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In Ohio's capital, a field becomes a cemetery when a woman's body is discovered, but solving the

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would be a challenge. Detectives resort to a difficult and rare technique in hopes of finding her killer. 911 receives a desperate call in Fort Worth, Texas. A man's wife is shot. Forensic investigators look for clues in unlikely places in the hope that the victim herself can provide the information needed to determine how and why she died. Whether a crime is meticulously planned or carried out in a moment of passion. Perpetrators leave evidence with a discerning eye. Researchers reveal fatal impressions.

Assassins. leave behind in this episode some of the names have been changed Columbus, the capital of Ohio, is known for its healthy Midwestern values, a growing community where the violent crime rate is much lower than other cities in its size, however, on November 7, 2001, Richard Middleton made a surprising discovery in a vacant lot he found the body of a naked woman lying in a tangle of overgrown weeds. He immediately called 911. The on-call operator sent a team of investigators to the site. Columbus police officers and medical technicians arrived at the scene south of down

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. Columbus H, the victim was pronounced dead at the scene, investigators cordoned off the area and began gathering evidence, they hope to reconstruct the events that left a woman dead, is that the only mark while processing the crime scene, investigators noticed the position of the victim.

She was lying on her back, her arm was raised above her head and her underwear was pulled down to her ankles, but the most alarming evidence found in the crime text was ligature marks on the victim's neck; They suspected she had been strangled. The researchers gathered some articles of clothing. including a black and white tennis shoe found near the body, despite all their findings, the police uncovered no solid clues, they were a long way from finding the killer. Ronald Jester was the first detective on the scene. Founder. Well, we had very little forensic evidence at the scene.

There was no gun, uh, nothing indicates who she might have been with, where she was found, no identification on her, no way to trace her to any particular location or anything, none of the things you'd hope to find that will give you an address. To begin searching for a suspect Investigators also spoke with Neighbors in the area saw what it was. Several said they heard screams before but thought they were just children playing in the field but no one remembered seeing anyone or anything suspicious. The crime teex photographed the area as well as the body is fine, pH, you are ready to save your right hand, they carefully preserve the woman's hands, they hoped that the material found under her fingernails could provide clues, the body of the Victim was then transported to the Franklin County Coroner's Office, where more detailed photographs were taken, focusing. in several bruised areas Dr.

Brad Lewis, the Franklin County coroner, performed the autopsy and noted marks on the victim's neck after analyzing the wounds. Dr. Lewis was able to determine the cause of death. She had blunt force trauma, meaning she had been hit all over her body. and legs, she had also been strangled, what was the actual cause of her death, they collected tissue samples and other materials found under the victim's fingernails, the forensic team detected heavy bruising indicating evidence of rape using a rape kit, They gathered possible DNA evidence left by her as Salent is fine, all evidence was sealed and sent for further analysis.

The examiner then took her fingerprints in hopes of finding out who she was when police sent the prints to the Ohio Fingerprint Data Bank and they quickly confirmed her identity. Vic's victim was Tina Baxter. She was 29 years old and she had a police record for several minor crimes. Police also learned that she had many addresses; She had been going from place to place and job to job at the Columbus crime lab. The criminologist Amarin Claron analyzed the evidence gathered in the autopsy. She examined the rape kit findings as well as the victim's clothing, she also analyzed the stains found on the victim's underwear for traces of blood and DNA.

We were able to tell that the swabs had seen present by using a color test which will indicate that there is a possibility that it has been seen. being present after doing that color test, we then use a test that looks for a protein that is only found at high levels in Seed Demon. This information confirmed the sexual assault and gave investigators DNA information about the suspects, but they had no suspect to compare to. The samples, her identity remained a mystery to obtain more information about Tina,

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questioned the victim's family and friends when she was last seen, including her brother, just a couple of days ago.

