computer, to something as seemingly insignificant as glitter, proved his guilt. it was just amazing what the criminalists were able to do and the experts were able to say, to put together a very vivid picture for the jury as to what happened out there. i would say the most compelling science was the blood, the blood found in vincent s vehicle and also the pixie glitter. that was amazing that they could put those pieces of pixie glitter together and show that it had been located in all those no one doubts that sanchez would have claimed more victims, but a strange combination of evidence, ranging from laser ballistics, to analysis of a car s onboard computer, to something as seemingly insignificant as glitter, proved his guilt. it was just amazing what the criminalists were able to do and the experts were able to say, to put together a very vivid picture for the jury as to what happened out there. i would say the most compelling science was the blood, the blood found in vincent
he always wanted to be their friend, more so than the friends of an adult. within 24 hours of finding joshan s body, investigators went to hansen s trailer to question him, but he was gone. we talked to the park manager and some of the neighbors and they said they hadn t seen him in a day or two. a background check revealed hansen, a day laborer, estranged from his wife, had no history of violence. a 60-year-old man, having teens hang around his house does lead to suspicion as to what is going on. while police searched for hansen, criminalists measured for tire impressions found near joshan s body. those measurements and tread patterns were entered into a computer data base of 20,000 different tires manufactured around the world. there were then several different manufacture models that could have made that tire impression at the crime scene. different manufacturers sometimes sell their mold to
partin and his daughter were living in newport richey, florida, with a friend he had met in prison. when questioned, partin s roommate said he hadn t seen partin or his daughter since joshan s murder was covered in the local news. he also said he had never seen joshan ashbrook at his house either. with a search warrant, police examined the room partin and his daughter had been using, and initially found nothing suspicious. we lifted up a throw rug that was in between the two beds, and when we pulled the throw rug back, there was a huge, discolored stain. the stain was about four feet long and smelled of bleach. it looked like someone had recently tried to clean it, so criminalists lifted the carpet and found traces of blood underneath, which they collected for dna testing.
all they knew was that she failed to return home from her waitressing job, and her abandoned car was discovered a half mile from her home. michele left the restaurant with a co-worker, michael hakes, a convicted sex offender, although no one knew he had a felony conviction at the time. when analyzing michele s van, criminalists found two different sets of fingerprints on the driver s side door. that s something of great significance to a case. the fingerprints did not match michele s co-worker michael hakes. so police searched michele s cell phone records. and they revealed a man named brian early called michele on the night she disappeared. he had left a message for her, asking her to stop by his place. brian early and michele harris had been dating for the past year.
hitchhiking. investigators learned that partin and his daughter were living in newport richey, florida, with a friend he had met in prison. when questioned, partin s roommate said he hadn t seen partin or his daughter since joshan s murder was covered in the local news. he also said he had never seen joshan ashbrook at his house either. with a search warrant, police examined the room partin and his daughter had been using, and initially found nothing suspicious. we lifted up a throw rug that was in between the two beds, and when we pulled the throw rug back, there was a huge, discolored stain. the stain was about four feet long and smelled of bleach. it looked like someone had recently tried to clean it, so criminalists lifted the carpet and found traces of blood underneath, which they collected