Phoebe Handjuk And Suicide Case Study

The main issues in this case are as follows. Why was the coroner so persistent to deem the death of Phoebe Handsjuk a suicide or tragic accident amidst all the evidence suggesting otherwise? Why were the police so insufficient in this case? Why wasn’t more evidence collected at the time of the death? All these issues relate to the work of law-enforcement workers. The police and the police coroner failed the Handsjuk family in not finding the one responsible for Phoebe’s death. They classified it under suicide, without exploring the possibilities of a homicide. Which is what it seems to be. The producers of the products reached out to many people who worked on this case. Those who were willing to speak to them said the same thing, there was no evidence to suggest it wasn't a homicide. So the question is, why was it so hastily deemed a suicide? More importantly, what were the police doing during all of this?! There’s such a presence of police insufficiency in this case. So many procedures and follow ups were not’ done. At least one of three potential crime scenes was not properly secured, not all the blood found in her apartment was DNA tested, nor was the blood on door of the refuse room, no CCTV footage was recovered on the night of her death, Antony Hampel’s iPhone nor the computer was seized that night. Just to name a few. It’s clear that the police were not competent when investigating this death. Yet after all this lack of evidence, they still claim it was a suicide. There are many details that don’t add up as well such as, the hard drive of Balencea CCTV later went missing. As well as Phoebe’s Nokia phone, which contained the mysterious phone number, was never recovered.That’s rather bizarre no? Dr. …show more content…
Lynch, who was a doctor involved in the examination of Phoebe's body stated, “I am not in a position to exclude the possibility of involvement of other parties”. Showing that most of the professionals working the case also agreed that it could've been a homicide. It would seem as though many professional opinions mean nothing when something has already been decided by one singular individual. Not to say that quantity overruled quality, rather that these professionals are humans, not robots, there’s already potential for error. In other words, there’s always room for someone like Peter White. Someone who was too ignorant to really look at the facts from an unbiased view. As for the policeman, had they done their job properly, then maybe the evidence collected could've helped in the case of getting rid of any suicide speculations. Due to their lack of efficiency, this was not the case. By the time enough awareness was brought about regarding this odd death, the majority of the evidence was no longer useful. This was mostly caused by the fact that some evidence wasn’t collected until many months and even years later. Standard procedures, such as collecting DNA, especially where there is clearly blood present are done for most if not all investigations no matter how grave the situation. So why on earth in such a tragic and mysterious death such as that of Phoebe Handsjuk, would they (the police) not go above and beyond regular protocol. This case was like no other. It was the first of its kind in all of Australia. It almost seems