Baxter's brother told the police that Tina had had problems in the past, that she used drugs, but she was trying to fix her life. His brother explained that she was a devoted mother who was involved with her children but he feared that Tina could have relapsed. He said that in the past it was not unusual for Tina to go on a drug binge and disappear for a few days. 64 He told

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the names of the bars she frequented if Tina had given in to her addiction. You wouldn't have to look far to satisfy your cravings The detectives went to the bar where Tina was known to hang out Excuse me sir, I had seen this woman here before, when you passed her photo around to the customers, they recognized her, but no one could locate her There the night she was

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ed, uh, Bob John, the victim detectives hit a dead end, the investigation stalled to come up with some theories that investigators came up with. assembled a team to analyze all aspects of the data they had recovered, the team offered different scenarios based on the forensic evidence on the SE marks on her legs, it appears that she had some kind of struggle and whoever took her clothes had We fought with her to remove her clothes, but they found nothing that would advance her case.

We found all of her clothes on Str. They were still no closer to a suspicious hit, but that was about to change just 11 days later. Upon finding Tina's body, a construction worker at a job site in south Columbus picked up some tools, something caught his eye in the undergrowth when he looked closer, he made a horrifying discovery: the naked body of a woman He lay lifeless on the ground. The office detectives arrived at the crime scene. It was a location they had previously been connected to yours. This location was only a few hundred feet from where they found Tina's body.

Detective William Gillette drove to the crime scene. Detective Jester and I was driving and going to the scene discussing some of the similarities that the patrol officers had told us over the air. It quickly became apparent that the evidence at this location was frighteningly similar to Tina's murder. A young woman stripped of her clothes with signs of sexual assault. Detective Gillette inspected the crime scene. The first thing we noticed was. Since the victim was in pretty bad shape and looked like she had been drugged from a distance, maybe she had a good fight. The crime scene investigators once again collected evidence, they gathered what was thought to be his underwear, sneakers that were discarded near the body.

The body investigators then spotted something unusual, we have something here on the arm up to the wrist. and also here on the forearm, those actually look like fingers, they noticed distinctive bruises on his arm in the shape of a hand, they hoped it could be a clue to the killer. You can see her identity on her right arm, where there were many bruises and you can see

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marks on the fingers that were left on her skin. I thought it might be possible to get fingerprints from that area. The criminal technicians were careful not to disturb the body if they could remove Prince from the hematoma they would have to be very careful not to destroy them to preserve the body for this type of analysis the detectives did not bag the victim they needed to keep the body temperature at approximately 70 ° to secure the fingerprints she was able to get up successfully she said she didn't touch anything immediately then she did nothing she cooled it down and the fingerprint powder wouldn't stick making lifting impossible it seemed as if the previous murder was not an isolated incident the investigators now they were dealing with two crimes but possibly only one murderer and that murderer was stalking the area where he had already found his second victim, they needed to stop him before he added a third.

I think it's kind of interesting, this piece will make 52 layers viewable on mobile devices or on the big screen. free, no subscription required In Columbus, Ohio, two women were found dead, their naked bodies dumped in remote locations on the city's south side. Both women were found face up. Investigators determined that the first victim, Tina Baxter, was strangled and sexually assaulted, but they had no suspect. The matching DNA samples and the circumstances surrounding the second victim were eerily similar with one difference: there was a bloody rock lying next to her. It appeared that she had died from a blow to the head rather than strangulation.

Detective William Gillette continued investigating the second crime. At the scene, which was less than a football field away from where he encountered Tina Baxter, he noticed distinct tire tracks in the murky soil leading up from the crime scene. You can see where there were fresh tire tracks made from what appeared to be a van crime. Tex took photographs and measurements of the prints, but because of the loose soil they were unable to make a plaster cast of the marks at the State Crime Laboratory in Columbus. An autopsy was performed on the body. Investigators used the most advanced forensic techniques to examine the body.

The victim had a distinctive bruise in the shape of a human hand on his arm. I think it's forensic. Dr. Brad Lewis examined the bruising and determined there was a clear sign of struggle. She had multiple abrasions and bruises on her arms, legs and uh body, she also had significant blunt force trauma to her neck. They took photographs that recorded her particular shape and location. Some other evidence from the guy's body, besides the Poss specialists, then tried to find evidence undetectable to the human eye in normal life. Grimes SC. What we are going to do with this is look for hairs and fibers that the suspect may have thrown on her body.

