5. Meeting at Second Chances
• People who want to remember Louise, including coffee shop regulars
• Informal interviews done
6. Things in Louise’s life
Hard copies
• Computer in car
• Letters
• Other junk in car
• Death threat?
• You need to die
Still confusing
• Evidence 1
• Need help
• Evidence 2
• Need help
• Evidence 3
• Initial analysis on:
• Paper
• Footprint material
7. Things in Louise’s life
Sand
• J = public beach
• K = private beach
Paper
• A = coffee shop
• B = school
• C = police station
8. Coroner report on Louise
• No obvious external injuries
• She is 5 feet tall, 50 kg, 32 years old, and seemingly healthy
• Maybe past smoker?
• Start of fatty liver
• Start of kidney disease
• Start of plaques in brain
• Interesting fluid on her cheek – spit?
9. Coroner suggests poison
1. Collect and analyze – BodyWorks morgue
• Vial at coffee shop
• Vial in garbage
• Open liquid sugar
• Sealed liquid sugar
• Chocolates (not open?)
2. Fingerprint analysis – down the hall
• Vial at coffee shop
• Vial in garbage
• Open liquid sugar
• Sealed liquid sugar
• Chocolates (not open?)
DNA evidence
can be done before
poison BUT after
fingerprint
10. DNA evidence
• Need to analyze!
• Given you reference copies
• For more information, can check out:
http://genegeek.ca/2012/08/dna-evidence-can-only-prove-
innocence/
More poison information
• Poison A = 821 gm
• Poison B = 119 mg (within normal limits for fire victim?)
• Poison C = 25 ng