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NAME - _Katherine Cranford____________________________

HOUR - __B2_____

Directions: Watch the video to complete the worksheet. Questions go in order.

[Season 13, Episode 41]

1) In what state and month did this crime take place? Washington in November 2) How were the victims killed? By what weapon? They were shot three times close range execution style element with a 22-caliber pistol 3) What was unusual about the blood pattern at the crime scene? Why did it end up this way? The blood pattern was unusual because it shows the killer draws Bev from the front door to where her husband was shot and covered them. This pattern was unusual because someone swept the broom in the blood and got some onto the wall and the pattern that the broom created in the blood was unusual. 4) How did police determine that the crime was not about a robbery gone bad? Because there was valuable items, cash, and guns in the home that were left there and not taken. 5) What were two clues that the killer left behind at the crime scene? 1 - he stepped on the sheet he covered them up in and left a shoe imprint in the blood 2 - left what looked like a fingerprint but actually it was a palm print on door jam of bedroom 6) Based on an eyewitness description, what were some of the physical characteristics of a possible suspect? white male, tall, 230-240 pounds, had a red pickup truck 7) Although a neighbor was considered as a suspect, what problems did this create for police? Jeremy had an alibi, didn’t have a red truck, and his gun that he owned was not a 22 caliber. 8) From the police point of view, what was the problem with the eyewitness testimony? The eyewitness story changed when the police went back. The testimony became far too detailed for the police from the distance of where he was and was too good. 9) How did police get their prime suspect to come down to the police station? They got the suspect to come down to police station by asking him for help to create sketches for the suspects he claimed he saw from the night of the crime. 10) For what crime had the prime suspect been previously imprisoned for? Manslaughter 11) What happened to the murder weapon? it was thrown into Puget Sound 12) What sentence did the killer receive? Life in prison without parole

VIDEO FOLL FOLLO OW-U W-UP P WRITING DESCRIPTION Explain the crime scene and the main facts that police learned from studying the scene and the evidence left behind.

The convicted criminal came in shot the husband three times then shot the wife as she tried to run out the door three times as well and dragged her body by her husbands. He then went to the bedroom and got a sheet to cover them up. He tried to clean up the blood with a broom and left a palm print on the door. _From studying the odd blood pattern and the palm print evidence the police could piece together what happened that night and who was killed first, then how they were dragged together, covered up and how the criminal left a footprint under the sheet in the blood. _____________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________

PROBLEM & SOLUTION Explain two problems that forensic experts faced during this case. How did they solve these Forensic experts faced problems identifying the odd blood pattern and what caused this pattern but figured out what caused it which was the broom being swept through it. Experts also had trouble this the partial print on the door distinguishing if it was a finger or palm print, however, they discovered it was a palm print but it did not match any prints within the system, so they had to wait for the suspect to give his unknowingly and see if it was a match. _______________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________...