Case Study The Long Samantha's Blood On The Comforter

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Experts confirmed that there was no way of knowing how long Samantha's blood had been on the comforter. Because she lived in the home and two weeks before her death she cut her lip and scrapped her knee. George Pitt's DNA did not match any of the samples collected from the crime scene. The only DNA found belonged to Samantha O'Toole. The hairs found on Samantha were never tested, and most likely the butts and condom hadn't been either. Which probably means the lighter wasn't tested for prints.

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