Death of an Expert Witness Setting & Symbolism

Death of an Expert Witness Objects/Places

BUTTONS

The buttons on Paul Middlemass' lab coat are embossed with the symbol of the Dental Corps, in which his father, a dentist worked.

MALLET

The mallet which is laying on the table in Dr. Lorrimer's lab office; it is being examined to see whether dog or human blood stains it. Dr. Kerrison uses the mallet to murder Dr. Lorrimer.

EVIDENCE BAGS

Bags which detectives use for holding and preserving pieces of evidence from a crime scene or search scene.

LAB COAT

Paul Middlemass's lab coats were ones his father, a dentist, wore. Middlemass wears one of his dad's lab coats each day in his job as Principal Scientific Officer Document Examiner. On the day Middlemass punches Dr. Lorrimer, some of Lorrimer's blood gets on Middlemass's lab coat.

NUMBERS

These are numbers that slide onto a board in the Hoggatt's chapel and were used by Domenica Schofield to communicate a day and time to meet with a...
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