Joshua Tucker Case Summary

Albert Roger’s, 26 year’s old, was arrested and charged with the murder of Joshua Tucker who was just 31 year’s old. It is alleged the two men had an ongoing conflict about a dog. When officers arrived on the scene Tucker was found shot in the driveway. He was pronounced dead at the scene of the crime. Police did recover a firearm at the scene of the crime. (Daniel S. Comiskey, 2015)

Roger’s had fled the scene in his vehicle. The investigators were able to get an extremely detailed description from witnesses. Officer’s patrolling the nearby area found a vehicle matching the description about a mile away from the scene of the crime in a Safeway parking lot. As the officers approached the vehicle they notice Roger’s was also with a woman and

It turned out Roger’s did have a legal permit for his firearm for the state of Indiana. The officers let Roger’s go the following morning with his firearm. Unfortunately for Roger’s his freedom was short lived because a week later, law enforcement obtained an arrest warrant for Roger’s. They arrested him and charged him with the murder of Joshua Tucker. (Longnecker, 2014)

When Roger’s was initially arrested for the murder of Joshua Tucker on the night of June 5th, 2014 they needed to test for gunshot residue (GSR) on his hands and clothing. It is unclear as to whether or not they did but for the case of this paper we shall say they did.

While collecting evidence of GSR you need to make sure the suspect does not have a chance to wash his or her hands. Doing so can and will hinder the investigation because they would have the chance to remove evidence. You want to have the chance to see if you could get a sample of GSR and or DNA off of the possible suspect. (Tina Young, 2011)

You also want to take the suspect’s clothing as soon as possible; if they are wearing the same outfit they committed the crime in, because the clothing may have GSR to collect off of it as well. You would want to do the GSR testing before the suspect removes their clothes because it could be transferred from the suspect’s hands to their clothing and that could hinder the results. (Tina Young,