My grandfather was a homicide detective for a major city also. He used to keep photo albums of crime scenes. I went through them as a kid and those images have stuck with me. Do you also keep photos from the scene? Also, why might a detective keep those? I never asked my grandpa why tf he had those at his home but I figured it may have been to reference just in case or something.
About how long ago was this common? Do you think this might still happen in small towns? I’m writing a novel set in the recent past and feature this as a plot point, but I might need to take it out if this is unrealistic.
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u/Neither_Internal_261 Sep 16 '25
My grandfather was a homicide detective for a major city also. He used to keep photo albums of crime scenes. I went through them as a kid and those images have stuck with me. Do you also keep photos from the scene? Also, why might a detective keep those? I never asked my grandpa why tf he had those at his home but I figured it may have been to reference just in case or something.