How did the Hard Drive Murder Mystery happen? There are many theories about what actually occurred on this memorable day. There was a college student living in his home. He let in someone he knew, and that person proceeded to kill him and steal his hard drive with his schoolwork on it. The facts are that the two people walked in through the door, the owner of the hard drive was murdered and the hard drive was stolen. Also, it seems as though schoolwork was taken by a student from another student. It seems as though this was a one-man job, but there is no guarantee. My opinions on the theories surrounding the specific of the murder, the motive and identity of the murderer and how the evidence supports the case will be discussed and scrutinized …show more content…
It seems as though the intruder did not bring a weapon and instead used the vase right beside the resident. Since he did not bring a weapon, I do not think the intruder planned on killing anybody. Once the resident is killed, the intruder goes after what he came for: the hard drive. He looks through the papers on the desk with his bloody hands, and finally finds the hard drive case. He takes it out and puts it away. He then exits the same way he came, leaving the body. Since he did not think he would kill anybody, the murderer doesn’t think to move the body. So, he leaves the body and the rest of the evidence behind. Finally, since he did not want the blood to get in the hallways, the murderer broke through the window. The window was broken with a heavy object. It could be broken with a big rock or just an elbow. However, there is no rock left behind in the room, so we know he didn’t throw the rock into the room. We do not know if the room was on the ground floor, or if the resident had a second floor and slept up there. If it was just a one level home,it would be easy for the intruder to get a rock and hit it against the window, or to just use his …show more content…
Since there is also an evident theft along with the murder, the motive is clear. The murderer wanted the hard drive desperately, and was willing to kill for it. However, what could have been on this hard drive? Why would he want it so bad that he would kill for it? Since, someone was killed for it, we know that the hard drive was vitally important. Hard drives contain all of the data on a computer, so they can hold a lot of information. The hard drive could have information that contains government secrets, or classified information of a business. The hard drive had research papers next to it, so I think this was a dorm room that is on the first floor. It is likely that the intruder was stealing schoolwork from the victim. College schoolwork can be very overwhelming sometimes, and it is not far fetched to believe that someone would kill for a hard drive full of schoolwork. Although this is probably what happened, this does not happen often. If there was a murder over schoolwork, it would be national news. There would be arguments about the level of stress caused by school. After all, it caused a student to kill another student. There would probably be education reform, probably named after the victim. The police would walk in the home, see all this evidence and be able to gather a motive and how the murder
The first piece of evidence that led to this theory was ice tray that was located at the crime scene. Due to the chromatography paper which was tested in Forensic Lab 7, it was revealed that the ice tray was poisoned by the one and only Beverly Hilis. In the Forensic Report it states, “The ph in the ice water was 9”(Forensic Report). This is significant, because this was the exact same ice tray Max used in his drink. The only person that was able to poison Max at the crime scene was Beverly. This is important, given the fact that the chromatography tests results showed that the ice tray was poisoned, Beverly could have made the poison because she is use to performing experimental things especially being a Chemist. Another piece of evidence that led to suspicion was Dez’s towel which was found at the crime scene. In the Preliminary Report it states,“ I took my dog down to the beach for a walk around noon”(Preliminary Report). If Dez was not near the beach house during the time of the murder then it raises the suspicion of why his towel was located at the crime scene. In addition to Dez’s towel being at the crime scene there was also the smell of cologne on the towel. In Forensic Lab 4, after testing out each of our suspects (Dez, Beverly, Chloe, and Ray) cologne we concluded that the cologne does match Dez. Due to the Forensic Report it stated, “The smell that
I took pictures of all of the blood stains and collected the knife and fork as evidence.
Columbine is a non-fiction story written and spoken by author Dave Cullen based on the true events of the horrifying Columbine shooting that occurred on April 20th, 1999. Two boys by the names of Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris walked into Columbine High School around 11:19 A.M. with 99 home-made explosives, a 9mm carbine, a pump shotgun, and a double barrel shotgun. As well as being accompanied by four knives. Both managed to murder thirteen innocent people in total, twelve students and one teacher.
Police haven't named a suspect, but they do have an unreleased video of a man wearing dark clothes entering the victim's apartment. The suspect may have exited through a window. Police think the victim may have known his killer as there were no signs of forced entry.
When the police arrived, they had to break through the window because both the windows and the door was locked from the inside. This means someone would have to lock them from the inside.
We were presented with many facts that all pointed to Mr. Washburn as the murder. In the house all of the entrances were thoroughly inspected by authorities, and they found no sign of ransacking. “[They] examined all the locking mechanisms, all the doors and windows. In [their] opinion there was no evidence of any forced entry” (P.81). When police looked for fingerprints, “They were all of the Washburn family and the maid” (P.81). There was no trace of an outside party; somebody usually in the Washburn house committed the murder. While in the living room, an officer found a drop of blood. The evidence technician was called the next night to run some tests. “He sprayed the living room carpet with luminol. It is a luminous spray, and when it comes in contact with blood it illuminates” (P.82). To both men’s surprise the whole living room was illuminating. After spraying further the men found a trail from the living room through the kitchen to the garage. In the closet the men found a wet mop, which was tested for blood and also came back positive. Somebody tried to clean his or her bloody mess, and try to save himself. The physical evidence proves the killer was somebody who was familiar to the Washburn household.
