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Jury finds Grady Wayne Wilkes guilty of the capital murder of Auburn police officer William Buechner and guilty of two of the three counts of attempted murder.

Forensic scientist and ALEA investigator Jason Dinunzio tell jurors about the investigation process of the May 2019 shooting that killed Auburn police officer William Buechner. Grady Wayne Wilkes faces one count of capital murder and three counts of attempted murder.

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Into the doghouse and was found in the dog bed. so they have that. and what they did not do is take that projectile and dig projectiles out of the berm where the shooting range was and compare it to see if they match. and notice he said the ballistic expert cant be 100% sure until you have the gun. you heard my cross examination of agent greer and this tool mark -- ballistic examination is somewhat soft science. coming under criticism. it is what they rely upon. not every investigative lab relie...

0 fraud he had been committing for years, the defense pointing out that doesnt make any sense, all that did was landed him in law enforcements focus. so, what we see here is the defense trying to eat away at the prosecutions case. they did that earlier by attacking forensic evidence. they spent a lot of time talking about blood splatter evidence and why that might not be a reliable indicator of guilt. and while the prosecution has the burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt, the prosecution, i...

Involved in our politics. this guy was involved in our politics more than obama and he was involved with trying to change the outcome of the campaign more than anybody. he is a useful tool and yet hes a seedy character. hes useful for all these people and entities but in your book you explain this is in his first act, is it. >> no, and the question also as you just accurately stated is why was he a useful tool mark why did the fbi need him. if you go back to the beginning of the show we discusse...

This guy was involved in our politics more than obama and he was involved with trying to change the outcome of the campaign more than anybody. he is a useful tool and yet hes a seedy character. hes useful for all these people and entities but in your book you explain this is in his first act, is it. >> no, and the question also as you just accurately stated is why was he a useful tool mark why did the fbi need him. if you go back to the beginning of the show we discussed the movie script. they h...

This guy was involved in our politics more than obama and he was involved with trying to change the outcome of the campaign more than anybody. he is a useful tool and yet hes a seedy character. hes useful for all these people and entities but in your book you explain this is in his first act, is it. >> no, and the question also as you just accurately stated is why was he a useful tool mark why did the fbi need him. if you go back to the beginning of the show we discussed the movie script. they h...

Lead attorney inez super-called only one witness. an expert on tool mark identification who testified by video p tape, arguing that the bayonet in evidence, could not in her opinion be determined to have been what was used to slash the victims tire. >> subjective. its based on the individual examiners training and experience. >> the defense was trying to impeach the testimony of the states expert who said hiltons bayonet had slashed sheryl dunlaps tire, and that was it for the defense. gary hilt...

>> this is the park. yeah, but first ive got to go hide it somewhere else. >> the states forensic people introduced evidence about sheryls slashed tire, a tool mark expert said the bayonet recovered on blood mountain in georgia was an exact match to the sharp object that caused the puncture in florida. but the say good night evidence was the dna evidence. joellen brown spent two years testing more than 250 pieces of evidence in the case. brown told the jury she was able to match sheryl dunlaps d...