UW-Platteville today is unveiling a new tool to teach prospective crime fighters: a house dedicated to forensic investigations.
The house was specially built by university building and construction management students to stage gruesome crimes, which can be studied, solved – the erased. The walls are coated with special epoxy paint so blood spatters can be analyzed, then easily wiped off, according to the Platteville student newspaper, The Exponent. Other walls are specially made for ballistics training. Cameras and two-way mirrors will allow professors to observe students at work as they collect evidence and take photographs.