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Found the projectile that passed through shaw's body. this, along with the two bullets found inside shaw's body were sent to the forensics lab. under a microscope, firearms expert chris henderson discovered that the lands and grooves on two bullets were the same. the third bullet was different. >> we determined that we had two different shooters, based on the class characteristics of the bullets. >> in their search for potential suspects, police had to consider whether rosana shaw had anything to do with her husband's murder. ron's grown son from his first marriage certainly thought so. >> he ...

Spent shotgun shell in one of the bedrooms. >> the shell was from a .16-gauge shotgun. it was immediately sent to the forensics lab for testing. an analyst placed it under a microscope to compare it to the .16-gauge shotgun shell found in the andrews' garage. he looked specifically at the brass casings at the base of the shells. when casings are ejected, each gun creates a unique mark on the brass. >> and depending on the amount of correspondence and the preponderance of these matching striations, an examiner can come to the conclusion as to whether these were fired by the same firearm. >> the...

Leaving his shoe impression? >> the theory of any crime scene investigation is that the suspect is always going to leave something of them self at the scene or take something away that's going to link them to the crime. >> the shards were collected and sent to the forensics lab. >> glass is such a smooth, perfect surface that it's really the best surface we can possibly hope for to get a footwear impression on. >> the linoleum floor was dusted with a powder called aurora pink that sticks to any moisture present. then, using what is called an alternate light source, any powder that clings to th...

>> it was successful. they saw one clear print, the heel portion of the killer's left shoe. it appeared to be an athletic shoe. >> most of the prints you see are partial prints. you may sometimes get some full footwear impressions, but with people walking over on top of them, it can destroy the prints and many times you only get partial prints. >> back in the forensics lab, scientists saw what looked to be another shoe impression on a shard of broken glass. so, they placed it in a tank filled with heated super glue. the fumes create a permanent image of the print, and it looked like the toe ar...

Who had prior arrests for petit theft and burglary. >> a suspect happened to be wearing spalding tennis shoes like we had told the investigators that they were looking for. >> since these are spaldings and we already know that we need spaldings, we needed to have these analyzed right away because this could be the big break in audrey's shooting. >> police sent the shoes to the forensics lab, where they were inked and printed. using transparent overlays, amy michaud compared them to the two partial prints found in audrey nichols' home. >> that was compared directly to the photograph of the foot...