5-4 Case Analysis: Signature Murders Review the Signature Murders case. Prepare an analysis of the case addressing the following: Overview: Provide a brief overview of the crime(s) in question. Burglary. Luis Garcia and Willie Nichols home was going to be burglarized possibly by gangs, but the burglar decided against it Luis Garcia was murdered, He was found by his sister in law and her nephew Garcia was found laying on his back on the living room floor. He had fresh bruises and he had a cord tied around his neck he was cold and had no pulse. He was produced deadly by paramedics. Nine days after Luis Garcia was murdered Willie Nichols dead by ligature strangulation. Willie Nicholas had a belt wrapped around his neck that was very tight. Willies house was also burglarized a leather jacket. A ring, his wallet, his watch, and ATM card were missing or taken. Fraud, not long after the ATM card was taken the card was used at a bank the surveillance video showed a young black man who was clearly not the decedent. He was wearing a black leather jacket like the one missing from Willie's apartment. He used the card the next day at …show more content…
Rank the technologies by the level of effectiveness and reliability. In order by effectiveness and reliability from lowest to highest is electrostatic detection apparatus: which is a specialized piece of equipment used in questioned document examination. Then Automated Finger Identification System (AFIS): is a biometric identification methodology that uses digital imaging technology to obtain, store, and analyze fingerprint data as stated in ("What is Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS)? - Definition from WhatIs.com," n.d.) and then the Portable light source: is a light that reveals fingerprints, blood, gunshot residue and more. Miranda: At what point was the suspect read his Miranda rights? Why at this specific
The officer initiated a traffic stop and observed there were three men in the vehicle. The men were identified as the driver Partlow, and the passengers Pringle, and Smith. The officer asked Partlow for his license and registration. When Partlow opened his glove compartment to get his vehicle registration, the officer observed a large roll of money inside the compartment. He ran Partlow’s information for any wants or warrants and he came back negative for both.
On July 29, 2003 Detective Jason Leavitt was a part of a decoy operation with an undercover arrest team ; he was dressed on black jeans, a dirty short- sleeved flannel shirt on top of a dirty-t shirt, and a baseball cap to apart as a drunk homeless man . Detective Leavitt carried Twenty one-dollar bills in his breast pocket, to attract a thief. Leavitt was on the block of 200 Main St across from the Greyhound station. The Appellant Richard Miller approached Detective Leavitt on this very street to ask him for money. Detective Leavitt told Miller he was not going to give him an money, Leavitt testified that the appellant put his arm around him and asked him to go get a drink.
This is an analysis of the newspaper article on the appeal of the murder conviction of Mr. Gordon Wood. Mr. Wood was originally charged with the 1995 murder of Ms. Caroline Byrne and the trial was held in the Supreme Court of New South Wales in July 2006. During the court case it was stated that Mr. Wood had “hurled his model girlfriend off The Gap in Sydney in a spear throw that lobbed her so severely into a crevice, that a rescue team had to use force to free her body” (Sydney Morning Herald, 2007). Mr. Wood pleaded not guilty to all charges, however the jury found him guilty of her murder. The murder case was taken to State level due to the seriousness of the crime.
Crime Description This paper will analyze the murder of Vanessa Pham by Julio Miguel Blanco-Garcia. Around 3:30 in the afternoon on June 27, 2010, as Vanessa Pham was leaving a nail salon in Fairfax Plaza Shopping Center when Julio Blanco-Garcia approached her. Blanco-Garcia, high on PCP and carrying his infant daughter, told Pham that he was having a medical emergency and asked her to drive him to the hospital. Vanessa agreed and allowed the two into her car.
In addition to Wehrman’s original statement she stated that the male that assaulted her had an orange key chain hanging from the front of his pants. She described the suspect as being in his 20’s, dark hair, olive skin, fit build with no facial hair, 5’6” tall, and 140 pounds. Wehrman also stated that the suspect had a tattoo on his right forearm. The tattoo was writing that went from the suspect’s wrist to his elbow. The suspect’s physical description matches Hicks physicals.
