Introduction A divorced, thirty-eight year old, Hispanic woman, named Anna Garcia, died on August 25, 2015 at approximately 11:00 am. Anna’s best friend and co-worker, Lucy Leffingwell had reported to officials that Anna had been in the hospital, experiencing back pain, radiating towards her sides, Lucy also commenting that Anna told Lucy that she had stopped taking antibiotics that were prescribed to her. At about 9:45 am, Anna’s neighbor named Doug Greene contacted the police reporting that he is worried about his neighbor Anna, explaining to officials that he experienced seeing Anna at at approximately 630 am wearing a sweater while that part of town was experiencing a heat wave recently. The neighbor also said that Anna’s dog had been barking excitedly for the last two hours. Doug tried …show more content…
The fingerprint found at the crime scene belonged to Alex Garcia, Anna’s former husband. His fingerprint was characterized as a plain arch and that was found at the crime scene. The blood sample at the crime scene belongs to Alex Garcia. The shoe print that was found at the crime scene belongs to is Anna Garcia. The hair sample at the crime scene belonged to Anna Garcia. The reasoning was because the cuticle and the medullas are similar in comparison. The unknown substance found at the crime scene turned out to be Acetylsalicylic acid because it had the same appearance and reaction as an acid. The time of death of Anna Garcia was approximately at 7:00 am. The blood spatter lab concluded that as the height of the blood droplet increases, then the diameter of the blood spatter increases. The DNA found at the crime scene was Anna’s DNA. If you look at the Gel Electrophoresis activity Anna Garcia’s pattern is the closest to the pattern of the crime scene. An inconsistency found in the whole scenario is the syringes. They did not relate to anything that had to do with the