Marcel Newgard Evidence Board by Katherine Nelson https://padlet.com/katherine_nelson2/nb4fxhzqo0m7iy6z PBS S2 en-us 2021-03-07 05:04:12 UTC 2024-08-01 23:35:38 UTC hello@padlet.com Case Overview katherine_nelson2 https://padlet.com/katherine_nelson2/nb4fxhzqo0m7iy6z/wish/1277665307 Marcel Newgard, a 23 years old male was found face down in his garage.  Around him was his car, a baseball bat, and a piece of gum.  Also surrounding him was a blood pool circling the head and blue bottle flies lingering on his face.  Upon arrival, medical investigators noticed no signs of rigor mortis, but noted that he had a green discoloration on his skin.  The temperature and the body of Marcel Newgard both were at 93°F.  The persons of interest are Naomi Lee, his boss, Kay Litrell, his coworker, Jenn Newgard, his sister, Cam Banks, roommate, and Aiden Santori, friend of Marcel Newgard.  ]]> 2021-03-07 05:14:39 UTC https://padlet.com/katherine_nelson2/nb4fxhzqo0m7iy6z/wish/1277665307 Marcel Newgard’s Last Days katherine_nelson2 https://padlet.com/katherine_nelson2/nb4fxhzqo0m7iy6z/wish/1277665880 With further investigation using Newgard’s timestamps, his last days can be summarized. 
TEXT MESSAGES 
-Cam and Marcel on Friday morning had an argument regarding Aiden and Cams belief of him abusing the privacy of their home.  Later in the evening around 11 PM, Cam was informed by Marcel about his plans later that night of getting some batting practice in. Following these, on Sunday afternoon, Cam reached out regarding confusion on disappearance from work 
-Jenn and Marcel on Friday afternoon, with Marcel accusing Jenn of wrecking his car
-Aiden and Marcel late Friday afternoon discussed that they would meet each other at Marcels place of work 
-Naomi tried reaching out to Marcel on late afternoon Friday regarding him being 30 minutes late to shift, while following the messages on Sunday morning with similar remarks

EMAILS
Mid-afternoon on Thursday, Naomi thanked Marcel for picking up night shifts on Friday and Saturday and a morning shift on Sunday 
Kay- Sent on morning of Friday and she acuses Marcel of stealing her tips and threatens him that he’ll regret the consequences if he never gives them back
Dentist- sent around the evening of Friday which was a reminder of Marcels appointment  coming up for Monday morning, this message also gave him the confirmation to continue taking acetaminophen (pain reliever)

TIMESTAMPS
-Anytown BBQ around 6-8 pm
-Residency Thursday morning and night, Friday almost all day, Saturday all day, Sunday from morning to afternoon
-Biotic Bistro Friday afternoon to evening
-Park on Thursday morning
-Gym Thursday 4-5 evening 
-Oak Street 4 and 6 pm Thursday
-Coffee shop Thursday-noon Friday-morning
-Ash and Cherry intersection Thursday- 12:51 pm and Friday 4:19 pm
-Community college (12-4 pm)
-Gas station 12:19 pm Thursday 
























]]> 2021-03-07 05:15:06 UTC https://padlet.com/katherine_nelson2/nb4fxhzqo0m7iy6z/wish/1277665880 Scene and it’s Significance katherine_nelson2 https://padlet.com/katherine_nelson2/nb4fxhzqo0m7iy6z/wish/1277666366 The scene shows Marcel laying face down in his garage alongside his car.  Here, there is blood running from his nose that resulted in a blood pool surrounding his head. There was also a piece of gum along with a baseball bat a few feet from him.  The scene and the components are significant in that they allow us as investigators to reach new conclusions.  The blood was confirmed to be Marcel’s, while his body temperature/bugs on head/discoloration prove and tell the state of decay, the gum was tested and is Marcels, and the hair on the scene is Newgard’s.  These pieces of evidence are crucial  in that they tell a story of what happened and that Marcel could have been a case not involving homicide.]]> 2021-03-07 05:15:28 UTC https://padlet.com/katherine_nelson2/nb4fxhzqo0m7iy6z/wish/1277666366 Evidence Drawbacks katherine_nelson2 https://padlet.com/katherine_nelson2/nb4fxhzqo0m7iy6z/wish/1277666886 Evidence pulled from labs shows...
Polygraph- Cam and Kayli both had graph data that lead to furthering of the case. Cam’s was a bit high with the questions about last seeing and if he murdered Marcel, but, on the other hand Kayli had a spike of heart rate level when compared with her base stats. Also, Cam did not have any other data that was suspicious in the case, I just believe that he was very worried for his roommate. Kayli, also likely just felt under pressure, especially after the tip incident.
Heart- represents the damage that the major caffeine intoxication levels resulted in.
Blood Spatter- Blood has been shown to have a radial spatter- large collision occurred (Marcel falling from standing in hard floored garage)
Gel Electrophoresis- This confirmed that the gum was indeed Marcels and that the blood was Marcels (significant in knowing Marcel is the only dna found)
Blood Typing- Blood matched Marcel 
Toxicology- Showed extremely toxic levels of caffeine
Wet mount- not important in results in that it showed the obvious fact that Jenn and Marcel has similar hair- they are siblings
Histology- Brain not under major damage (no TBI, CTE), fall was not that impactful
Digital Evidence- Gave important information that revolves amongst missing work, dentist appointment (pain reliever), and suspicions about Cam]]> 2021-03-07 05:15:52 UTC https://padlet.com/katherine_nelson2/nb4fxhzqo0m7iy6z/wish/1277666886 Unimportant Presumptive Evidence katherine_nelson2 https://padlet.com/katherine_nelson2/nb4fxhzqo0m7iy6z/wish/1277667722 Wet Mount- It was good to know that the hair was truly Marcel’s but it did not bring important conclusions 
Fingerprints- Fingerprint was Marcel’s on the bat, unimportant in that he was priory playing baseball.
Dna Evidence- Unimportant in that the gum likely just fell out of his mouth from the fall.

]]> 2021-03-07 05:16:32 UTC https://padlet.com/katherine_nelson2/nb4fxhzqo0m7iy6z/wish/1277667722 Conclusions Revolving Amongst Cause, Mechanism, and Manner of Death katherine_nelson2 https://padlet.com/katherine_nelson2/nb4fxhzqo0m7iy6z/wish/1277668746 Cause- Becoming intoxicated with extreme levels of pain caffeine.
Mechanism- High levels of the caffeine performing reactions that led to accidental overdose on Marcels part.
Manner- Marcels heart has been taken with extreme levels of caffeine that caused it to malfunction, the discoloration and other effects post Morten tell that he has been dead for two days, and initially passed when leaving the baseball practice ]]> 2021-03-07 05:17:21 UTC https://padlet.com/katherine_nelson2/nb4fxhzqo0m7iy6z/wish/1277668746 Recommendations for Next Steps of Law Enforcement katherine_nelson2 https://padlet.com/katherine_nelson2/nb4fxhzqo0m7iy6z/wish/1277670561 I’d recommend to proceed in talking with his doctor regarding past medical conditions and compare what they say with the case information.]]> 2021-03-07 05:18:06 UTC https://padlet.com/katherine_nelson2/nb4fxhzqo0m7iy6z/wish/1277670561