We are also looking for hairs and fibers that she may have picked out of her car using an alternative light source that they looked for. For these obscured clues, but this examination yielded nothing significant, the laboratory technicians proceeded with a rather complex and rarely successful procedure: they would attempt to extract the perpetrator's fingerprints from the body itself. Special Agent Gary Wilgus supervised the attempt. The possibility of obtaining fingerprints from human skin is remote eh, there have only been between 75 and 80 documented cases in the nation where fingerprints have been taken from bodies. To lift these prints, technicians first placed a plastic tent over the body, this created a makeshift fumigation chamber, and then placed a container filled with a superglue substance known as cyanoacrylate on a heating plate as the glue heated, They emit vapors.

Those vapors from the heated superglue stick to the body where the fingerprints beat. Then what we try to do is take magnetic powder, which is a special type of fingerprint powder. We begin to process the body looking for any type of indication that the fingerprint may exist. Super This powder consists of super fine magnetic filaments that adhere to the super glue residue. Any identifiable fingerprint becomes evident. solidifies after a few minutes. Then, like a gel, the dried substance is removed from the skin taking any traces. Impressions are carried with them. The bruises on the victim's arm yielded no prints, but on her right thigh they discovered another possible clue: a perfectly intact palm print, but most databases do not record palm prints.

So even if the killer left Mark behind, investigators still had nothing to go on. Forensic technicians proceeded with the examination, taking inked fingerprints from the victim's fingers, and an identification was immediately made. Her name was Kathy Henderson. She also, like the first victim, had a police record. a history of drug use, okay, detectives notified the family, sir, but this afternoon we found her daughter, and she's the victim of a homicide,Tell me exactly what happened that night at midnight, they questioned Kathy's roommate and a friend for a while. I know she was a little bored, so the friend remembered the night Henderson disappeared.

Kathy's friends said the three of them had been walking. I was a little bored around midnight. She dropped off her roommate in down

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Columbus. Kathy asked to be left out of it too. but he asked her to wait for her to come back he said he suspected she was trying to get some drugs she wanted to go back to the bar I guess he waited for her but she never came back very well well thanks here he is frustrated he went home Rec anything else that was the The last time K Cathy was seen alive, news of Kathy Henderson's murder made front-page headlines.

Police knew this would create fear within the Columbus community, but they hoped it would lead to more leads about the two crimes that were not necessary. Long before a witness came forward, Bill Sr., I'm Mr. How's He?, he said he saw a dark pickup truck in the early morning hours at the construction site where Henderson's body was found. . Yeah, well, I usually have to work while he's passing by. He noticed the vehicle, the lights were on, but he didn't see anyone inside. Can you describe that vehicle to us? He said he didn't

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ly think much about it until he read the newspaper articles about the murders.

Maybe you can point out where you saw. He then showed the vehicle to investigators exactly where the vehicle had been parked at the construction site and he had never seen it there before. Well, detectives went to construction area C where the truck was summoned and questioned workers there about any reason a vehicle was there. The workers confirmed that it was unusual for a vehicle to be there on a Sunday. They told detectives that none of the employees owned a truck that fit the description. Detectives believed time was running out, they were no closer to identifying a suspect and the Columbus community was living in fear as both victims were found so close to each other that they decided to try to stop him before he reached the victim.

Number Three. Police set up surveillance near the crime scene. If the suspect returned, they would be there waiting. Detective Russell Redmond believed it was only a matter of time before the killer struck again. He worried me a lot. Largely the fact that we had a serial killer in the city of Columbus praying for women, anyone in uh could have been his next victim. Police manned a 24-hour surveillance detail at the construction site, they knew they had to catch the killer before he did. I Knocked Again I'll be further away, but just 4 days after Kathy Henderson's murder, the detective's fears were confirmed.

An office worker on Columbus' south side was taking trash out to a dumpster and noticed the body of a woman lying on the ground. The police were immediately called, the detectives believed it was victim number three, the killer had struck again, a third woman was found dead in the span of just a few weeks, the detectives were notified and headed to the crime scene, The last victim was a young white woman who was found. in the same vicinity as the other two couples plus there appeared to be blood around his mouth and in his hands he was wearing a black sweatshirt and sweatpants the pockets were inside out Detective Redmond's worst fear had come true we felt very strongly that this scene and this homicide victim were connected to the other two the victim was identified as Beth Ellen fiser she fit a similar profile to the other victims she had a criminal record for misdemeanors she went from job to job and had a history of drug abuse Strangled and sexually assaulted, Mo appeared to be the same as the other killers, but unlike the other crime scenes, the police got an unexpected break.

