Name of the case: 30 years in jail for a single hair
Victim: 78 y/o woman
Suspect: George Perrot, 17 y/o
Impact of hair: Perrot was put on trial at 17 for raping and a 78 year old woman. There was no semen or blood at the crime scene and no way to conduct a DNA test. FBI agent Oakes did find one hair at the crime scene and the medulla, the cortex and the cuticle of the hair all matched pube hairs from Perrot’s body.
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Name of case: 1977 Cold Case Murder Solved by a Hair
Victim: James Anagnos
Suspect: Frank Wright
Impact of hair: A hair was found in the victim's hand and was tested and matched to the hair of Frank Wright. However, Wright passed away in 2002 which was before they ruled him as the murderer.
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Name of Case: DA says fiber evidence
Case 1- Name of case-1977 Murder of Rubidox Victim-James Anagnos Suspects-Frank Wright How the hair and fiber made a connection to the case. Anagnos was stabbed twenty times and hit in the head. Case
On March 4, 1974 in Lake Walsh, Florida a nine-year-old boy was taken from his home, and dragged to a baseball field and raped. When he was questioned by the police he said his attacker was between the age of seventeen or eighteen, with bushy sideburns and a mustache. The boy’s uncle said that description sounds like a man named Jimmy Bain. When the police showed the victim the lineup photos, the victim pointed out Bain, but out of the six suspects only Jimmy Bain and one other man had sideburns. On March the 5, 1974 at midnight Jimmy Bain was questioned by the police.
The Wayne Williams murder trial in 1981 still has some unanswered questions for some. But some of the key facts are as follows; Investigators found unique fibers on the clothes of multiple victims for a two year span. These fibers consisted of a yellow-green color and acetated fibers. The investigators set up surveillance after the serial killer started dumping bodies in the Chattahoochee River. One night the surveillance team heard a loud splash and followed a vehicle and identified the potential suspect as Wayne Williams.
In this unfortunate case Molly Wright, who was 73 years old, was killed by a man named David Hill. He stated he found Wright in her home dead and he was trying to help her before he called 999 (England’s version of 911). Unfortunately according to Samantha Warna, who is a Bloodstain Pattern Expert, tells a different story of events for that night. (Money the Motive in Molly Murder Claims Prosecution, 2008) Mr. Hill was in debt for about twenty thousand dollars. His business partner was Mrs. Wright.
In September of 1961, a woman from District of Columbia had an intruder break into her apartment. While the invader of the home was there, they had taken her wallet, and also raped the woman. During the investigation of the crime, the police had found some latent fingerprints in the apartment. The police then established and processed the prints. The prints were then connected back to 16 year old Morris A. Kent.
Wayne Williams Essay Hair and fibers seem like tiny useless objects,but they have a huge impact when it comes to forensic investigations. Hair strands and fibers hold more information than we can see. For example hair can tell where you have been,what you have eaten, and what race you are. Also DNA can be pulled from strands of hair.
Wayne Williams was found guilty of the killing of two people. Even years after William’s still tries to persuade the idea of him being innocent. Just like fingerprints, hair analysis is following the same path. I think that DNA fingerprints will become bigger and more accurate of accusing killers, the use of hair analysis will decrease, but I do not think hair analysis should be taken away.
Since there was no root of the hair the tissue DNA of the hair could not get a precise identification. Mitochondrial DNA was instead used to narrow down the identity. It could not give a precise identification, but it did narrow it down to be a female in the Anthony family. The hair showed characteristics of decomposition on it (“Forensic Analysis of the Casey Anthony Trial”). They also did an odor analysis in the trunk of Casey’s vehicle.
James Hanratty was convicted and hanged on 4th April 1962, accused of abducting and murdering a research scientist named Michael Gregsten (aged 36) on the A6 (Bedfordshire) where he was shot twice in the head. Michael Gregsten’s girlfriend, Valarie Storie (aged 22), was raped and shot multiple times at close range and was left to die on the side of the road. Having survived after this horrific experience, Valarie Storie was paralysed from the waist down. Hanratty aged 25, was established at first to be a minor criminal who had spent several years in prison.
Cover Letter After analysis and individualization of our evidence, we concluded that Talia Zagon killed Mr. MacDougall. To determine Talia Zagon was the murderer, we performed many tests in order to analysis and individualize the evidence. We had known samples of hair, fingerprints, handwriting, paper, ink, blood, and fiber from the five possible suspects. To compare these samples, we used the unknown evidence from our crime scene.
Crime Laboratory began to identify very distinctive fibers found on the victims’ bodies. “Police obtained a search warrant for Williams’ house. Throughout his house, carpet like the yellow-green fibers found in the early victims. For this to be conclusive enough to tie Williams to the murders, police needed to make sure that these carpet fibers were not commonly found in houses throughout Atlanta”. The Atlanta police worked side by side with the biggest carpet company and chemists at Dupont (Owen, 2000).
Name of the case: Case of James Anagnos Victim: James Anagnos Suspects:Frank wright Link between the hair and case: After being stabbed twenty times, and being hit in the head four times, the victim Mr. Anagnos was found dead with hair in his hand, thought to be from the suspect. In 2010 the hair sample was sent to a private lab in Texas to be examined, and this led to the hair being identified as the hair of Frank wright who was the murderer. Case Name: Case of John Joubert Victims: Danny Joe Eberle Suspects: John Joubert Hair Link: The fibers of the rope used to bind the victim was a rare type of rope and one that the suspect had, as well as hair from the boy that was bound in rope in his car. Name of the case: Evonitz Vs.
Connection to Hair or Fiber: Frank Wright’s hair was found on the victim’s hand, but during 1977 the lab was unable to match hair samples. The reason investigators believe it belonged to Frank Wright was because he had an argument with James about one
In the book Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café there is an instance of murder. Ruth Jamison married a man named Frank Bennett who was not nice to women. He is also troubling whenever he is drunk but he never gets charged because he is white. The man would get drunk and come home to Ruth and not only abuse her but sexually assault her. When Idgie found out, Big George, her, and a few others took Ruth away from him by coming to their house with knives and then just getting Ruth’s stuff and leaving.
There was multiply evidence that, traced back to O.J. Simpson. His blood was recovered and fingerprints were local on the back fence. Later they found his hair in a knit hat at the crime scene, which the same kind of fiber was found on Goldman’s clothing. Fibers from simpson’s car were also similar to the knit hat. In his vehicle, he had blood from both victims and a pair of bloody socks in his house, along with the right glove that was missing from the crime scene.