How To Better Your Chances Of Getting Away With Murder
/Ever since I was a kid, I’ve watched lots of different murder mystery films and shows. From the Hallmark murder mysteries to Forensic Files, CSI: New York to Castle, and the list goes on. In every episode, or film, there’s always that one moment near the end where you just KNOW who it is, and the exact mistake they made which resulted in them getting arrested. So for this blog post, I decided to write about ways that could’ve helped the killers get away with their crimes, but ones that might also work in the real world as well.
#1: Don’t Work Alone
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Sure you’re chances of someone snitching, or deciding to chicken out at the last second do shrink when you’re on your own, but having a partner, or a team does also have it’s own benefits. What about an alibi? If you need help taking care of the body? It’s probably going to be a lot harder to figure out those on your own. Especially the alibi.
When working with someone else, it opens up some more opportunities than you might not have had before since you were by yourself. For example, if you partner up with someone, and they have a target as well, then you can take each other’s targets out, and then the other doesn’t have as much to worry about if they make the suspect list. Just so long as they have their own alibi, then they’ll be off the list sooner. Another can be that in the scenario where one person is fully until the end, no regrets and not wavering, but your partner is, then you can always kill them and try to make it seem like it was them all along. That way, it betters your chance of getting away, even if you did all the work.
#2: Always Cover Your Tracks
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I think it goes without saying that this particular blog post is in the scenario that this isn’t a crime of passion, but rather pre-meditated. The difference being that with a crime of passion, it’s in the heat of the moment and you aren’t thinking straight. If this is the case, I encourage you to call you 9-1-1 immediately, no matter how scared you are. This way, you can tell the police exactly what happened, and if not killed instantly, the victim can be saved if gotten medical attention soon enough. If that’s the case, then you get charged with assault and not murder. Whereas with pre-meditated, that means that you were already planning on killing someone. If that’s the case, obviously you don’t want to get caught, which in that case, you might want to think about the evidence that you’d be leaving behind.
Whenever a murder occurs, a forensics team is called to looks for as much evidence there that they can collect, and run tests on to hopefully find clues that will lead to hopefully solving the case. This would include running tests on blood, hair, fingerprints, any residue left if a gun was used, and so much more.
So some ways that might work when helping to get rid of forensic evidence is
Wearing gloves - This will allow you to touch anything and everything but so long as you’re wearing gloves, you won’t leave any fingerprints.
Getting rid of the body and weapon - This one I find is a very obvious idea. Because a dead body can be used for multiple tests to uncover so much evidence. For example, if there’s a struggle, they could find DNA of the killer under the victim’s fingernails. So, if they can’t find the body, then all that evidence is gone, and it’s just a missing persons case. But then even if they did discover the body (which I don’t recommend burying for this exact reason. Burning it might be your best option), so long as they can’t find the weapon, it’s one less way they can tie you to the crime.
Clean The Scene - While they’ll still be able uncover some evidence, bleach might help take out some of forensic evidence, like blood for example. Plus, if you’re trying to make a scene not look like a murder took place, you’re gonna have to clean the place anyway.
#3: Have A Change Of Clothes
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While the officers investigating wait on any possibly forensic evidence that was found, they go to work on their end. And they start by checking any nearby security cameras, and questioning possible witnesses.
When questioning witnesses, they’ll ask them if they can describe the culprit(s). They’ll look for anything that stood out about this person (hair, ethnicity, clothes, tattoos, etc.) This will help narrow down the search for their suspect since they’ll have something to work off of so they then aren’t questioning everyone they come into contact with.
To avoid being found early, it might be a good idea to wear some sort of disguise, more than just a ski mask and plain black clothes. Though that would also work since it would help cover up tattoos, most of your face, and even your hair if you put it up and hide it. But even a full on disguise could work too. Put on a wig, some sunglasses and clothes you wouldn’t usually wear will also help to hide your identity for as long as possible.
Just make sure not to keep it afterwards, and to get rid of it as soon as possible. This way, if they end up searching your house, your car, or anywhere else you might hide something, they won’t find it and therefore, won’t be able to use it as evidence to tie you to the scene of the crime.
Kaitlyn is a 19 year old college student from the small city of Brockville, Ontario. Kaitlyn is attending Algonquin College, and currently in the Professional Writing program, and she aspires to be a writer for TV & Film. All of her life, Kaitlyn has been a huge nerd for fictional books, shows and movies of all genres. She’s especially grown up watching anything & everything related to crime, and it was only a few years ago that she became a fan of horror.
If you’ve like to see more of her content, check out her YouTube channel, Maze Craze, as well as her Quotev account of the same name.
Hope you have a good day. And remember: Always watch your back…
