Investigators of a hit and run accident leading to the deah of an elderly couple need to prove the car belongs to their suspect. Tire marks at the scene and some paint flakes where the car hit the wife's walker are the only evidence to convict.
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2006-12-12 05:12:15 · 8 answers · asked by WVUfan 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
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2006-12-12 05:14:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The tire marks at the scene can be compared to the tires on the suspect's vehicle to see if they're a match, but that would only mean a vehicle with that particular type of tires was involved. So the next step would be to compare the paint flakes where the car hit the wife's walker to the suspect's car. Not only can they do chemical analysis to match the paint, the suspect's car will have chips of paint missing from the front of his car (and possibly a big dent) if it really was his car that hit the elderly lady.
2006-12-12 13:22:47 · answer #2 · answered by sarge927 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have the budget and the specialists at your disposal, it is possible to either have an expert
* examine the tire tracks (or the width between them) and somehow matching the treads to the tires, if they are the exact match; or you can prove by store records that the person is the only one who bought that type.
* match samples of the tire rubber to exactly the rubber of the suspect's car
* match samples of the paint flakes to exactly the paint on the suspect's car, or locate the exact paint that was used (such as if it was specially mixed and no one else ordered it)
* matching flaws or scrapes on the car to the walker.
* finding any other particles, oil, metal, chemicals, materials, dirt/rocks, tar, road paint, or anything else on the car that can be matched to the victims' clothing or anything else at the scene.
Unfortunately, most departments do not have television sized budgets as on CSI shows. And all it takes to escape criminal conviction is to prove there is "reasonable doubt." So conviction is not easy to do based on circumstancial evidence. You would have to rule out the possibility of any other driver except this one.
You would either have to have a strong interviewer/closer intimidate the heck out of the suspect and scare the person into confessing to avoid harsher consequences; get to a family member or a friend who can convince the person to cooperate in exchange for a plea-bargained sentence; or ask the family's pastor to intervene on behalf of the elderly couple and for the good of the suspect's soul that that person come clean.
This may be a long shot, but having family or pastoral support made the difference in the cases of Jon Buice, who confessed and worked with authorities at the advice of his stepfather, and Dan Leach, who confessed to murdering his girlfriend, and covering it up as a suicide, after consulting with a family pastor.
I know a homicide investigator who counsels people to confess and work with authorities for their own sake, and she is right; there is no other way to survive the criminal justice system sanely if you fight against it.
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2006-12-12 13:33:49 · answer #3 · answered by emilynghiem 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the car is registered to the suspecft, it definitely belongs to him. But this does not prove he was driving it. If the paint chips on the walker match his car, that's pretty good evidence it hit the walker. However,without witnesses, how can it be proved he was driving unless his are the only fingerprints on the steering wheel?
2006-12-12 13:22:03 · answer #4 · answered by beez 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they would look at their suspects car and match the color of paint chips to the missing paint chips on the car and match the tire marks to the tire treads on the car. to prove it's his vehicle they would only have to look up his plate number and see if it's registered to him or not.
2006-12-12 13:16:14 · answer #5 · answered by partyof10 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Won't matter if the owner was driving or not. If you can prove it was a certain car that owner is responsible for everything that happens to/in it unless they or someone else can prove they were not behind the wheel at the time of the incident.
2006-12-12 13:28:24 · answer #6 · answered by slider 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
forensics- see if the tire mark match and get the paint tested to see if its from the same paint on the walker
2006-12-12 13:16:52 · answer #7 · answered by potato 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they could match the tire marks with the suspects tires....and paint too.
2006-12-12 13:15:08 · answer #8 · answered by _DestroyingAngel_ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