Detective Russell Redmond noticed tire tracks leaving the area similar to those found near Tina Baxter's body, they stopped and turned around, but this time there was evidence that the tire had actually come off his rim. I noticed there was a pattern in the gravel area of ​​a parking lot. The pattern was very strange and it took me a few minutes to realize that it was actually a tire mark from someone driving a vehicle with a flat tire they followed the marks the wheel was left behind the tracks led to a van just 50 feet from where The woman's body was found.

The tire was visibly off the rim when the truck stopped at the crime scene. The tire was fully inflated on the way to the truck, but shortly after the tire exploded, leaving the bare tire and the vehicle was undriveable, the license plate was still on the vehicle, the investigators photographed the different marks on the tires and detailed the route the truck traveled. DMV records determined that the owner of the truck was a local man who had a tree trimming business. I understand they brought the man in for questioning. He told police that he did not know the whereabouts of his truck.

The detectives I employed told him that he had been abandoned nearby. At the scene of a crime he claimed that he had taken it to one of his employees a man named Christian Fer said that Fer needed the truck because his own vehicle had been impounded the owner of the truck consented to a search of the truck's vehicle there would be a lot of weed the investigator found no forensic evidence when placing Beth Ellen Fischer inside the truck detective Redmond brought Christian furer in for questioning he remained very calm he did not show much emotion fer told the detective that on the night of Fischer's murder they had met two girls and drove around in his vehicle, he said the girls dropped him off at a bar around 4:00 a.m. and he went home, left it where he was and began.

Detective Redmond suspected that F's alibi would not hold up during the initial stages of the investigation uh, being aware that his truck was in fact 50 feet from where the body was found and he denied being in that area, we knew immediately that we were he was lying, let's talk today about the detectives, we now had a viable suspect, but they didn't even have enough evidence to link him to a murder and they needed to link him to all three. He was definitely a good suspect in this particular case as detectives kept 24 hour surveillance on the suspect, the forensic team searched the area around the construction site. to look for any evidence linking Christian Fure to the killers but their search turned up nothing so the detectives had a break a woman came forward last time I saw her she was in she said she had been helping the three victims leave their drug problem Black as a Ford truck, she told police she had important information about the night Beth Ellen Fiser was murdered.

She recalled running into a man who said Beth Ellen owed him $50. They both left, got into a black van and left together. The woman knew. Beth Ellen referred to the man as Woodman, he was black, he had this nickname because he worked for a tree trimming company, that's fine, that's fine, thank you, the police finally had probable cause to obtain search warrants for Christian's vehicle fer since F's vehicle was already impounded. In another unrelated parking violation, police were able to act quickly. Forensic technicians arrived to process the truck. Ink tracks were made from the tires. Detective Redmond and his team knew they had to take this serial killer off the street at the Columbus crime lab.

Criminologist Heather KOC reviewed. Photos of tire tracks taken at the scene of the second murder. She compared them to the truck she least owned. I was able to tell that the tread pattern on the print had the same class characteristics or a similar tread pattern as one of the tires on the suspect's vehicle with consistent characteristics matching the tires Police believe they could now place two different trucks, his own and the one he borrowed from his boss, at two of the murder sites, but they needed to definitively prove that F had really been there. The police obtained a court.

To collect blood and saliva samples from Christian, forensic fur technician Amarina Clarkson examined the DNA samples to see if there were any similarities to this. CL Clarkson was able to confirm what police suspected when she compared samples found on the victim's body. and the bloodstain standard of Christian fear I found that those samples matched each other. Investigators corroborated this with other evidence taken from KY Henderson's body. Robin Rinck, a forensic scientist with the Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation, compared the palm print found on the body of the second victim. In the Fure compilations I found 12 to 13 points that coincided positively in my opinion, this was 100% identification.

