Tools and tool marks are often found at burglary scenes and can be useful evidence. Proper evidence collection by the field investigator would include:
A)Reporting whether a tool found at the crime scene fit into the tool marks.
B)Making test marks with the suspected tool onto a soft metal surface at the crime scene.
C)Taking a photograph and cast of the marks if necessary.
D)Packing of tool and tool mark evidence together so that the crime lab personnel know they are thought to be a matched set.

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Photographing and casting tool marks preserve the evidence for further analysis without altering or contaminating it.

Tools and Tool Marks Are Often Found at Burglary Scenes