Jessica Lunsford Case Study

February 24, 2005 Jessica Lunsford was discovered missing from her home by her family, where she shared with her father and her grandparents. John Couey was accused of entering the Lunsford home through an unlocked door around 3 A.M. Went up to Jessica’s room and woke her up and said “Don’t yell or nothing” and had her follow him out and into his domain.
During the deposition and video recording of his confession he stated all the he did to her and where he kept her. John Couey stated in his confession that he kept her in his bed and raped here multiple times. While Couey was at work he had Jessica Lunsford stay in the closet and ordered her to remain there while he went to work. John Couey worked at Billy’s Truck Lot. He had kept her for three days. On the last day he stated in his confession that he bound Jessica’s wrist together with speaker wire. The Couey placed her in a garbage bag, then

The first step is to place a drop of distilled water on a sterile swab and swab a small portion of the suspect substance, The place the swab against a presumptive blood test and an immediate color change should occur if the reaction is positive. If the stain is negative the suspected blood stain may be ignored. If the reaction is positive an evidence number is assigned to the suspected blood and the stain is photographed and measured. The forensic technician should note the stain was collected due to a positive reaction. The blood is then collected and packaged, and the package is sealed and labeled for identification
Upon collecting blood if the blood is wet a sterile swab should be rotated in the stain, transferring the blood to the swab. If the blood is dried then it should be scraped into a bindle and if possible a control sample should be taken from the area adjacent to the blood evidence for further testing.

Trace Evidence
Trace evidence is fragile and hard to find. To process trace