The bowling ball is at rest, so it only has gravitational potential energy.
Ug = mgy
Ug = (2)(9.8)(40) = 784 J
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In the more scientific viewpoint, the most important thing that she must do is caring for her hygiene and put some plastic gloves in her hands.
This is because there are lots of particles that can be retained in the hands (dust, skin, etc), and when examining the scene, she may drop some of these particles, "contaminating" the scene in this way with information that only will affect the investigation.
So the most important thing is being prepared to not affect anything in the crime scene
