Jeremiah Harrington 855 Stonebridge Circle Eldridge, IA 52748. April 23, 2024 Scott County Courthouse 400 W. 4th St.. Davenport, IA 52801. Dear Jury Members: Wouldn’t you be happier if there were fewer crimes in the U.S. that led to deaths and injuries? Well, so would I. This is why people who commit extremely bad crimes that affect many people's lives need to be put away. Many innocent people are affected every year by crimes of theft, murder, etc., and this is why David Eldridge should be found guilty of murdering Mr. Armes in the first degree because reasonable evidence shows David Eldridge murdered Mr. Armes. One of the strongest pieces of evidence in this case was that David Eldridge’s fingerprints and footprints were found all around …show more content…
David Eldridge was the only person other than Mr. Armes who had keys to the restaurant and knew the combination to the safe. Mr. Armes’s safe was also found open, and the recipe for his Super Burger was not found in it. William Warden saw David Eldridge enter the Family Fun restaurant two hours before Mr. Armes was found dead. An hour later, he heard Mr. Armes screaming loudly. After waiting a while, Warden went into the restaurant to investigate, and that’s when he found the dead body. This evidence shows that David Eldridge was the only person who was able to get into the safe and the restaurant, proving that he was there on that specific …show more content…
David Eldridge has worked at the Family Fun restaurant for years. In all that time, he had never received a raise. Sandy Smith testified that Eldridge was desperately in need of money because the bank was going to repossess his house. She said Eldridge had recently asked Mr. Armes for a raise. Mr. Armes denied this, stating that the business wasn’t doing very well and there wasn’t enough money to give anyone a raise. Eldridge was pretty upset. Patrick Lewis said that Eldridge told him, “Mr. Armes is a greedy pig. He’s going to wish he’d given me a raise!” This evidence proves that Mr. Eldridge was in need of money and wanted a raise, but Mr. Armes didn’t give it to