“And of course you went there immediately?” “Of course.” “And what did you find?” He swallowed.
“Sam’s body was wrapped in a bloody sheet. He had been stabbed to death and castrated like the other two victims.”
Like the other two victims. So all those murders were carried out in a similar fashion?” “Yes, sir.”
“As though they were killed by the same person?” David was on his feet. “Objection!” “Sustained.”
“I’ll withdraw that. What did you do next, Sheriff?” “Well, up until that time, Ashley Patterson wasn’t a suspect.
But after this happened, we took her in and had her fingerprints taken.” “And then?”
“We sent them to the FBI, and we got a positive make on her.” “Would you explain to the jury what you mean by a positive make?”
Sheriff Dowling turned to the jury. “Her fingerprints matched other fingerprints on file
“that they were trying to identify from the previous murders.” “Thank you, Sheriff.” Brennan turned to David.
“Your witness.” David got up and walked over to the witness box.
“Sheriff, we’ve heard testimony in this courtroom that a bloody knife was found in Miss Patterson’s kitchen.”
“That’s right.” “How was it hidden? Wrapped up in something? Stashed away where it couldn’t be found?”
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