“That’s a real good dummy she set up” Was High Schoolers’ First Reaction
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.
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Strange story and sad. I wonder how long he would have remained unfound if not for the high school csi class?
So did they figure out who did it?
Raff, read the article. Either of them.
KB.. I meant the Mock crime scene the teacher set up.. Not the guy who died of natural causes..
Sorry, Raff, we have some people who drop by and need directions. 🙂
Yes, I’d like to know more about the mock crime too!
This same thing happened in an episode of CSI, in the episode someone planted the body in the fake crime scene. Wonder if someone tried to copy the episode…