Patrick Maloney Case Study

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On Tuesday night, fellow police officer, Patrick Maloney, was murdered. Patrick had arrived home from work and was very tired. Since Patrick was tired they decided to eat at home for the night. Mary Maloney went down to their freezer and grabbed a leg of lamb. She put it in the oven, then headed off to the store to get vegetables for their dinner. Later, when she arrived back home from the store she was shocked to see her husband lying on the floor, dead. Jack Noonan came to the scene to help find the weapon and catch the murderer. He examined Patrick's body and noticed some dry blood on the back of his head. Officer Noonan came to the conclusion that, "Patrick had been killed by a blow to the back of the head." The object used to kill Patrick

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