This article highlights forensic pitfalls and problems associated with an abduct case. The victims are abducted, held captives, interrogated and killed. Their bodies are buried and the later exhumed to a different point to hide evidences. It highlights destruction of evidence and contamination of crime scenes. Mexican investigators who are given the act of investigation are they themselves with their peers responsible for the abduction. They therefore do all they can to hide evidences and stop the investigation.
Article Summary On February 7, 1985 two special agents are abducted; Enrique Camarena and Alfredo Zavala. These trigger series of events as one of the largest investigations and most extensive one. Unusual forensic problems
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FBI forensic team carried out identification of the bodies. Forensic results confirmed bodies of the victims. To prove it further FBI and DEA personnel dispatched to identify where the victims were (Bravo Ranch) and realized there has been some relocation. Suspects are arrested and FBI relocated to the residence for more investigations. This is done after Mexican Investigators clears all the evidences in the site unknowingly. The residence is described as the most logical place to hold a prisoner (FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin 1989). In the residence FBI forensic team evident that several individuals interrogated and tortured SA Camarena. The entire rooms and bathrooms were inspected of hairs, fibers and latent fingerprints. Small vehicle, licensed plate and plastic bags; properties relating to Mexican Investigators are found in the residence. To hide any other evidence, Mexican investigators stopped further search on the …show more content…
He gives a statement that the bodies of two Americans, who had been abducted and killed by Mexican drug traffickers, were buried on the south side of La Primavera Park. This proves valid after caring various soil samples of the place and the victims’ bodies. Drug trafficker is apprehended and arrested as the primary interrogator during Camarena’s ordeal. This is arrived at after careful hair and fingerprints sample tests. FBI forensic team processed the evidence seized by the MFJP forensic team from 881 Lope De Vega. The evidence consisted of small samples the MFJP had taken of SA Camarena's burial sheet, a piece of rope used to bind SA Camarena and a portion of a pillowcase removed from bedroom. Forensic evidences indentify 881 Lope De Vega as the site where the victims had been held. It strongly associates two Mexican citizens. Detailed model of the residence is drawn and prepared for FBI Laboratory trial. Trial charts are also prepared to explain various forensic evidences (FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin
Instead of searching for potential suspects among surrounding towns, authorities questioned locals, especially Dan Rassier, the owner of the driveway where Jacob Wetterling was abducted. Since Dan Rassier has been a person of interest for many years, authorities refuse to clear his name, despite all the evidence gathered proving his innocence. Rassier has been willing to help out as much as he can by agreeing to undergo lie detection tests, DNA tests and hypnosis (Rassier). Not only have authorities targeted him for twenty years and still ongoing, during one interview with a BCA agent, Rassier explained the agent’s plea: “He was basically saying, ‘we don’t have anything on you but would you admit…we could end this and you admit that you did this,’” (qtd. in Murphy). Not only have law enforcement pressured Rassier to take responsibility of the crime, in June of 2010, authorities approached him with several search warrants and heavy digging equipment (Murphy; St. Cloud Times Staff; “Wetterling Investigators”). Although it was unable to be specified which items were taken back to forensic labs for testing, several truckloads of dirt were seen taken away from the farm property. (“Wetterling
... Martin Krugman’s body was never found. He was declared deceases. Mark Santangeli, was murdered, he played no part in the heist. Theresa Ferrar’s dismembered body was found near Toms Rivere. No one was charged with her murder. Paolo LiCastri, Manriquez, Robert McMahon and Angelo Sepe’s murders haven’t been solved. Louis Cafora and his wife Joanna’s bodies were never found. Tommy DeSimone’s body was never found. Peter Gruenwald with his wife disappeared into the Witness Protection Program. Bill Fischetti disappeared into the Witness Proctection Program. Frank Menna disappeared into the Witness Protection Prgram. Louis Werner convicted on May 16, 1979; married Janet Barbieri following his release from prison.
The purpose of this paper is to critically evaluate the media’s portrayal of forensic anthropology in the TV show ‘Bones’, compared to what it is in real life. It is important to evaluate an episode of ‘Bones’, due to the growing effect of media on society. TV shows romanticizing forensic anthropology can give people who do not have real forensic knowledge, like the jury, unrealistic expectations in real life cases that involve the expertise of forensic anthropologists and cloud their judgments. The method to be used to evaluate the episode is triangulation of sources using lecture notes, textbooks, and peer reviewed journals on forensic anthropology. The portrayal of forensic anthropology in ‘The feet on the beach’ is inaccurate
One of the first challenges that was faced by the investigators in the investigation was U.S. and Mexican government’s request for case status along with the demands for the investigation get done quickly. The government involvement actually began to directly involve them in the investigation. The concern arose due to the amount of corruption within the Mexican Federal Judicial Police (MFJP) which included Primer Comandante Armando Pavon Reyes. The result of the pressure from government involvement coupled by corruption within the MFJP was a plan developed by members of the Guadalajara cartel and corrupt Mexican government officials that were allegiant to the cartel.
