STORY"Singapore police acknowledge violating protocols in investigation of American's death," published by the Associated Press on May 27 2013.
GIST: "Singapore police who
examined the scene of an American's death admitted on the last day of a
coroner's inquest Monday that they deviated from official protocols by
not dusting for fingerprints or collecting DNA samples, and by examining
the contents of a laptop computer there. Shane Truman Todd's body was found in his Singapore apartment by his
girlfriend last June 24, and police have said he killed himself. State
counsel presented evidence of links to suicide websites on the
31-year-old's laptop and suicide letters written to family members and
loved ones. Todd's parents, Rick and Mary Todd, told The Associated Press in
March that they believe he may have been murdered over his research in
the U.S. into material used to make heat-resistant semiconductors, a
technology with both civilian and military applications. The Todds have
received assistance in the case from U.S. senators and the FBI. When asked by government lawyers why police had not ordered a further
investigation of the apartment, police Sgt. Muhammad Khaldun Bin Sarif
said he and his partner had made "a preliminary assessment" that pointed
to suicide and determined there were "no signs of foul play." He said
the officers decided as a result "not to perform fingerprint dustings or
DNA swabs." Asked why he had deviated from police protocols by assessing a
personal laptop at a crime scene, Khaldun said he had found two notes in
Todd's apartment, one of which contained a password which he used to
gain access to the laptop nearby. Khaldun explained that the protocol was only "a guideline which can
be deviated from.""
The entire story can be found at:
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/05/27/singapore-police-acknowledge-violating-protocols-in-investigation-american/?cmpid=NL_FNTopHeadlines
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