Queensland Police Museum Sunday Lecture Series
Last Sunday of the Month – August 31 – Free Entry
Ground Floor, QPS HQ, 200 Roma Street

Forensic Scientist, Sergeant Melissa Bell
Major Crime Unit, Scientific Section

Bloodstain Pattern Analysis

On May 22, 2009, Graeme Hughes was attacked with a hammer and killed by his employer Allen Murray. Sergeant Melissa Bell of the Scientific Section, Major Crime Unit attended the crime scene and as part of her examinations conducted bloodstain pattern analysis (BPA).

BPA is a specialty in the field of forensic science. Sergeant Bell will describe the fundamentals of BPA and how she examined the bloodstains within the crime scene to reconstruct the events that she believed occurred and how she compared this sequence of events with an alternative scenario. She will also describe how she presented this information to the Supreme Court and the outcome.

The one-and-a-half hour presentation will begin at 11am on Sunday, August 31 and will provide educational and up-to-date content only suitable for high school aged youth and adults.

Our lectures are proving to be very popular. Please arrive on time. The doors to the conference room where the talk will be held will open at 10.45. When the seats are all taken no more entries will be allowed.

The Museum opens its doors to the public on the last Sunday of each month from 10am to 3pm from February to November in addition to the standard Monday to Friday 9am to 4pm opening hours. Monthly Sunday openings feature guest speakers from across the historical and crime-solving spectrums.

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PLEASE NOTE: The Police Museum will open Sunday, August 31 from 10am to 3pm, and is located on the ground floor of Police Headquarters, 200 Roma Street, Brisbane.