MATERIAL TRACES OF A CRIME AS A SOURCE OF MATERIAL EVIDENCE DURING THE DISCLOSURE AND INVESTIGATION OF THE MURDERS
In the article, the author examines the meaning of traces of a crime and their role in the disclosure and investigation of murders. The work reveals the types of material changes and traces of a crime, as well as the significance of the nature of their origin. Being in a causal connection with the event of a crime, these traces may contain information about individual circumstances of the incident, be important for establishing the truth about the crime and its accomplices. The need to collect such traces and assess them allows them to be given the force of evidence and to identify the person who committed the illegal act and his motive. The author separately considers theoretical and practical aspects of concealing the traces of a crime. It is emphasized that, knowing the mechanism for staging murders, the person carrying out pre-trial proceedings will be able to give a correct assessment of the act that has taken place and will not allow the investigation to draw erroneous conclusions.