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	=== I: ~~INTRODUCTION~~ ===		=== I: Introduction ===

	The author, John Wesley Anderson, is a Sergeant with the Police Department in Colorado Springs, Colorado. His nearly two decades of policing experience has presented him assignments in nearly every phase of law enforcement including the Uniform Patrol Bureau, the Detective Bureau and the Administration Bureau. While assigned to the Criminal Investigations Division for over six years, he served in the Homicide Division where he accumulated a 96% clearance rate of those homicide investigations where he was assigned as the lead detective. Sergeant Anderson was also assigned to the Department's Training Academy as a full-time staff instructor, specialising in the instruction of criminal investigations, particularly violent major criminal investigations at both the local and state level.		The author, John Wesley Anderson, is a Sergeant with the Police Department in Colorado Springs, Colorado. His nearly two decades of policing experience has presented him assignments in nearly every phase of law enforcement including the Uniform Patrol Bureau, the Detective Bureau and the Administration Bureau. While assigned to the Criminal Investigations Division for over six years, he served in the Homicide Division where he accumulated a 96% clearance rate of those homicide investigations where he was assigned as the lead detective. Sergeant Anderson was also assigned to the Department's Training Academy as a full-time staff instructor, specialising in the instruction of criminal investigations, particularly violent major criminal investigations at both the local and state level.
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	=== II: ~~HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE~~ ===		=== II: Historical Perspective ===

	The author and creator of Sherlock Holmes was [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]], a medical doctor. Fortunately for us, [[Arthur Conan Doyle\|Conan Doyle]] was much more successful as a writer than as a medical doctor. In an attempt to earn additional income to supplement his practice, he began writing short stories, many of which were published in The Strand Magazine. One of his earlier stories involved a character, Mr Sherlock Holmes, the first private consulting detective, who displayed incredible investigative powers of observation and deduction. A medical professor of [[Arthur Conan Doyle\|Conan Doyle]]'s, [[Dr. Joseph Bell\|Dr Joseph Bell]], has been credited with instructing him in developing the faculty of deduction to aid in the diagnosis and treatment of patients.		The author and creator of Sherlock Holmes was [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]], a medical doctor. Fortunately for us, [[Arthur Conan Doyle\|Conan Doyle]] was much more successful as a writer than as a medical doctor. In an attempt to earn additional income to supplement his practice, he began writing short stories, many of which were published in The Strand Magazine. One of his earlier stories involved a character, Mr Sherlock Holmes, the first private consulting detective, who displayed incredible investigative powers of observation and deduction. A medical professor of [[Arthur Conan Doyle\|Conan Doyle]]'s, [[Dr. Joseph Bell\|Dr Joseph Bell]], has been credited with instructing him in developing the faculty of deduction to aid in the diagnosis and treatment of patients.
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	=== III. ~~BLOODSTAIN PATTERN INTERPRETATION~~ ===		=== III. Bloodstain Pattern Interpretation ===

	Throughout the [[Sherlock Holmes]] series one finds multiple references to bloodstains. But to offer [[Sherlock Holmes]] as the first 'documented' bloodstain pattern analyst would require proof.		Throughout the [[Sherlock Holmes]] series one finds multiple references to bloodstains. But to offer [[Sherlock Holmes]] as the first 'documented' bloodstain pattern analyst would require proof.
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	=== IV: ~~SHERLOCKIAN THEORIES~~ ===		=== IV: Sherlockian Theories ===

	These investigative theories have been brought to light from [[Sherlock Holmes]]'s ''Causes Célèbres'', selected specifically for the bloodstain pattern analysts, although they have importance to criminal investigations, forensic identification, and perhaps to life in general. If [[Sherlock Holmes]], or [[Arthur Conan Doyle\|Conan Doyle]], were with us today, what would they say about this attempt to gather investigative lessons from the adventures? In '[[REIG\|The Reigate Squire]]' I believe we find the answer:		These investigative theories have been brought to light from [[Sherlock Holmes]]'s ''Causes Célèbres'', selected specifically for the bloodstain pattern analysts, although they have importance to criminal investigations, forensic identification, and perhaps to life in general. If [[Sherlock Holmes]], or [[Arthur Conan Doyle\|Conan Doyle]], were with us today, what would they say about this attempt to gather investigative lessons from the adventures? In '[[REIG\|The Reigate Squire]]' I believe we find the answer:

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