Blood Spatter Pattern Analysis

Ms Schultz The Sam Sheppard Case On July 4 1954 Sam Sheppard called police to report that his wife Marilynn was dead in the bedroom He said the night before his wife had gone upstairs to bed while he was asleep on the couch When he went upstairs he saw his wife covered in blood He heard a noise and ran downstairs chasing after a 63 bushy haired man The two struggled and Dr Sheppard was choked unconscious When police arrived Marilynn was found with 35 wounds to the head and blood drenched the walls door and bed Her face was almost unrecognizable Sheppard served 10 years in prison before the US Supreme court rules that the trial had been tainted The evidence was reexamined Blood spatters and blood drops provided some of the most compelling evidence Dr Paul Kirk an expert in blood analysis determined the killer could not have been Sam because the attack was perpetrated by a left handed person Dr Sheppard was right handed

Embed this Presentation

Download Notice

Download Presentation The PPT/PDF document "Blood Spatter Pattern Analysis" is the property of its rightful owner. Permission is granted to download and print the materials on this website for personal, non-commercial use only, and to display it on your personal computer provided you do not modify the materials and that you retain all copyright notices contained in the materials. By downloading content from our website, you accept the terms of this agreement.