I had two other qualified examiners check them and they also came to the same conclusion. This evidence not only proved that Fure had touched the woman, it also meant that she had done so after she had died, since traces on living skin disappear quickly due to perspiration and movement of the body. Armed with this information, the detectives brought in skins to question him again. Christian, today we want to talk to you about the three women. have been murdered South End of Columbus they presented him with the details of what they had discovered but he refused to talk about the tire tracks on his truck even without a confession the evidence was overwhelming yes sir I'm sorry but I have no choice but to Charge him with the murder On November 28, 2001, police arrested Christian Furer on three counts of murder using forensic evidence.

Investigators reconstruct the events that led to the murder of Kathy Henderson. F had probably lured Kathy into his truck by promising her drugs which he then drove to the construction site you're not listening to me there he became violent her resistance only fueled his out of control anger he found a rock and killed her to avoid the death penalty Christian Fur eventually pleaded guilty to all three murders, he was sentenced to three consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole, some killers prey on strangers, making it easier for them to hide their identity, others strike closer to home and leave footprints that are more difficult. to hide.

Fort Worth, Texas, is known as the city where the West begins. with their Rich Cowboy Heritage Guns they outnumber people 3:1, but rarely do citizens believe they will be used to commit violent crimes 911 operator l350 what is your emergency still on the night of March 14, 1995 the violence was too present A dispatch officer received a frantic call to 911. The caller identified himself as Warren Horck, a former police officer. He explained that his wife had shot herself and needed an ambulance. Fort Worth police officers responded immediately when paramedics arrived. Warren Haren met them at the door. He had blood on his shirt.

His wife Bonnie was lying in his bed. Paramedics noticed what appeared to be a gunshot wound to his chest. They tried to find a pulse or any sign of life, but it was too late. Bonnie Horck was dead. Criminal technicians and investigators arrived at the scene and began collecting. Evidence When detectives searched the bedroom they found two weapons, a shotgun and a .38 caliber revolver. Detective JD Roberts of the Fort Worth Police Department was the lead investigator. The crime scene retraced the path of the bullet. The projectile had completely passed through the mattress. through the springs and had damaged the carpet under the bed the trajectory of the bullet indicated that it had passed through the victim while she was lying in bed no bullet fragments were found anywhere in the room detectives noticed a holster The pillow wrapped tightly around Bonnie's neck, but there was no evidence to indicate a struggle.

Police checked the doors and windows for signs of forced entry, but there was nothing out of the ordinary. This had not been a robbery in Fort Worth, Texas. Bonnie Horick was found shot to death in her bedroom. There was no evidence of a break-in and detectives suspected that suicide detectives needed to speak with Bonnie's husband to try to piece together the events that led to her death, but because of the way that Warren was acting, Police Detective JD Robert knew it would be a challenge, he had been drinking and was belligerent with the officers and not really.

Horck Cooperative told officers that he loved his wife and that he could not believe she had shot herself since he was the only one in the house at the time of his wife's death. death needed to give aformal statement and was escorted to the police station investigators asked Horck what happened that night I have some questions to ask you he told police he and Bonnie were out to dinner where he admitted to having a few beers when they returned home Bonnie she had gone straight to bed she was a lawyer and had appointments early the next morning oh no don't worry I'm just going to go to warren he said he wasn't tired so he stayed up in the living room to watch tv. shortly after they both settled in Warren said he heard a single gunshot he was startled he quickly grabbed his shotgun and headed to the bedroom he thought there was an intruder in his house to his horror he said he found his wife shot I ran in and she was I didn't I moved and checked her, grabbed her, called 911, performed CPR in a desperate effort to revive her, said 911 arrived.

Ator instructed him to wrap the pillowcase around Bonnie's neck to control the bleeding when asked where his wife got the Warren Horck gun. He told detectives that the .38-caliber revolver found in the bedroom was his and that it was kept in a holster under the mattress on Bonnie's side of the bed. Is there anything else you can tell me about the detectives asking Horck to submit to a gunpowder residue test? I came home, he agreed, but there were no traces of gunpowder. He went to sleep. Investigators also requested that Horck's clothing be sent to the crime lab for forensic analysis.

