Firstly, the analyses showed that in the suicide condition more participants than expected wrote down suicide as a first impression and fewer participants than expected wrote down indecisive as a first impression. In the murder condition the opposite happened, fewer participants than expected wrote down suicide as a first impression and more participants than expected wrote down indecisive as a first impression. Furthermore, results revealed that the participants in the suicide condition had significantly more confidence in their first impression of the crime scene compared to participants in the murder condition. These findings could be explained by the fact that, at first glance, the crime scene looks very clean and neat. There are no obvious signs of a struggle or a violent offense. This is in accordance with the fact that the crime scene was staged as a suicide by the perpetrator. For participants in the suicide and control condition, this image was not contradicted by the prior information they had received, which might have made them more willing to follow the suggestion of a suicide. Whereas participants in the murder condition were a bit more hesitant to write down suicide as a first impression, as this was contradicted by the prior information that was presented to them.