Laboratory

Laboratory is one of the many gameplay features in Criminal Case. It is a section of the case screen which lets the player analyze clues.

Description
As a homicide detective, the player will come across many items of interest throughout the cases which may need to be shipped to an individual member of the lab personnel for analysis.

The analysis may take as long as 5 seconds, 2 minutes, 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour, 3 hours, 6 hours, 9 hours, 12 or even 15 hours. For autopsies, The Death of Rosa Wolf and Welcome to Pacific Bay require only 5 seconds while Corpse in a Garden and Shark Attack! require 25 minutes. All other cases require 18 hours for primary autopsy jobs. However, all sorts of analyses can be done immediately if Instant Analysis is bought.

Once the analysis is over and the player clicks on "View Results", a short cutscene will play in which the analyst will give important information to the player, which may lead the team to new suspects, further clues requiring inspection, details about the killer, etc.

Lab personnel
There are different sets of lab personnel for each police department featured in the game. The Grimsborough Police Department consists of three lab technicians, the Pacific Bay Police Department consists of four, The Bureau six, and the Concordian Flying Squad five, as shown below: