Ok, let us assume that literal cultists have summoned a literal monstrosity, and literal monstrosity has literally torn them to literal pieces, and then vacates the premises. Morning shift walks in, sees the carnage, calls the police. How soon would the forensics team get there after the responding officers? How would they respond to 4-5 bodies torn to pieces? Where would they start, what would they do?
Alright@ coronalthoughtejection . First off- wow that is alot to take in just as a mental image. Unfortunately my response will also bebased on some assumptions and varies greatly depending on where exactly in theworld your cultists are summoning monsters.
In a backwoods, small town kind ofsetting, a forensics team may take up to 12 hours to arrive. Even consideringthe fact that there would be some hussle due to the eviscerated bodies, youcould still be looking at 6 or more hours. The scene would not be empty during thiswait period though- the responding departments officers would begin to documentand may even begin evidence collection without the Forensic Team. Many small police departments, like what would beresponding if this happened in an out of the way place, have officers trainedto collect evidence properly. I have no doubt in my mind that the big cityforensic team would be called in to assist for a 5 body piece together. In alarge, metropolitan city, response time would likely be much faster. Especiallyif its 5 eviscerated corpses. More than likely within the hour if possible. Inboth cases, the first thing that is done is that the scene would be secured. BeforeI forget, no one can do anything to the scene until it has been released by themedical examiner (in Canada anyways. Not sure about other countries).
Once the big boys in the forensicunit arrive, the lead investigator/ officer in charge would decide the best wayto fully document and examine the scene. Photographs and written notes arealways always ALWAYS taken first, before anything within the confines of thescene are touched. It is generally easier to do this in indoor scenes thanoutdoor scenes. My bias for summoning monsters makes me think decrepitbasement, but its up to you as a writer/ thinker of these kinds of scenarioswhere exactly the scene takes place. Keep in mind for outdoor scenes thatweather is a bitch and will ruin every piece of evidence it can be it withrain, wind or snow.
After the documentation of thescene is completed, evidence would be collected from most important to leastimportant. This is a sort of judgement call on the investigators part, butusually goes from DNA (which is easily degraded or contaminated) to thingslike footwear impressions and fingerprints (which will usually remain unlesspurposefully disturbed by the rain).
After that the peeps back in thelaboratory will try and get everyone’s bits back together as best they can toidentify how many victims there are. Investigators will try and figure out howthese people relate to one another, and how they came to be ripped to shreds.
The rest is up for you to decide.Does the monster rip any more people apart? Can the police identify thismonster? Can they be swayed to believe in the existence of a supernaturalcreature, or is it up to the religious studies major to put the pieces togetherfor the police (pun so intended). A lot of case work is following leads, andso it is up to you to figure out what the police will find, what that will tellthem, and how quickly they can put the resources together to stop a literalmonstrosity.