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State vs. Mayfield Trial On December 27th, 1989, State Police Officer Edward Mayfield pulled over Donna Nugent to a shady area where he strangled her and threw her body off of a bridge. We don’t know why he pulled her over. He then proceeded to strangle her with a rope. I believe State Police Officer Edward Mayfield is guilty of murder in the first degree because he had and hid the murder weapon, pulling over specifically blonde women, and he changed the activity log. “But the evidence will show he directed her off the highway to a dark, secluded where he strangled her with a rope and threw her body off a bridge.” Desloup stated (pg 1). As stated in the case, the murder weapon was a rope, as she died because of strangulation. After the murder, …show more content…

Mayfield also changed his activity log. As Green stated, ”...it is my belief that Officer Mayfield’s daily activity log has been altered.” (pg 4) The ticket that was written originally …show more content…

Because of this, Officer Mayfield was too confused to say anything, but mentioned something about his headlight being out of alignment. However, Bloom had it checked out a few weeks before. Officer Mayfield let Bloom go. After pulling over Bloom, he pulled over Denise Carrier. He spoke with her about personal matters, such as family and her boyfriend. He then offered her to see the old bridge. She didn’t object due to being fearful of the officer. Afterall, Mayfield already had authority to a degree over her. After the encounter with Mayfield, Carrier was too nervous to drive for some time, so she pulled over and let herself calm down before driving off. Carrier states “The officer drove us about fifty yards to the bridge.” (pg 13) and “I was too nervous to drive. I had to pull over and stop for a while so I could calm down.” (pg 13). She claims, “I’ll never forget him!” (pg 13). If we assume this evidence as true, then Officer Mayfield has done enough damage to her

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