police on Tuesday identified the body as David Wayne Bodie, 45, a homeless man who apparently died of natural causes.

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNew...617583-ap.html

Ly-Las · 6th June 2006, 01:35 PM

Creepy

Santi · 6th June 2006, 08:40 PM

Well, at least it was some one who died of natural causes and not some one dumped there in a plastic bag.

**Adri** · 6th June 2006, 10:17 PM

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Thradia licks Join Date: Apr 2004 Shard: Napa Valley Posts: 1,364 Gold: 119 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Criminology students find real body while searching fake crime scene FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Truth proved to be stranger than fiction for a high school criminology class investigating a fake crime scene when the students discovered a real body during a field trip. Teacher Sue Messenger had been creating mock crime scenes with fake skeletons and other evidence for more than 20 years to give students in her forensics courses a firsthand look at what crime scene investigators do. On Monday, however, 29 students from St. Thomas Aquinas High School got more of a jolt they expected when they discovered the real body in Fort Lauderdale's Holiday Park. "The first thing we thought was, 'That's a real good dummy she set up,' " said student Juan Cantor, 15. "I think they kind of went into shock and disbelief," Messenger said. "What are the odds that we would be out here?" Police on Tuesday identified the body as David Wayne Bodie, 45, a homeless man who apparently died of natural causes. http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNew...617583-ap.html

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Ly-Las Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 527 Gold: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Criminology students find real body while searching fake crime scene Creepy

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Santi El Mero Mero Join Date: Apr 2004 Shard: Legends Posts: 592 Gold: 62 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Criminology students find real body while searching fake crime scene Well, at least it was some one who died of natural causes and not some one dumped there in a plastic bag.

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