Anna Garcia

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On August 14, 2017 emergency dispatchers received a call to the house of Anna Garcia from her neighbor who says that she never opened the door when he went to check on her yet her dog has been barking for 2 hours. At 9:56 am the police and the EMT arrived at the scene and found her lying face down in the entry to her house. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Anna’s house temperature was 73 degrees Fahrenheit, and the temperature outside was 92 degrees Fahrenheit yet she was found wearing a sweatshirt. Surrounding Anna was muddy footprints, a knocked over lamp that contained a hair, three unidentified pills, an empty glass that contained fingerprints, a syringe, a knocked over coffee table with a blood trail leading to the floor, a trail …show more content…

After the analyzing was complete the print found at the crime scene was determined to have a loop ridge pattern. To other figure prints, Alex Garcia’s and Lucy Leffingwell, were also identified as having a loop ridge pattern. The investigation then turned to identifying ten minutiae on all three fingerprints. It was then concluded that Alex Garcia’s figure print matched in ridge pattern and minutiae to the print found at the crime …show more content…

As well as the blood from the crime, we tested samples from all suspects and the victim. Each sample was divided into two. A drop of Anti serum A was placed into one half while a drop of Anti serum B was placed into the other half. The samples were then analyzed for any clotting in either half. After testing all samples of blood the crime scene blood was determined to be blood type B. However both Anna Garcia and Erica Piedmont also have blood type B. Thus concluding that the blood found at the crime scene could either belong to Erica or Anna. A DNA sample was then taken from the crime scene, Anna, and Erica to officially identify whose blood was found using gel electrophoresis. The restriction enzyme HaeIII, which cuts the DNA strand at the sequence GGCC, was placed into the samples of DNA and then ran through the gel. When the process was complete the crime scene DNA profile matched identically to Anna’s DNA profile with lines showing up at lengths 12, 23, 11, 33, and 24. After the conclusion of this experiment it was concluded that the blood found at the crime scene belonged to Anna

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