What were you drinking? How Closh, although all the evidence seemed to point towards suicide. Detectives needed to complete the investigation, they told Warren Horck to go home and that they would call him if he had any more questions. Investigators hoped the autopsy would provide the answers needed to close the case. The coroner examined the body and determined that Bonnie was shot in the chest and noticed the bullet. path by which it entered the chest and exited the back No bullet fragments were recovered from the body in many ways his death appeared to be a suicide the angle of the wound and position just left of center were consistent with a self-inflicted injury but other evidence pointed in a different direction when a gun is fired it generally

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traces of gunpowder on the shooter the coroner examined the victim's hands for signs of gunpowder residue none was found neither homicide could be definitively proven nor the suicide the official autopsy report characterized the Death of Bonnie Horck as undetermined Detective JD Roberts had many questions during the investigation of this death of Bonnie Horck.

It appears that the crime scene had been tampered with as no projectile was found. Apparently, her hands had been cleaned because there was no blood on them. In an attempt to prove the suicide theory the detectives met with Bonnie's parents, but often the family members do not want to accept that her loved one committed suicide. Questions about Waren AR. Can you tell me a little? Bonnie's parents were no different. I appreciate your coming. They refused. believe their daughter had taken her life few questions about the only stress they knew was their marriage Bonnie had told her parents Warren was struggling with a man with a drinking problem, in fact, she lost her job, she said she considered leaving to her husband, but was trying to make the marriage work, although her parents did not say anything specific, they believed that Warren Horck might have had something to do with the issue of their daughter's death.

Bonnie's parents urged the detective to keep investigation B open, but with little to say continue and there is no solid evidence of murder or suicide. The detectives had really found him enough to get the truth out. The evidence that they did divided the researchers in half. The gun was checked for fingerprints, but the surface of the gun's handle was not conducive. Prints were recovered and none were recovered. Detective Jim Varnon, who was also assigned to the case, believed the facts clearly pointed to a suicide. The shirt we were talking about. No gunshot residue was found on the deceased's hands.

It doesn't mean much to us because not all weapons emit. gunpowder residue when fired, researchers needed to determine how much residue the gun normally left behind. That gun was tested and found to be a very clean shooting gun, it emits no gunshot residue, so it is not surprising that we found no gunshot residue on the hands of Bonnie Horck or Warren Horck, again, no evidence solid, the research was stagnant compared to the others. After time passed, detectives turned to another piece of evidence found at the crime scene in hopes that it would provide clues about what happened that night at the Fort Worth crime lab.

Blood spatter expert Max Courtney examined Warren Horik's blood-stained shirt. Courtney needed to determine where Horck was when his wife was shot. He was close enough for his blood to splash across his chest, but his findings were far away. Conclusively, the blood stains on Warren Hornick's shirt consisted of

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to medium sized blood drops that would be consistent with blood from a gunshot wound or also equally consistent with expired blood that could have perhaps come from the wound. on Bonnie Horik's chest while he was performing CPR on her, this information seemed to support the theory that Warren had tried to save Bonnie's life, not take her, given the lack of evidence proving murder, there seemed to be only one obvious conclusion : Bonnie Horeg took her own life, it was a very typical suicide.

To control her Bonnie, Bonnie's parents continued to suspect that Warren Horck had killed their daughter, refusing to accept suicide as the cause of death. We are all inv, but at this point there was no other evidence to indicate otherwise, the official cause of death would remain. undetermined and unless someone could discover new evidence, this is what it would look like in Fort Worth, Texas. Bonnie Horck was found shot to death in her bed. There was evidence indicating suicide, but nothing in the victim's past to support it. The status of her marriage. The lack of gunshot residue and the fact that her husband Warren had blood on her shirt raised suspicions.

I grab my gun. The coroner was not sure whether her injuries indicated suicide or murder because the preliminary forensic analysis was inconclusive. The prosecutor knew it would be impossible. get an indictment Bonnie's parents refused to believe that her daughter took her own life, frustrated, they enlisted the help of private attorney Mike Wear to investigate the case. I met Bonnie. She believed very, very strongly that this was not a suicide, um, so if it was. It wasn't a suicide, eh, the only other logical conclusion was that it was a homicide. She checked Warren Haren's record as a police officer by reviewing his personnel file.

