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David Eldridge V. Jeremiah Cambridge Case

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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

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Also, the super burger recipe was missing and the register was empty. Police investigators found no signs of a break-in, the Family Fun register empty, Mr. Armes's safe open and the recipe was not there. Also, David Eldrige was the only other person besides Mr Armes who knew the safe combination and had keys to the restaurant. If someone else had committed the death of Mr Armes then how would they get in without it looking like they physically broke into the

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David Eldridge had wanted a raise from Mr. Armes forever and never got one, which gives him the perfect incentive to do something insane. The prosecution is correct in this case. Mr. Eldridge killed Mr. Armes because reasonable evidence exists. The strongest piece of evidence for this case to prove that David Eldridge is guilty is that he stole a spatula and never gave it back to Mr. Arms, who was killed by a spatula.

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Dear Jury Members: David Eldridge should be found guilty of the crime of killing Mr. Armes because of the reasonable doubt that exists. Surely, the defense will say that David Eldridge is safe, but that is wrong. The reasonable doubt that is going to help prove that David Eldridge is guilty will be evidence like, how Mr. Armes was killed with a spatula which had fingerprints on it and had footprints around him when he was dead, they both seemed to be from David Eldridge. Then, David Eldridge was the only other person who had a key to the building and the safe combination of Mr. Armes. In addition, the prosecution has made the reasonable doubt sound like David Eldridge has for sure killed Mr. Armes.

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Finally the only people to have keys to Mr. Arms' restaurant were Mr. Arms and David Eldridge. So he was the only one who could have possibly killed Mr. Arms. the strongest piece of evidence is that mr eldridges footprints were found in the oil next to mr arms body meaning that he was near the body at one point and since there was oil spilled means that there was most likely a struggle so mr arms and mr

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Barbra Wheeler and her husband created their own burger recipe, so there was no point in stealing the recipe. There are also differences between the super burger and the burger. The police also didn't even find the recipe at their house. There was also no way she could have got in because no one broke into the building and there was no way she got in because she doesn't have a key. Another clue that she wouldn't want to kill Mr. Armes paid off: his house was built out of the kindness of her heart.

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Dear Jury Members:David Eldridge should have been found guilty because there were many signs and evidence pointing that he was there the night of the murder and that he had a motive for killing Mr Arms. The strongest piece of evidence that shows that he was the murderer first he asked Mr Arms for a rise and he was denied and he was so mad that he planned to kill Mr Arms and secondly he and Mr Arms were the only ones that knew the code to the safe and there was no sign of forced entry which means he was had the key to the building and the combination to the safe.the strongest piece of evidence in the case was that he had a motive to kill him which makes him a suspect.when david eldridge went to his boss for a raise and he got denied he was super

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