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of the potential cellular material that s there. using a dna test called str or short tandem repeats, scientists found dna from three different individuals inside the mask, but investigators needed to know who was wearing the mask before it was discarded. to find out, they analyzed the swab from the ski mask to determine who left most of the saliva behind, and the results of this test were clear. in this case, the major contributor of dna matched that of ronald benson. the red ski mask was very important because it corroborated the story that we were able to receive from mrs. shaw. mrs. shaw indicated that the person with the red mask was the most aggressive in the robbery. the identity of the other two dna profiles in the mask was inconclusive. the ski mask implicated ronald
i was going to stand outside and wait for them. shannon said the motive was robbery. this was how shannon repaid ron shaw for giving him a job at his grandfather s request. i was talking about my job, which mr. shaw, he was paying me good. i was telling them about that and how he had money and stuff. we started planning for, like, two weeks before, and then we finally went and did it. prosecutors say the three men drove to ron shaw s neighborhood and waited for the shaws to come home. witnesses saw the three men loitering in the area. when the shaws arrived, they were ambushed. ronald benson fired twice. reggie basile fired the third shot.
his gym bag. the murder weapons have never been found, nor the shoes that left the impressions inside the shaws home. shannon touchet and reggie basile both pled guilty to first-degree murder and aggravated robbery and were sentenced to life in prison. ronald benson chose to go to trial. the jury found him guilty. he got the same sentence. life in prison. the forensic efforts on the part of our crime lab were invaluable to the final conclusion in this case. without them, there would have been no conviction for any of the three defendants. it was amazing to me the about the dna, the shoe prints, all the evidence they can gather from the crime place.
shannon touchet stayed outside, leaving the shoe impressions in the sand. benson and basile took rosana inside and forced her to open the safe. for reasons that are unclear, they didn t take all of the valuables inside the safe, but they spared rosana s life. i think my daughter saved my life that night. when i told that man that i was pregnant, it just did something to his mind that decided not to kill me. and yes, my daughter saved my life. while running to the getaway car, they drop the box full of jewelry. as they drove away, benson threw his ski mask out of the car, unaware that it contained his dna. shannon touchet left ammunition matching the fatal bullets in