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David Elderidge Murder Essay

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David Elderidge should be found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of murder. Although the defendant claims that he is not guilty, they are wrong because Mr. Elderidge had the motive to kill Mr. Armes, the spatula that killed Mr. Armes had Mr. Elderidge’s fingerprints on it, and Mr. Elderidge was seen at the crime scene by William Warden shortly before Mr. Armes’s death.

The first reason in the case was that Mr. Eldridge had a motive to kill Mr. Armes. Sandy Smith testified Mr. Eldridge was in desperate need of money because the bank would repossess his home. She stated that Mr. Eldridge had asked Mr. Armes for a raise. Mr. Armes denied his request, explaining how the business wasn’t doing as well as it needed to and there wasn’t enough money to offer anyone a raise. After this, Mr. Eldridge was distraught. If David Eldridge committed this crime, there was evidence that showed how Mr. Armes had denied Mr. Eldridge’s raise and Elderidge was very upset which would give him the motive to murder Mr. Armes …show more content…

Armes was murdered with a spatula that had David Elderidge’s fingerprints on it. Investigators noted that there was a spatula found next to Mr. Armes's body. It was covered in Mr. Armes’ blood, but was everything else around it. The spatula had the fingerprints of David Elderidge. This evidence explains how Mr. Elderidge is responsible for the death of Mr. Armes because if anyone else were to kill Mr. Armes with the spatula, there would be traces of fingerprints left on the

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