Theories Of Circumstantial Evidence

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1. Jesse Mathews prosecuted for murder, sexual assault and abduction for the killing of 18-year-old Hannah Graham in 2014 and 20-year-old Morgan Harrington in 2009.
2. Witnesses testified that they had seen Jesse’s car between 6:30-7:30 a.m. at the same place where her body was found at a vacant property. Hannah Graham body was found 12 miles from where she was last seen with Jesse Matthew and a witness testifying that they had seen his car at the same place where her body was found.
3. A witness testimony would be circumstantial evidence. Circumstantial evidence is evidence that indirectly proves a fact. Witnesses testified that they have seen Jesse’s car at a vacant property 5 weeks before her body was found.
4. “Relevant evidence” is defined