Forensic Blog Post 8

TV Show: Forensic Files 

Location: Philadelphia 

Date: 1996

What happened: A restaurant owner was found murdered in his office, then his assistant chef committed suicide.

What evidence was collected: A bullet shell casing, a bullet found across the street from the inn, a Barretta model 20, gun holster, witness statements of a second gun.

What did the evidence show (testing results): the bullet from the trash was compared to the first bullet shell casing and they was identified as the same bullet manufactured by the same company. It took them 2 years to collect more evidence but one officer thought to check the gun holster to see if it left an impression of another gun. It just so happen to prove his theory and thats when forensic scientist concluded that the murder did have a second gun that he lied about. That gun was proved to also be the murder weapon of course and he was arrested.

What was the conclusion of the case? Guy Selaeo  was charged with first degree murder. They believed the his motive was financial. 5 years after the death he was trialed and sentence to life in prison.

Forensic video 7

TV Show: Forensic files: C2: Episode 14

Location: Newman Lake, Washington

Date: 2.9.1999

What happened: A house was set on fire after someone kidnapped a boy from the house leaving the body to be found 15 miles from where it happened a few days later.

What evidence was collected: Evidence that the boy was strangled, before and after photos of the fire, vomit samples, 3 files of life support worth 80,000 dollars, one of his trash cans

What did the evidence show (testing results):The vomit samples showed starch and corn contents whic is in cereal. Th little boy was eating cereal at befor he died. THe was evidence where the fire started which was in the couch. Forensic scientist took an identicaal couch to test how it will react and to see how long it will burn. The dad said he left the house at 8:20, Chris usually leaves at 8:30 for school, the couch took ten minutes or less to produce enough enerhy to burn the room. Forensic scientist traced all the evidence back to the father since most was found on his car, truck and two trash cans he own.

What was the conclusion of the case? The father was charged with arson and murder in the first degree. Before he could go on trail he hanged himself in his jail cell.