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On March 8, 1991, Caleb Hughes was convicted of the abduction of five year old Melissa Brannen at a Christmas party in 1989. The forensic scientists we able to convict him because of the blue fibers found in Hughes cars that matched an exact replica of the jacket that Brannen was wearing the night she disappeared. Unfortunately Melissa Brannen was never found.

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The investigators used fibers found in Hughes car and compared it to those of the outfit Melissa was wearing. They discovered that the fibers were an exact match. He was convicted shortly after.

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The crime scene investigators were able to convict Hughes of the crime mainly because they were able to collect evidence (blue fibers) of the sweater Melissa Brannon was wearing that day in Hughes car. When they found the type of sweater she was wearing and how specific it was, they were almost immediately able to trace the evidence back to Hughes and his car, making him the criminal.

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They convicted Hughes due to the fact they found fibers from Brannen's moms rabbit-fur coat that she had been wearing at the party. It was also a give away when they found 50 blue fibers that were similar to the blue jacket Brannen had been wearing that night. They were unable to find the girl or any of her clothing but they were able to find the identical sweater at JC Penney and they ended up being and exact match.

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In order to convict Hughes they had to prove that the blue fibers found in his car actually belonged to Melissa's sweater. Since they were able to get an exact replica of the sweater and prove that the evidence found in the car matched it it was enough to prove he was guilty.

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Melissa Brennen dissapeared from a party and was thought to be abducted by a man named Caleb Hughes. They were only able to link the abduction to him because the investigators found 50 blue fibers that matched the kind of sweater Melissa was wearing.

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The investigators found trace fibers in Caleb Hughes' car and they traced the fiber to the specific shirt Melissa was wearing that was only sold from JCPenny. That gives direct evidence that she was in Hughes' car.

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1.They were able to convict Caleb Hughes with abducting the girl because they found 50 blue fibers in his car that was a Sesame Street outfit made only by JC Penny.

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They used the two fibers found in the car of Caleb Hughes to convict him of the kidnapping of Brannen. The investigators found 50 blue fibers that matched the sweater that she was wearing

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They were able to convict Hughes of a crime against Melissa Brannon, even though they didn’t find the missing girl and her sweater, by looking at fibers found in his car. Majority of the fibers found in Hughes car were the same color as the sweater Melissa Brannon was wearing the night of the Christmas party. Even though they didn’t have the sweater they knew the specific brand name of the sweater and were able to match fibers to it, and convict Hughes.

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The forensic investigators had found Hughes guilty of the abduction of Melissa Brannen, who had dissapeared after a Christmas party. They had found the blue fibers in Hughes car that matched the sweater.

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Five-year-old Melissa Brannen disappeared without a trace. Detectives determined that Caleb Hughes left the party around the same time Melissa went missing. Detectives visited his home at 1 am and searched his house and car. They ran tape around all surfaces. All evidence went to the lab and was examined under a microscope. They use fiber analysis to find out that fibers found in his car matched the coat Melissa was wear on the night she went missing, she still has not been found but Hughes was convicted of abduction on March 8th.

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The investigators found fibers that linked the man to the little girl and found him guilty of abduction.

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When Melissa went missing they found out who left the party around that same time then they went to Caleb Hughes’s house and searched it and his car for fibers, they found similar ones to Melissa’s shirt but didn’t have an exact match. Then they got ones from the company that made her shirt and found out it was a match, later they convinced him of abduction. Melissa’s body was never found.

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The investigators found blue fibers that belonged to Melissa's sweater and Hughes was found guilty of abduction.

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They were able to convict him because the blue fibers in his car
matched the fibers from the identical sample outfit.

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The Forensic experts found hair and fibers, running tape across surfaces. Then figured out that he had abducted the little girl and found him guilty.

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The investigation led to the police to find fibers that led to the man being involved in the abduction of the little girl.