By Nicole Krylowski & Wendi Punchak

Factual Evidence Fingerprints  Wine Glasses – three wine glasses, two with separate finger prints, one wiped clean  Wine Bottle - bottle was wiped clean except for a latent print lifted the paper label by the Crime lab. No matches but suspects will be brought in for fingerprinting DNA  Saliva discovered on one wine glass that did not match the DNA of either Vanessa or Jeremy

Factual Evidence Cont. Trace Evidence  Vanessa - small amounts of down feathers were discovered in her nostrils. Covered in a leaf from a tree native to Virginia. Animal hair also found clinging to her couch  Footprints – two set of mud-covered footprints leading up to Vanessa’s apartment, dirt originating from dense, damp forest that surrounds a popular vacation spot, Lake Newark. Boots prints taken from all suspects  Jacket - suspects jacket discovered with residue created from a fired weapon

Motive for Murders Vanessa Martin  Mare Sue William – hated and bad-mouthed Vanessa, stole her boyfriend. Both fought for assistant manager position at Maul-Mart  Ben Boggs – dated Vanessa and was angry that she wouldn’t leave her boyfriend (Jeremy) for him  Mildred Smith – Vanessa was a noisy neighbor  Lindsey Parker – competed for assistant manager’s position against Vanessa at Maul-Mart  David Thomas – competed for assistant manager’s position against Vanessa at Maul-Mart

Motive for Murders Cont. Jeremy Hayes  Marie Sue William – said Jeremy was sweet  Ben Boggs – Jeremy was the one who was dating Vanessa, and whom Vanessa wouldn’t leave to be with Boggs. The reason Boggs stopped seeing Vanessa  Mildred Smith – Jeremy brought in her garbage cans on a regular basis. Said he was a very nice man  Lindsey Parker – no known motive  David Thomas – no known motive

Method of Murders Vanessa Martin  Prior to the murder, she was impaired through the use of a poisonous mushroom or plant source that made her weak and unable to fight in self defense  This was the toxic substance found in her stomach contents  The victim was then asphyxiated(suffocated) through the use of a feather pillow  This supports the evidence of down feathers that were found in her nostrils

Method of Murders Cont. Jeremy Hayes  Impaired through use of mushroom based poison.  Shot in torso area twice.  Boggs seen early at Store behind the gun counter.  Two Muddy foot prints found in the house reveal that the murderers must have been in the forest.

Murderer(s) Uncovered!  We believe that the murders are co-perpetrators : Mary Sue, and Ben Boggs.  We have made this decision based on all information gathered and written in the chart that we completed.  Mary Sue and Ben Boggs had motive and desire to kill Vanessa and Jeremy.  Both perpetrators were know to have been outdoors ( muddy footprints)  Ben Boggs known to be behind gun counter (shot Jeremy)  Mary Sue worked with groceries ( mushrooms/plants in dinner food)  Animal hair found in apartment (Mary Sue’s dog)