The discovery of this crime began as a fishing trip for Chris Henkle, Dee Connors and his two children Sam and Claire on May 5, 2004. While relocating the boat to find better fishing, Connor spotted a suitcase floating in the water. As young Sam opened the suitcase hoping it contained pirate’s treasure, he found its contents to be wrapped in black plastic trash bags. Upon opening the trash bags, Sam exposed two human legs. Shocked at what they had found, Henkle immediately contacted the police. After Master Officer John Runge of Virginia Beach’s Marine Patrol Unit took possession of the suitcase from Henkle and Connors, he looked inside and called his superior asking for a homicide detective. Virginia Beach Homicide Detective Janine Hall joined by senior technician of the Forensics Unit, Steve Stockman, and Dr. Turner Gray, Virginia Beach Medical Examiner, arrived at the scene. The suitcase was photographed, then the body parts were taken back to Dr. Gray’s office for an autopsy. Detective Hall took the Kenneth Cole suitcase to the Virginia Beach police headquarters for forensic examination after the legs were removed for autopsy. Forensic unit supervisor Beth Dunton and Steve Stockman then tested the suitcase for trace evidence. To test for fingerprints, the bags were hung in a cyanoacrylate chamber in which fume...
the crime by bringing supplies to help with the murder. The group of men devised a plan and
Carolyn Foster Segal, a Pennsylvanian English teacher, wrote “The Dog Ate My Flash Drive, and Other Tales of Woe.” Segal explains that her students don’t follow her class syllabus and sign on her door about late work. Her students insist on putting their efforts into making excuses rather than doing the work. She mentions that there are certain topics that the excuses fall under. Segal begins to list different scenarios that her students have come up with. She mentions that she has had excuses from coughing up blood, to relatives dying, to a chainsaw accident.
The case we chose happened in Austin,Tx, this cold case is based in a yogurt shop where 4 young women were found dead. The names of these women are Amy Ayers, Jennifer Harbison, her sister Sarah, and Eliza Thomas. They were burned alive in the yogurt shop that was purposely set on fire. The investigation spanned nearly eight years, and although two suspects were convicted, both were released in 2009 due to lack of evidence. There are still at least 5 cold case officers still working on the case to find out who set the fire that killed 4 innocent women in the yogurt shop. This is all we have found on the yogurt shop murders and how they were caused.
In my opinion, the most suspicious suspect would be Druitt. The reason why I believe it was Druitt is because there is no way that many things could be “coincidental”. He “unexpectedly” dismissed after being a school teacher for years, at the exact same time it began with the Ripper. For reasons that have never been solved, a month later his body was found
Sarah Koenig, the narrator of Serial spent a year trying to disentangle a seem to be, simple puzzle. However, to some, it may seem more problematic with the minimum evidence provided. In 1999, a high school student was found dead and Sarah Koenig, along with many others spent over a year investigating this case. What day, time, area, and who connects to this case that makes it so difficult to solve? The gist of this case was that Hae Min Lee went missing one day after school and her ex-boyfriend, Adnan Syed must have been at fault. He was charged because he seems to be the most equitable person to blame, due to their recent breakup. The young women, Hae Min Lee was recorded dead on January 13th and on February 25, 2000, Adnan Syed was convicted
The Virginia Tech massacre case is a viable example of subjectivism. On April 16, 2007, Seung-Hui Cho, a student at Virginia Tech, shot and killed thirty-two students and faculty members before committing suicide. Despite not being convicted, Seung-Hui left sufficient evidence to provide the motive for the mass murder. Before the attack, he had gone to the post office to mail a package addressed to NBC News, located in New York. The package contained videos, pictures of the weapons, and a document describing the attack in detail. In his
In the beginning, (point of entry) the door was locked from the inside and the suspect did not have a key to the apartment. The castings from the scratches on the door could determine what type of tool was used. As you walk into the first room, which was the living room, the victim’s wallet is located in the middle of the floor. In the kitchen floor, there are blood drops, which indicate a sign of struggle. Also, there is a knife on the floor. The flashlight on counter contains a fingerprint and blood residue. The fingerprint on the flashlight would be able to confirm it was used by the suspect for self-defense. In the bedroom, at the end of the bed there is a bloody footprint on the rug. There are also blood spots
...ovisional conclusion I made, some new questions emerged which I have yet to answer. For example, how many crimes have been committed on campus within a year? Are victims most university students? What is the percentage of the criminal arrestation? Did the University permit students to possess guns?