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# Secure scene & preserve perimeters (prevent evidence loss).
# Triage: living victims, bodies, immediate threats.
# Photograph & document everything before touching.
# Collect primary evidence (DNA, fingerprints, footprints, tool marks).
# Identify the type of crime (motive clues: financial records → theft; targeted wounds → personal vendetta).
# Build suspect profile from evidence (height from ceiling marks, dominant hand from tool angle, clothing fibers).
# Cross-check with databases: recent arrests, known associates, CCTV timestamps.
# Interview witnesses for timeline + contradictions (establish who benefits).
# Test hypotheses — does the motive align with suspect opportunity and means?
# Seek conclusive proof (confession, possession of stolen item, matching trace evidence).
# Apprehend or trap the suspect when enough admissible evidence exists.