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Loretta Saunders Case Study

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Loretta Saunders was last seen on February 13, 2014 entering her Cowie Hill Road apartment building in Halifax to collect rent money from couple Blake Leggette and Victoria Henneberry subletting her apartment. Saunders’ murder was discussed two weeks prior her visit. Leggette recorded a fight in which they spoke of their financial issues and their inability to pay the rent. In this footage, Henneberry accused Leggette of wanting to kill Loretta and called him a liar as he repeatedly asked her “when did I say that?” and does not admit his longing to continue with the murder he previously spoke about. (Rhode, 2015)
In the police interrogation of Victoria Henneberry, she explains she did not have the money and had told Saunders she lost her bank card. She expressed she did not want her murder to take place and did not witness it occur but heard her screaming for help. Leggette killed Saunders’ by asphyxia and Henneberry claimed to be horrified and in disbelief and decided to leave certain clues. Saunders’ body was placed in a hockey bag and put in the trunk of the car. She also mentioned she was afraid her boyfriend will kill her as well. (Halifax police interrogation, 2015) …show more content…

A comparative analysis was conducted between the portion of twigs found on Saunders’ hair and the wooden floor of the apartment rented to Leggette and Henneberry. The portion of twigs fit in the wooden floor of the dining room in a perfect re-alignment. (Leggette, 2014) Although comparative analysis clued the suspects related to the crime, the most effective evidence used in this crime was fingerprinting, an individual characteristic that attains an extreme high probability of associating the evidence found and gathered to the person or persons who committed the

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