Throughtheevidencethatwehavegatheredandwillpresenttoyou,wehaveconcludedthatwhile

thelightswereout,SamStubspassedhisknifetoNormaNanny,whocompletedtheaction
StateOverviewofthecrime/Degreeofpunishment

NormaNannywithfirstdegreemurder

SamStubswithassistedmurder
Displayevidence

AgainstNorma

FingerprintagainstSam

Showactualevidence
Motives

Lookatfamilyconnections
Defendothersuspects

MurderTrial:

OnOctober2,2014,sixpeoplewerepresentattheSanMarinHighSchoolfootballfieldforapicnic:
1)
NormaNanny
2)
TheresaThyme
3)
FredFleckstone
4)
SamStubs
5)
GlenGlendora
6)
CaptainCornball

At7:35p.m.thelightsallegedlywentout.Duringthefollowingminuteinwhichthelightsremained
off,aglasswasdropped.At7:36p.m.,whenthelightsreturned,CaptainCornballhadbeenstabbedinthe
backoftheneckwithasteakknife.Hisdeathwasofficiallypronouncedat8:00p.m.bypolice.

Priortothepicnic,bothNormaNannyandSamStubs(whoarealsofirstcousins)wereoften
seenconversing.Webelievethatduringthistime,theywereplottingthedeathofCaptainCornball,whose
realnamewasThomasSandstone.

ction.Duringtheexchangeoftheweapon,Normaaccidentallyslicedherfingerontheknifebefore
committingthecrime.Thisistheonlywaytoexplainhowshecutherfingerinthebriefminutethatpassedwhenthe
lightswereoff.Theglassthathaddroppeddidnotbreak,andcouldnothavebeensharpenoughtodrawblood.

Withthecompiledevidence,weareaccusingbothNormaNannyandSamStubs.Wecallforfirst
degreemurder,premeditatedmurder,andobstructionofevidenceonNormaNannyandaccessorytomurderand
assisted,premeditatedmurderonSamStubs.

RESEARCHEVIDENCE

1.
BloodType
a.
Weidentifiedeachsuspectsbloodtypethroughputtingdifferentantigensintothesample.TypeABloodhas
Aantigens,TypeBBloodhasBantigens,andTypeOhasnoantigensifthesepairsarematchedup,aswedidin
theexperiment,theywillclot.Basedonthisinformation,wewereabletosaywhichsuspectsamplewaswhich
bloodtype.
i.
Theresa,Glen,andNormawereTypeA.
ii.
Sam,Fred,andCornballwereTypeO.
ThiscontinuestosupportthatSamandNormabothplottedthecrimeeachofthemhavelefttracesoverthecrime
scene.

2.
Chromatography
a.
Therewasathreateningnotewritteninanunknownink.Wecomparedthreeknownpentypeswithapiece
ofpaperfromthecrimesceneusingchromatographypaper.Hydrogenbondsformedbetweentheinkandpaper
whentheendofthepaperwasplacedinalcoholthiscausedtheinktorisetowardsthetopofthepaper.We
comparedtheratioofthesolutefront,alcohollevel,tothesolventfront,inklevel.
3.
DNASequence

a.
WeidentifiedeachsuspectsDNAbyusingpicturesoftheirDNAsequenceandmatchingthemtothe
evidencefoundinthecrimescene.
4.
Fingerprint
a.
Throughthisexperiment,wefiguredoutwhichsuspectsfingerprintwasfoundinCrimeScene1.Tostart,
wetookaslidewiththeimprintofthefoundfingerprintanddusteditthoroughlywiththefluorescentpowderusing
buffingbrush.Toviewthefingerprint,wehadaUVlightshineontoit.Onceweweresurewehadaclearprint,we
usedfingerprintingtapetotransfertheprint.Itwasthentapedontotheevidencereport,wherewewereableto
comparetheacquiredprintwiththeprintsofallthesuspects.Afterstudyingtheprints,wewereabletoconclude
thattheprintfromCrimeScene1belongedtoSamStubs.
5.
DNAFingerprint
a.
WewereabletoacquireDNAFingerprintsbyrunningeachsuspectsDNAsampleinagel.Weused1%
agarose,thesolute,and1xTAE,thesolvent,tomakethisgel.Afterrunningthegels,eachsuspecthadadifferent
patternofcolor.
i.
SamStubsDNAshowedupasblueredyellow.
ii.
TheresaThymeswasbluered.
iii.
NormaNannyswaspurpleredyellow.
iv.
FredFleckstoneswasblueyellow.
v.
GlenGlendoraswasyellow.
vi.
BloodSample#1wasblueredyellow,andmatchedforSAMSTUBS.
vii.
BloodSample#2waspurpleredyellowandmatchedforNORMANANNY.
6.
RightBeforeChromosomalDisorders
Karyotypes
a.
Karyotypeisalayoutofallthechromosomesinapersonscell,includingthesexchromosomes.Westudied
picturesofeachsuspectandorganizedthembasedonsize.Usingthefinalpicture,wefoundanyabnormalitiesin
thepersonsgeneticsandcomparedthegeneticsequencetothetwosetsofsamplesfoundatthecrimescene.

