This particular episode was about trying to piece together a heinous crime and figure out who was the true culprit. A young couple in their twenties lived quietly in the suburbs of Dallas, Texas, with their three children. The wife was a stay at home mom, and the husband was an entrepreneur. Police were dispatched to their residence after receiving a call from the wife. She called stating that an intruder came into their home and stabbed two of her children. The intruder also attempted to kill her too, but ended up running away from the home after failing. Her six year old son was dead by the time that officers arrived on the scene, while her five year old son died on the way to the hospital. When asked to describe what the intruder looked …show more content…
Upon closer examination of the evidence, and comparing it to the story that the wife told officers, it was clear that this in fact, was not a robbery. The crime scene was covered in blood from both her sons, and from her own injuries (a slashed neck and a stab wound on her right arm). Investigators hoped that blood splatters would reveal details about what really happened, and led detectives to whomever committed this crime. Upon closer examination, it was discovered that the murder weapon, which was a large kitchen knife, came from the couple’s own kitchen knife set. Investigators also took the wife’s t-shirt that she wore the night of the murder to try to find clues as to what exactly happened. The blood splatters that were found at the scene were shown to be inconsistent with what the wife said she did and what she said she saw …show more content…
This type of knife blood pattern is consistent with someone using the knife who is bleeding as well and was contributing to the blood that was already there. Coupled that with the fact that the wife has a cut on her arm and she became an even bigger suspect in this crime. Upon extracting DNA from the blood found on the knife, it was revealed that the blood belonged to the wife and her deceased son. On top of that, investigators also found out that the screen was cut by another knife which was found in the same knife set as the murder weapon. The person who cut the window screen was already in the home before the cut was made, which ultimately means that the crime scene was