On September 9th, in Anytown, USA, a mysterious death was discovered when a woman named Anna Garcia was found face down dead in her home. It all started when Anna’s neighbor, Doug noticed how Anna’s dog was constantly barking for two hours straight which was very unusual in the quiet suburban neighborhood. Doug realized this and tried calling Anna multiple times and rang her doorbell but when no one answered, he decided to call the police at 9:45 a.m. The EMT and the police arrived at 9:56am but the door had to be broken down and there was Anna lying face down in the entry of the hallway. From the investigation, it was found that Anna Garcia was was 38 year old, weighed 165 pounds, and was 64 inches tall. She was also a female and was Hispanic. …show more content…
We know that the fingerprints belonged to Alex Garcia. After examining the fingerprints found on the overturned table, we matched the ridges to the fingerprints of Anna Garcia and all the suspects, which resulted in Alex Garcia’s fingerprint matching to the crime scene fingerprints. We also identified the substance of the pills found on the floor next to the ground. After testing several possible substances, aspirin matched the crime scene substance, therefore the pills Anna took were Aspirin (also the toxicology report revealed she has trace amounts of aspirin in her body). We determined whose footprints were found at the crime scene by comparing it to the soles of the shoes of Anna Garcia and all the suspects. After a detailed comparison, the sole of Anna’s shoes matched the footprint found at the crime scene. We completed a blood spatter analysis which told us that Anna was struck/ blood fell from a height similar to the height of the table. So we can make the assumption that Anna hit her head on the table causing the bleeding on her head. Another thing we did was a DNA analysis using gel electrophoresis. The restriction enzymes cut at the same places at Anna Garcia’s DNA samples as the DNA samples found at the crime scene, therefore the DNA located at the scene belong to Anna. Lastly, we figured out the blood type of Anna Garcia and all the suspects, as well as the blood type of the