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After thorough investigations of the evidence, it seems like Maroon Flash is the person who hit Reveille while riding his bike. We used DNA evidence, fingerprint evidence, blood evidence, and hair evidence. For fingerprint evidence, we looked at fingerprints left on the notebook the cadet managed to grab from the suspect. On the cover, we found the cadet’s fingerprints, Bikerman’s fingerprints, and multiple of Maroon Flash’s fingerprints. On the pages of the notebook, we only found Maroon Flash’s fingerprints. This seems to clarify that the notebook was his, and that it was grabbed from his backpack when he hit Reveille and rode off. For blood evidence, we used the Kastle Myer Blood test; we tested for the presence of blood on Reveille’s fur, Bikerman’s shirt, and Maroon Flash’s shirt. …show more content…

Blood was found on Bikerman’s shirt, but according to his statement, which a student on the team confirms; Bikerman cut his hand playing intermural football and wiped his hand on his shirt. Another type of evidence examined was hair. Hair samples were collected from Reveille, Reveille’s handler, Bikerman, and Maroon Flash. Evidence was also collected from Reveille’s collar, Bikerman’s shirt and bike, and Maroon Flash’s shirt and bike. Reveille’s hair was found on her collar, Bikerman’s bike, and Maroon Flash’s bike and shirt. Reveille’s handler has hair that found on her collar and Maroon Flash’s shirt. Bikerman’s hair was found on his bike and shirt. Maroon Flash’s hair was found on Reveille’s collar, his bike, and his shirt. Since his hair was found on her collar and Bikerman’s hair was not, it seems to further point to the conclusion that Maroon Flash is our criminal who hit Reveille. The last type of evidence examined was the DNA evidence from Reveille, Bikerman, Maroon Flash, spots from Reveille’s fur, Bikerman’s shirt, and Maroon Flash’s

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