The events were worrying while he was on the force. Horic had racked up a string of drunkenness and disorderly conduct charges and discovered. Even more disturbing, he repeatedly fired his gun at home after one of her more violent outbursts. Bonnie called the police to try to calm her husband down, but Horic was out of control. What I just want you to say. He was detained and ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation as I looked more and more into the case, it was very obvious to me that he fit a pattern and their relationship fit a pattern that he would certainly be able to do something like this.

We knew that neither Warren's drinking problem nor his violent behavior proved that he was a murderer, but we did believe that the lack of gunshot residue on the victim's hand was telling. Again, thinking about it logically, it's something which is easy to remove. She's a police officer, former police officer, she knows it, and certainly if she was the one who pulled the trigger, she certainly was in a position to wash away any gunshot residue as if it had been a suicide, so obviously she's not in a position to do it, but nothing in Bonnie's actions pointed to suicide.

Actually, she had gone on a business trip. for the day after the night he died—no, I don't think he had any—the family turned to Dr. Cathl Grant, a leading forensic pathologist in Bedford, Texas, who specializes in performing psychological autopsies on people who have committed suicide. Dr. Grant interviewed family, friends and colleagues. -workers and I heard constant stories about how happy and optimistic she was Bonnie was a great help B nothing in her life indicated that she was contemplating suicide she had even kept hopeful messages from fortune cookies in her purse Dr. Grant concluded that this was not She fit the profile of a woman planning to shoot herself in the chest with a .38 caliber revolver from what I looked at, it seemed unlikely or extremely unlikely that she would be the type of person who would take her own life to analyze the physical evidence.

Attorney Mike Wear enlisted the help of Dr. Tom Bevel, a renowned forensic scientist and expert in blood spatter analysis, Beville set out to determine if the blood found on the Horex shirt was caused by spray from a gunshot or blood. Coughing through the nose or mouth during CPR. The expectorant blood pattern would be quite different from the spray from a gunshot in her lab. Beville reached created a pattern of blood from a gunshot fired from close range, placed a T-shirt like the one Horon wore that night very close to a blood-soaked sponge, and then fired a gun that similar to the one found at the crime scene, the spray of The blood produced a blood spatter pattern on the shirt, then he examined the shirt and noticed that the characteristics of the drop did not match the expectorate.

The blood expectorate that comes out of the mouth is a little bit lighter in color because the air is what forces it out, there will be bubbles now when the police look at the resulting blood stains, what they will have are rings of bubbles because the bubble will have exploded. Expectorant blood drops tend to be irregular in size Beville also examined the actual shirt Warren was wearing that night the blood stains I looked at in this case uh did not appear to be lighter in color did not have bubble rings uh most of the stains They were fairly uniform in size.

Beville counted more than 100 of these high-velocity blood splatters, most no more than a tenth of a millimeter in diameter (the size of a poppy seed). He believed the existence of these

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splatters. concluded positively that Warren Horck was in close proximity to his wife when he was shot, when I examined the shirt that Mr. Hornick was wearing, I was able to find a good amount of mist type blood stains that would be consistent with what one would expect to find from a High-speed occurrences such as splashes. The blood pattern on The Gunshot test and the blood pattern on Hornick's actual shirt matched.

It wasn't expectorant blood. This evidence meant only one thing. Dr. Beville believed Warren Horic pulled the trigger and killed his armed wife. with this new forensic evidence attorney mike wear presented the findings to the grand jury you have the right to remain silent about anything that says whether the grand jury voted to indict warren horic in march 1996, a year after the death of his wife Pinic was arrested and charged with murder. With the evidence accumulating, investigators arrived at a sequence of events that led to the murder. They concluded that Warren Horck had been drinking heavily, they believed he and Bonnie argued about his upcoming business trip, she eventually turned herself in, but Warren grew angrier and waited.

Elsewhere in the house for her to fall asleep, one of her uncontrollable outbursts finally went too far. Warren Horck killed his own wife. If you look at his history and his increasing patterns of domestic abuse, you know, I mean, this is all in hindsight, but uh. It's clear where he was headed In August 1996, after a week-long trial Warren Horck was found guilty of murder He was sentenced to 30 years in prison When a murder occurred The ants tried to outwit investigators by covering their tracks They made progress in the forensic science Even the smallest details come to light, revealing Fatal Impressions that lead the Killers directly to Justice.