After Law enforcement obtained a search warrant for Wayne Williams home the police discovered carpet which was similar in color to the fibers found ion the victim. Working with chemists at DuPont, the world’s largest producer of fibers, FBI analysts passed the fibers through a device (spinneret) that stretches fibers giving it optical properties. The FBI to eventually able trace the fiber to a carpet manufacturer in Georgia and determine that the fibers were a match. Although the Williams was thought to be responsible for 28 to 30 killings, police and prosecutors decided to focus on just 2 cases; Nathaniel Cater and Jimmy Ray Payne whose semi-nude body had been recovered from the Chattahoochee River on April 27, 1981. Fiber evidence was the primary evidence presented to the jury, it was this evidence that is believed to have convinced a jury to find Williams guilty of the murder of Nathaniel Cater and Jimmy Ray Payne, in 2010 Williams defense team requested a DNA test, be performed on 2 hairs found inside the victim’s shirt along with dog hairs that were said to belong to his dog.
Crime scene investigators noted signs of a struggle left under Estelle’s nails. After it was already too late, DNA testing determined the skin found under her fingernails was not a match to Blair but rather a match to the other suspect at the time of the original investigation. The expert DNA testimony at Blair’s trial consisted of fibers and hair found in his vehicle, on his person, and at an unrelated park was circumstantial and eventually disproven by DNA
Name of the case: Case of James Anagnos Victim: James Anagnos Suspects:Frank wright Link between the hair and case: After being stabbed twenty times, and being hit in the head four times, the victim Mr. Anagnos was found dead with hair in his hand, thought to be from the suspect. In 2010 the hair sample was sent to a private lab in Texas to be examined, and this led to the hair being identified as the hair of Frank wright who was the murderer. Case Name: Case of John Joubert Victims: Danny Joe Eberle Suspects: John Joubert Hair Link: The fibers of the rope used to bind the victim was a rare type of rope and one that the suspect had, as well as hair from the boy that was bound in rope in his car. Name of the case: Evonitz Vs.
Case 1- Name of case-1977 Murder of Rubidox Victim-James Anagnos Suspects-Frank Wright How the hair and fiber made a connection to the case. Anagnos was stabbed twenty times and hit in the head. Case
In September of 1961, a woman from District of Columbia had an intruder break into her apartment. While the invader of the home was there, they had taken her wallet, and also raped the woman. During the investigation of the crime, the police had found some latent fingerprints in the apartment. The police then established and processed the prints. The prints were then connected back to 16 year old Morris A. Kent.
In this unfortunate case Molly Wright, who was 73 years old, was killed by a man named David Hill. He stated he found Wright in her home dead and he was trying to help her before he called 999 (England’s version of 911). Unfortunately according to Samantha Warna, who is a Bloodstain Pattern Expert, tells a different story of events for that night. (Money the Motive in Molly Murder Claims Prosecution, 2008) Mr. Hill was in debt for about twenty thousand dollars. His business partner was Mrs. Wright.
The Wayne Williams murder trial in 1981 still has some unanswered questions for some. But some of the key facts are as follows; Investigators found unique fibers on the clothes of multiple victims for a two year span. These fibers consisted of a yellow-green color and acetated fibers. The investigators set up surveillance after the serial killer started dumping bodies in the Chattahoochee River. One night the surveillance team heard a loud splash and followed a vehicle and identified the potential suspect as Wayne Williams.
Wayne Williams was found guilty of the killing of two people. Even years after William’s still tries to persuade the idea of him being innocent. Just like fingerprints, hair analysis is following the same path. I think that DNA fingerprints will become bigger and more accurate of accusing killers, the use of hair analysis will decrease, but I do not think hair analysis should be taken away.
James Hanratty was convicted and hanged on 4th April 1962, accused of abducting and murdering a research scientist named Michael Gregsten (aged 36) on the A6 (Bedfordshire) where he was shot twice in the head. Michael Gregsten’s girlfriend, Valarie Storie (aged 22), was raped and shot multiple times at close range and was left to die on the side of the road. Having survived after this horrific experience, Valarie Storie was paralysed from the waist down. Hanratty aged 25, was established at first to be a minor criminal who had spent several years in prison.
There was multiply evidence that, traced back to O.J. Simpson. His blood was recovered and fingerprints were local on the back fence. Later they found his hair in a knit hat at the crime scene, which the same kind of fiber was found on Goldman’s clothing. Fibers from simpson’s car were also similar to the knit hat. In his vehicle, he had blood from both victims and a pair of bloody socks in his house, along with the right glove that was missing from the crime scene.
Name of the Case - James Anagnos 1977 Cold Case murder Victim- James Anagnos Suspects- Frank Wright How the hair of fiber made a connection for the case (what the analysis told them) In the October of 1977, James Anagnos was brutally murdered in his own bar.
Utilitarianism in Hair Follicle Analysis Four men with the last names Sledge, Odom, Tribble, and Gates were wrongfully convicted of crimes of manslaughter and rape. These individuals and their stories were featured in a video titled, The Fault Lines. The Fault Lines presented the idea that many innocent people are facing prison sentences for crimes they did not commit based on faulty hair follicle analyses. The idea that innocent people are being convicted for crimes they did not commit signifies an ethical dilemma on its own.
Hair and Fiber Case 1 Name:1977 Cold Case Murder Solved By A Hair DAte:October,18 1977 Victim;James Anagnos also known as “Jimmy The Greek”was found dead at Oct.18,1977 inside his bar when he was closing it. The victim was stabbed twenty times with a “steak knife”and had been hit four times in the head with a solid and hard (blunt)object. The cause of death was from injuries from his head. Suspects:Frank wright- a man who died in 2002 from complications due to alcohol abuse,according to sgt. Brown.
This time, he was caught in a lie, admitting to knowing the cause of death of Burgin despite the fact not having been given to any news outlets. Brown was arrested and sent to trial, where he was convicted for first-degree murder and sentenced to 85 years in prison. Burgin’s remains, the white sheet, and the red fiber were all important pieces of evidence that led to this case’s conclusion. The red fiber was an especially important piece of evidence, as without it the case would likely have gone cold and never been properly solved. The murder of Judy Burgin shows just how important fiber analysis and microscopy can be as a forensic investigative
In the book Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café there is an instance of murder. Ruth Jamison married a man named Frank Bennett who was not nice to women. He is also troubling whenever he is drunk but he never gets charged because he is white. The man would get drunk and come home to Ruth and not only abuse her but sexually assault her. When Idgie found out, Big George, her, and a few others took Ruth away from him by coming to their house with knives and then just getting Ruth’s stuff and leaving.
