I have questions for you, Mibba. - Comments

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@ Airi-chan
So... You're really awesome and cool, I heard. And my savior, not to mention really helpful.

1. There's not a set time, the crime scene is locked down until they finish collecting all the evidence from it. With an apartment crime scene, the first day it is discovered would be focused on safely getting the victim out without harming any evidence. When the body is out, they get to work on scouring the apartment to see what evidence they can find. Like a murder weapon, DNA sample, taking pictures of the splatter. But there's really no set time, it's closed off until the investigators can finish finding all of the evidence.

If there is no body, they would just begin collecting whatever evidence they can find.

2. A family will be notified that it has been tested, but only when the police have a suspect in custody will they be told who the suspect is. They do this to protect the suspect. If the family is told before the suspect is found, there's a chance the family will turn to "vigilante justice", so the family is only told after the suspect is in custody.

3. Usually after the first 6 months, it turns into a search for a body and not a person anymore because after 6 months, the chances of finding them alive is extremely slim. But yes, it can go on for as long as the family wants. But it usually becomes a search for a body and not a person. But if someone paid the police to not search for the body, it would be illegal and they would most likely not notify the family. If the police are bribed, they would probably tell the family that their leads have died out and they can't continue searching until they get a new lead. But they wouldn't tell them they were paid not to search.

@ Grace Dunne
That's what I figured about the first one, but I'm not sure.

Would you know, then, any other way for the family to find out about whose blood it was? Well, could say, someone break into the lab and steal the files, or any proof about it? Because that's pretty crucial to the story.

Well, I know that much, I just wanted to know for sure if it could be done.

1. I think only until they have documented everything.. But I could be wrong.
2. First off, blood work takes months, and I don't think the victim's family is told anything.
3. I think a bribe would be possible but it would definitely be done under the table. I don't think the police would say, 'Hey, this other dude paid us a crap load to NOT search for your daughter. We're going to take this as a sign that they probably have something to do with it and do nothing, cuz we're greedy bastards like that.' You know?