Most of these crimes were committed in the victims California homes. Richard, the son of Mercedes and Julian Ramirez, was born in El Paso, Texas on February 28, 1960. Growing up Richard was a kid that was constantly getting into trouble. A lot of this was due to his older cousin, Mike, who had just returned from fighting in Vietnam. Ramirez’s cousin would tell him gruesome stories and
The perpetrator left a fingerprint on the doorknob of one of the victim’s bedroom doors and a herringbone pattern tennis shoe print in one of the victim’s front yard near the front door. The police questioned about thirty to forty men in the area and focused on one main suspect, Hayes. The police went to Hayes home and requested a fingerprint, and Hayes
Though the Zodiac Killer case technically remains unsolved, one man is favored as likely being the serial killer with seven confirmed victims in northern California in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The case against Arthur Leigh Allen, the main suspect, is favored based largely on circumstantial evidence. This evidence includes everything from wearing the same size gloves as those left at one of the Zodiac’s confirmed crime scenes to living near and knowing the second confirmed female victim. A litany of circumstantial evidence seems to point toward Allen as the serial killer: he wore the same size and type of boots as a print found at a crime scene; a former colleague claimed Allen told him he was planning to kill school children in a similar
The Miranda warning was established to fully complete the legal promise of self-incrimination
Question 6 The ruling rendered by the Supreme Court was in support of the accused party, Ernesto Miranda. The court ruled that the safeguard provided by the Fifth Amendment, which protects individuals from self-incrimination, necessitates informing individuals in custody about their rights before undergoing police interrogation (Nolan,2021, p.161). The court rendered a decision deeming Miranda’s confession as inadmissible as evidence due to its acquisition in the absence of being apprised of his entitlement to refrain from self-incrimination and to have legal counsel present.
On Sunday, November 13, 1842 a double murder occurred at Smith Farm in Old Fields, Long Island. The victims, Alexander Smith and and Rebecca Smith, were a wealthy, well- respected married couple who ran Smith farm. George Weeks, the Smiths farmhand, was reporting for work the monday after the murder and heard the dog barking from the work-shed by the Smiths house. George Weeks then became suspicious since the dog was usually inside with Mr. Smith. George then looked in the house and saw that the east room window was broken and Mr. and Mrs. Smith were lying on the floor covered in blood.
Chief Justice Earl Warren wrote this : “The person in custody must, prior to interrogation, be clearly informed that he has the right to remain silent, and that anything he says will be used against him in court; he must be clearly informed that he has the right to consult with a lawyer and to have the lawyer with him during interrogation, and that, if he is indigent, a lawyer will be appointed to represent him.” The court set aside his conviction. After a second trial, Miranda 's confession from the previous trial were thrown out. However he was convicted again and was sentenced up to thirty years in federal prison. Once he was released on probation, a violent fight broke out at a local Phoenix, Arizona bar which left a lethal knife wound which killed him.
Andrew Davis Richard Ramirez 3 March 2017 Night Killer No matter what day and age, crime scene investigation procedures have to be spot on. In 1891 fingerprint analysis and evidence was gathered for the first time. In present time, investigators have to be extra carefully at crime scenes because everything and anything can be used to find out what happened. Richard Ramirez was a brutal, and sadistic serial killer.
The Richard Ramirez "Night Stalker" case was one of the first major cases to use automated fingerprinting technology (Frese, 2011). Today, the fingerprinting database gives various probable identifications, then a trained fingerprint expert must compare the prints to find a likely identification. Considering that Ramirez's prints were found on the mirror of a stolen vehicle we can conclude that his fingerprints were two-dimensional, therefore the prints are termed as latent or residue prints. The authorities at the crime scene power-dusted his prints considering that is the best physical method for collecting fingerprints. Once analyzed using the ACE-V (analysis, comparison, evaluation and verification) method, the fingerprint expert was able to identify them as belonging to Ramirez.
The very first murder he was linked to would have been the first one he would of committed. This murder took place in Santa Barbara on June 4th, 1963. The young victims were couple Robert Domingos and his betrothed Linda Edwards. The couple had decided to participate in their senior ditch day, so they went sunbathing at a beach near Gaviota State Park. When they didn’t return by the next morning, Robert’s father went looking for them.