Process of Elimination

The process of elimination is vital to the criminal investigation as it enables the police to question any witnesses that have come forward further, identify the findings gathered as a result of analysis of the forensic evidence, establish what direction the criminal investigation is taking and also look at the findings of the criminal investigation as a whole.  In the case of Aileen Wuornos the various witnesses would have been questioned by the police and the results obtained from the forensic evidence would be analysed in order to identify the next stage of the criminal investigation that needs to take place.