investigators had hoped for. the results showed us that the bullets recovered from john were not the same bullets removed from andy risch s news graybull, wyoming. investigators found smudge marks on the inside window of risch s jeep, similar to those caused by animals when pressing their nose against the glass. was it possible that risch used his car to transport helble s across town after the murder. police took kiesha s nose print in the same way they collect human fingerprints. each dog s nose print is as unique as a fingerprint. unfortunately, we weren t able to get the type of smudges or prints actually from the vehicle that would enable us to do that. but it certainly was an interesting element that we
a year after john helble s murder, police suspected helble s best friend andy rich was somehow involved in his death, but they had no proof. all investigators knew was that rich had some unusual career aspirations. we knew that his life long goal was to be a hitman for the mafia. we had interviewed past girlfriends. we had interviewed other associates of andy rich. and he always portrayed himself as a tough guy. we were concerned that sharon snyder, the girlfriend of andrew rich, had information that she was fearful about telling us. the impression was she was being guarded out of fear. her fear, of andrew rich.
greybull, wyoming. we learned from a good friend who saw andrew risch and john together on january 18th, 1999, that in fact, andrew risch had been at the trailer house of john. but andy said that john was alive and well when he and sharon left to return home. police searched the couple s apartment and found marijuana, methamphetamine and several .22-caliber bullets, the same caliber used to kill helble. these bullets along with the slugs from helble s body were sent to the fbi for a neutron activation test. that s where the lead is shaved up to the ball, it s melted down and atoms are counted. counted and then compared. but the atomic composition of the bullets recovered from john helble was not what
examiner. he compared the note to known samples of helble s handwriting. the question material was written with somewhat heavy pressure in the known writings that was also written with that same sort of pressure. they were also all handprinted, and his known writings also relied heavily on printing and not cursive. he lookeded for unique features and individual letters in john s known writings. features he then tried to locate in the question document. based on his comparisons, licht was able to draw a definitive conclusion. i was able to identify the writer of the question material as john helble. proof that it was helble s gun and no other that andy took with him to texas. based on the handwriting analysis and the dog dna, andy
he abused me a lot. there was a lot of abuse. not just physical. there was a lot of verbal abuse. police looked into sharon s background to see if she had ever been involved in illegal activity. and they found something. sharon schneider was purchasing guns at a different location. she was giving guns to andy rich. some of those guns went to john helble. we had a violation of the federal firearms statute that we you d to split andy rich and sharon schneider. sharon told a different story. sharon said she dropped john off at helble s home about three days before the murder and left to visit her daughter about an hour s drive away. a few days later, andy arrived driving john s van.