An alternative name to conceal identity
Alias
An explanation that removes a person from the scene of a crime
Alibi
A specific way of looking at the facts during an investigation
Angle
A statement that places blame
Accusation
The process where a suspect is officially arrested and charged with a crime
Booking
The investigation from start to finish
Case
The medical examination of a corpse to determine the cause of death
Autopsy
The specific crime a person is accused of
Charges
Indicative but not conclusive evidence
Circumstantial Evidence
Anything that sheds light on a particular case
Clue
The actual arrest by a police officer
Collar
The actual body that proves a murder has been committed
Corpus dilecti
Crime committed in rage, anger, hatred, revenge
Crime of passion
The actual criminal
Culprit
District Attorney
DA
Conclusion reached at the end of a case
Deduction
The argument made to show innocence
Defense
Material that will prove innocence or guilt
Evidence
Production of a body to hold a suspect
Habeus Corpus
Someone who actually observed who committed a crime
Eyewitness
Deliberate trap set to lay blame on an innocent person
Frame up
The act of murder
Homocide
Major crime-murder, armed robbery, rape
Felony
Detective’s right hand man
Foil
Deliberate intent to perform a crime
Premeditation
Intensive questioning of a suspect
Third degree
A trap set to catch a criminal
Set up
Official document containing information supplied by a witness
Statement
Private detective or detective
Private eye or Sleuth
A misleading clue
Red Herring
A guess or an instinct
Hunch
City government building that houses dead bodies kept during an investigation
Morgue
Something or someone that may move an investigation forward
Lead
Accidental killing
Manslaughter
Relays information to the police for money
Informer
Reason for committing a crime
Motive
The report from an autopsy
Post mortem
Offender or criminal
Perpetrator
Legal questioning
Inquest/Inquiry
Criminal was considering the crime before it occurred
Malice aforethought
Minor offenses
Misdemeanor
Attorney working for the DA
Prosecutor
Constant visual or electronic monitoring
Surveillance
Someone who may have committed a crime
Suspect
Criminal informer
Stool Pigeon
Plan criminal employs during his crimes
Modus Operandi
Person who is hurt or killed as a result of a criminal act
Victim