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Mr. Eldridge Should Not Be Found Guilty Of Murder

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Dear Jury Members: Mr. Eldridge should not be found guilty of murder because there is reasonable doubt. Although the prosecution claims he is guilty, they are wrong because Barbara Wheeler had motive to murder him, for the recipe, his fingerprints were on the spatula because he took it home and cleaned it, and his footprints were not in the blood around Mr. Armes. To begin, Barbara Wheeler had a motive to murder Mr. Armes. Three days after Mr. Armes death occurred Ms. Wheeler had posted a recipe very similar to Mr. Armes. She also has admitted that she wanted to sabotage Mr. Armes restaurant, and steal his recipes. The safe that kept Mr. Armes' secret recipe was opened and the recipe was not in the safe. Since she admitted to trying to sabotage Mr. Armes restaurant and that only a few days after she had posted almost an identical copy of Mr. Armes recipe. …show more content…

Mr. Armes had a cut in his finger a few weeks ago and Mr. Eldridge had offered to take it home and wash it which is why his fingerprints are on the spatula. Mr. Armes' throat was slit with the same spatula. David Eldridge had forgotten to bring the spatula back to Mr. Armes. Police investigators said that Mr. Armes bled to death and that he had blunt-force trauma on the back of his head. This is proving that Mr. Eldridge’s fingerprints got on the murder weapon because he took the spatula home and washed it for Mr. Armes. Finally, David Eldridges footprints were NOT found in the blood. Everything around Me. Armes was covered in blood. There were multiple peoples footprints found around Mr. Armes but/ mr. Eldridge was not one of them. He had gone in earlier that morning to ask for a raise but then he went home. This is proving that Mr. Eldridge is NOT guilty because there are other witnesses and footprints other than MR.

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