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Beaten By A Hair Case Study

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Introduction:
The case which I will be discussing is called “Beaten by a Hair”. This case is about 23-year-old, Laura Houghteling, who left for work on Monday October 19th, 1992 and never actually arrived. Police began their investigation and found the back door of her house unlocked however nothing was missing. Investigators investigated the woods near Laura’s house and found a bloody pillow and pillowcase. The pattern on this pillowcase was identical to the one in Laura’s bedroom and the blood type found on the pillow matched Laura’s blood type. Police brought a bloodhound to see if the bloodhound could trace Laura’s scent. Once the bloodhound was given some of Laura’s clothing to establish her scent, the bloodhound immediately went to the …show more content…

Hadden Clark, who was a part-time gardener at Laura’s mother’s house does not reveal his motive for killing Laura. The police assume that he was angry over the disagreement he had with Laura’s mother about the missing tools from her shed and took that anger out on her daughter. When the police did a background check they found that if anyone, especially a female does something to upset or anger him, he will react. This information makes the police’s assumption about Clark’s motive stronger. On the other hand, this case has nothing to do with age or ethnic group. Both the victim and murderer were Caucasian in the video and there was nothing mentioned about the age of either throughout the entire case. This homicide was most likely a result of anger and also getting revenge. It just goes to show that Laura was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Technically she was not even part of the dispute between her mom, Penny and Clark but she still had to suffer. This kind of situation is very difficult to resolve because it can happen whenever and to anyone. Everyone has arguments here and there but usually most people don’t make too much of it. However, there are some people that take these things very seriously and make irrational decisions like Clark. But again because it is so hard to judge how an individual will react to situation similar to this case, situations like these aren’t

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