ChromosomeDisorders:
TheresaThymeDownSyndrome
1.
Visualproblemssinceitwasdark,andshealreadywouldhavetroubleswithsight,shewouldnotbeable
toperceiveanything

2.
Weakmuscletonecouldnothavethestrengthtopiercethroughmuscleandbone
3.
Heartdefectsherstressandaerobiccapacityisextremelylimited,alongwiththesideeffectsofthe
medicinesheisrequiredtotakeinordertokeepupherheart.
4.
LimitedMentalCapacity
FredFleckstoneKleinfelters
1.
Weakerbonescouldntbetheonetopiercethroughmuscleandbone
2.
Lowerenergylevelwouldnthavethestaminatokeepupwithanything
StamStubsXYYSyndrome
1.
hypotonia(weakmuscletone)hecouldnthavebeenthepersontoactuallykillCaptainCornballandthisis
whyhepassedtheknifetoNorma
2.
delayedmotorskilldevelopmentnotcoordinatedenoughtosneakupbehindCaptainCornballandstabin
neck
3.
noteasilyexcitablehidethingswell
GlenGlendorahadnochromosomaldisorder.

InkMatch:

DNAfingerprintanalysis:

Fingerprint:ThefingerprintwastakenoffthesteakknifethatwaslodgedinCaptainCornballsneckthisfingerprint
matchedSamStubs.However,whilethelightswereout,anotherpersoncouldeasilytakeSamsdinnerknifeandusetheweapon
inordertoframesomeoneelse.Infact,thismoveseemsmorelikelybecausetheperpetratorwouldwanttoframeanother
person.

BothNormaNannyandSamStubshadextrememotiveformurder:

1)
SamStubswouldhaveharboredimmensehatredforCornball,whowasinvolvedinanaffairwithhis
motherandthemurderofhisfiancee,Peebles.

2)
NormaNannywouldhavesuspectedCornballfortherecentmurderofhercousin,Nadia,andhisaffairwith
heraunt.Moreimportantly,shewouldhavesympathizedwithherloveinterest,FredFleckstone,whowasthesonand
brotherofCornballsmurdervictims.
3)
SamStubsandNormaNannywerenotinarelationshipofanykind.Samwasstillheartbrokenover
Peeblesdeath,andNormahadstrongfeelingsforFredFleckstone.

TheonlylogicalreasonfortheirconstantsightingstogetheristheplottingofCornballsmurder.Theydidnotmeet
untilrecently,whichcoincideswiththerecentreleaseofCornballfromprison.

FamilyConnections:

Motives:

Nadia,Normasfirstcousin,waskidnappedandmurderedrecently.Shebelievesthatcrimewascommitted
byCaptainCornball,alsoknownasThomasSandstone,andisemotionallyupsetbecausehewasjustreleasedfromjail.
ThisangerfueledheractionstoavengehercousinsdeathandisaprobablereasonshemurderedCaptainCornball.
NormacouldalsobeangeredbecauseCaptainCornballhadanaffairwithheraunt.

Normaisemotionallyunstableduetothetriplexdisease.Thischromosomaldisorderleadstobehavioral
andmentalissuesthataffectheractions.Normaisalsoemotionallydistressedduetoovaryfailures,acommonsideeffect
oftriplexdisease.Thiscauseshormonalchangeswhichleadstoextrememoodswings,irritability,andcognitiveissues.

SamwouldwanttomurderCaptainCornballbecauseCaptainCornballhadanaffairwithhismotherwho
recentlydied.Herdeathcouldcauseemotionalturmoilthatcouldbeareasontohisviolentintentionsandactions.

SamsfiancewasrecentlymurderedbyThomasSandstone,whoisalsoCaptainCornball.AfterPeebles
death,SamhasbeenverydespondentandwantedrevengeonCaptainCornballespeciallyhegotreleasedfromjail.

SamandNormahavebeenseentalkinganddiscussingtogether.Thisisnotbecausetheyareinaserious
relationshipbecauseNormahasfeelingsforFredFleckstoneandSamisstillheartsickoverPeebles.Thereasonwhy
thesetwopeoplearecommunicatingistoplotthedeathofCaptainCornball.

OtherArguments:Theglassthatwasdroppedwasneverbroken,asprovedwiththepictureofthecrimescene,so
Normawouldnotbecapableofcuttingherfingerontheglass.Therewasalsonotraceofherbloodontheglass,onlyonthe
knife.


ThereweretwosamplesofbloodtypeandDNAfromthecrimescene.Thefirstsampleofblood,typeO,matched
SamStubs,Fred,Fleckstone,andCaptainCornball.Thesecondsample,typeA,matchedNormaNanny,GlenGlendora,and
TheresaThyme.TheDNApatternmatchedSamStubsandCaptainCornball.TheothersamplematchedNormaNanny.

SamtoldNormatocommitthemurderbecausehewasnotstrongenoughbecauseofhischromosomaldisorder.

ARRESTWARRANTON:
OffenseofviolenceasdefinedinORC2901.01(A)(9).