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Was David Eldridge Guilty

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Benjamin Wheeler 287th St. Donahue, Iowa 52748. April 23, 2024 Scott County Courthouse 400 W. 4th St. Davenport, IA 52801. Dear Jury Members: Have you ever despised someone, someone who’s annoying and always asking you questions? Have you heard someone so annoying that he murdered someone? That’s why David Eldridge told Mr. Armes when Mr. Armes told David that he couldn’t get a raise for David’s job. That’s why David Eldridge should be guilty of the murder of Mr. Armes. That’s because the evidence to support that my evidence proving David Eldridge murdered Mr. Armes is truly strong. The first piece of evidence is that David wanted to get revenge after all the time he begged for a raise from Mr. Armes. David didn’t get a raise, so Mr. Eldridge killed Mr. Armes. …show more content…

Armes had a blood stain, and David still has the spatula, which has a blood stain on it. Mr. Eldridge should be found guilty of the murder of Mr. Armes. The first reason to begin with is that David Eldridge is guilty of Mr. Armes’s murder because he wanted a raise from Mr. Armes, but he didn’t get one for a long period of time. David wanted to get revenge after all the time he begged for a raise from Mr. Armes, but he didn’t get a raise so David killed Mr. Armes. David went to the restaurant the morning Mr. Armes died before David was going to beg for a raise. Also, David Eldridge’s footprints were found all over the greasy floor around Mr. Armes’s body inside the Family Fun restaurant. This evidence proves my claim that David Eldridge is guilty of Mr. Armes’s murder, since David wanted to get revenge from Mr. Armes, David went to the restaurant the morning Mr. Armes died before David

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