Falu's: A TEENAGE ADVENTURE THAT CHANGED MY LIFE

           One Monday morning, when I was 14 I had to wake up at 3:30 a.m. because I had to study for a test. When I was finally done with studying, I hurried and prepared to go to school. After grabbing my backpack, I headed to the bus station. Fortunately, my dogs were not around, I snuck out quickly so they wouldn’t tag along.

         As I kept on my daily journey with a book in my hands, repeating my studying material, I noticed that someone was sleeping outside in the corridor of the community’s Elementary School. I wondered how someone could sleep without a blanket or a pillow, also in that awkward position. The man was sitting on the ground with his legs and his arms opened. While it was cold in the mornings, the logical thing to do was to cross his arms to keep warm.

The curiosity was killing me at that time, so I slowly approached the man that was laying in the corridor of the school. In addition, I was also afraid since he was a stranger, and I did not want to get scolded so early in the morning. To my surprise, while I was getting closer I saw many holes on the walls of the school where he was laying; then I noticed he wore a dark jacket and the jacket was wet with blood.

Then everything made sense to me. I was the first person to step into a crime scene, just like the movies.  I turned around and saw my watch pointing at exact 5:25 a.m., and I was running late to catch the bus. I left the scene and went back to my study mode. Unfortunately, the teachers cancelled the classes for the day. I headed back home at 7:30 a.m., then I saw many people gathering around the body I had found in the morning.

Since that day, the discovery and experience of a crime scene made an impact on the way I see death. I am not afraid of blood but curious instead and I decided to turn that curiosity into studying forensics. I thrive to help many people to  find out the culprit, and to do justice to  the deceased.