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Immunohisto chemistry was used in a criminal case. seven months after florences death, mark unger was charged with first-degree murder. >> theres no question, if you look at the evidence in its totality, that mark unger made a calculated decision to take another persons life. >> his lawyer said there was no case against him. >> there is not one single eyewitness to anything, there are no confessions, there are no fingerprints. >> prosecutors believe mark hoped to salvage their marriage, but they...

And came back out to the deck, and florence wasnt on the deck. >> mark assumed florence went next door to the friends cabin since their lights were on. not wanting to leave the children alone, mark went to bed. when he awoke just after dawn, florence still wasnt there. >> he called the resort owners approximately 7:30 in the morning, asking them if they had seen florence. they said they had not. >> the resort owners went looking for her and found florences body in the lake and called 911. >> the...

Dr. dragovic discovered repair proteins in florences brain that were released after her head injury. this showed that florences brain was struggling to survive long after she hit her head and before she drowned. dr. dragovic estimated that florence was lying on the cement for at least 90 minutes, possibly for as long as two hours, before she was in the water, and there was other conflicting evidence. the blood stain on the boat launch and the broken railing above did not line up. >> the trajecto...

>> the forensic firm concluded that florences death was an accident, but the medical examiner completely disagreed. >> bodies do not bounce. thats number one. she would have been rendered unconscious upon contact. an unconscious person, unconscious individual cannot just walk into the water. >> and dr. dragovic noticed the blood stain on the boat launch was nearly a foot in diameter. >> for blood to go to that size to the diameter that were talking on the cement platform, the body would have had...

Launch, he was probably surprised to learn that florence was still alive. so, he pushed her into the lake where she drowned. but he didnt realize the size of the blood stain on the boat launch and the repair neurons in florences brain. both told a story. in an attempt to make it look like an accident, mark kicked the railing with his right foot, transferring paint to the tip of his shoe. and where he kicked the railing was inconsistent with the location of the body. >> he had every opportunity t...

Also a palm print. and you dont get much better than that. >> chandler was charged with three counts of kidnapping and first degree murder. investigators believe chandler met joan rogers at a gas station where joan may have asked him for directions to their hotel. chandler wrote them on her map, leaving behind a handwriting sample and his palm print. thats when chandler may have offered to give them a sunset cruise on his boat and offered the girls accepted. chandler gave joan directions to the ...

Found it at a public boat launch. it was one mile away from the rogers hotel. 25 miles away from where their bodies were recovered. inside the car were two handwritten notes. on one were directions to the hotel. the other, on hotel stationary contained directions to the boat launch. the writing samples were sent to a forensic document examiner for analysis. >> the handwriting that appeared on the days inn letterhead was written by joan rogers and we knew that because we received quite a bit of h...

Suicide as a possibility. >> theres no way that she could have contemplated suicide for a number of reasons. number one, she would have never left her children parentless. >> an accident seemed like a distinct possibility. the railing on the deck outside the ungers cabin was freshly broken. it looked as if she were sitting or leaning on it and it gave way, causing her to fall to the boat launch below. but how did the body get into the water? mark unger hired a private independent forensic firm t...

That florences death was an accident, but the medical examiner completely disagreed. >> bodies do not bounce. thats number one. she would have been rendered unconscious upon contact. an unconscious person, unconscious individual cannot just walk into the water. >> and dr. dragovic noticed the blood stain on the boat launch was nearly a foot in diameter. >> for blood to go to that size to the diameter that were talking on the cement platform, the body would have had to have been there for a perio...

Proteins in florences brain that were released after her head injury. this showed that florences brain was struggling to survive long after she hit her head and before she drowned. dr. dragovic estimated that florence was lying on the cement for at least 90 minutes, possibly for as long as two hours, before she was in the water, and there was other conflicting evidence. the blood stain on the boat launch and the broken railing above did not line up. >> the trajectory of where she wound up on the...