On February 27th, 2014 I had the pleasure to interview Detective Vincent Velazquez who was referred to me by Professor Paul Guerrucci. Vincent currently works at the Atlanta Police Department located in 226 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, GA 30303. On the day of the interview, I was a little anxious since this was actually the first time I interview a crime investigator, however Vincent was very professional and he allowed me to record the entire conversation. I was able to ask questions about his personal life, full details of his profession, current case assignments, criminal investigation procedures and existing problems in the investigation process.
Hallcox, Jarret. Behind the Yellow Tape: On the Road with Some of America’s Hardest Working Crime Scene Investigators. New York: Berkley Books, 2009.
Between the years of 1976 to 1983, the period known as the ‘Dirty War’ was in full force in Argentina. During this period, thousands of people mysteriously went missing, and are referred to now as the ‘Disappeared’. It is believed that many of the disappeared were taken by agents of the Argentine government, and perhaps tortured and killed before their bodies were disposed of in unmarked graves or rural areas. Whenever the female captives were pregnant, their children were stolen away right after giving birth, while they themselves remained detained. It is estimated that 500 young children and infants were given to families with close ties to the military to be raised. Within this essay I would like to touch on the brief history of the Dirty war and why the military felt it was necessary to take and kill thousands of Argentina’s, and also the devastating affects the disappeared, and stolen children are having on living relatives of those taken or killed. It is hard to imagine something like this happening in North America relatively recently. To wakeup and have members of your family missing, with no explanation, or to one day be told your parents are not biologically related is something Argentina’s had to deal with, and are continuing to face even today.
They’ve set a shining example of how the will to make a difference can have drastic and incredible results effective or not to the immediate situation at hand, it encourages the surrounding people to question the value of their freedom. After the dictatorship fell, the trial of the murderers was on T.V. for a month, and they admitted to killing the Mirabal sisters and Rufino by strangulation. Although they died however, their sacrifice had not gone unnoticed. The memory of their sacrifice is honored today, by a national holiday and monuments, and through these closure is found, but their story is not lost. “Las Mariposas” leave an important legacy that enforces the ever existing
All of these dealers claimed they were innocent, but one particular defense attorney, Cynthia Barbare, took her client, Jose Luis Vega, at his word. He claimed to be an honest auto mechanic and the dirt under his fingernails led her to believe him. Plus, she found it odd that a reportedly wealthy drug trafficker lived in such a meager home. Her first line of defense was simply requesting that the drug lab test the veracity of the drugs. None of the prior dealers from Alonso’s cases had done so because the Dallas county court system unofficially penalized anyone who requested verification from the drug lab with a much lengthier sentence. The courts had simply relied upon the officers’ field tests. Ultimately, Barbare’s gutsy choice paid off
People disappear for several reasons; it could be to start a new life, it could be to hide from someone or it could be because someone doesn’t want you found. This paper is about the disappearance of Yessenia Suarez and her two children. Can the police determine if a crime was committed and by whom? This paper will describe the evidence and the timeline of events in the case. The relationship between Luis Toledo and Yessenia Suarez was rocky; there had been incidences where Toledo brandished a knife and destroyed furniture (Fernandez, 2014).
I wanted to look at the investigative and criminal procedures following the arrest of an alleged criminal and the powerful effects via testimonies and evidence (or lack thereof) it can have on a case.There is an importance of the courts in regards to crime that can’t be over looked. The primary function of the criminal justice system is to uphold the established laws, which define what we understand as deviant in this society.
The most crucial evidence found to help in investigating is at the crime scene. Numerous fragments are exposed to prove Bruno Richard Hauptmann as guilty. One of the many pieces of evidence used against Hauptmann was a ladder that was left at the crime scene. As one of the investigators p...
When a suspicious body appears in the morgue, the forensics team goes to work. The body, if still covered in tissue goes to the forensic pathologist who will study the tissue extensively. If a conclusion is unable to be reached through this process, the pathologist will remove the tissue from the bone and send the skeleton to the forensic anthropologist. In other cases, the victim is found with no to little tissue on the bone, making it nearly impossible for a layman to discover any identifying characteristics about the person. The forensic anthropologist’s first job is to determine the sex, age and race of the victim (Sauer, 1998).
MORENO TAVERA, Miguel Ángel: El ángel exterminador. El sueño profético del Gran Hermano buñuelesco. http://temakel.net/node/449
A scene search is necessary to find evidence such as shell casings, biological evidence etc. At the time, a more detailed, extensive search will begin. Investigators have made their initial notations of the scene and created their hypothesis of the crime. The survey is an organizational stage to plan ...