PBS Case by Martin Fallenstedt https://padlet.com/4725491/rp8988l92soi en-us 2019-09-10 20:12:29 UTC 2024-11-01 19:54:37 UTC hello@padlet.com Evidence #9 4725491 https://padlet.com/4725491/rp8988l92soi/wish/382405024 A shoe print of a sneaker that was found at the crime scene. It is pointing towards Anna and it is still unknown if this print is Anna's or someone else's before we got to the crime scene. The print looks like it belongs to a sneaker, which Anna was wearing when she died.]]> 2019-09-10 20:18:28 UTC https://padlet.com/4725491/rp8988l92soi/wish/382405024 Evidence #1 4725491 https://padlet.com/4725491/rp8988l92soi/wish/382407590 The victim herself Anna Garcia. The body is lying face first into the ground. This suggests that she might have passed out or someone else knocked her out. Her head is tilted to the side and her arms right next to her body.]]> 2019-09-10 20:25:08 UTC https://padlet.com/4725491/rp8988l92soi/wish/382407590 Evidence #7 4725491 https://padlet.com/4725491/rp8988l92soi/wish/382410144 A syringe that is lying right next to the victims body. The substance that was once in the syringe is unknown. She could have either injected herself with the syringe or someone else injected her with the substance. It also could be an insulin injection, which would make sense as she had type 1 diabetes]]> 2019-09-10 20:32:42 UTC https://padlet.com/4725491/rp8988l92soi/wish/382410144 Evidence #11 4725491 https://padlet.com/4725491/rp8988l92soi/wish/382412534 Blood that was found on the counter by the microwave. Based on the position of her head and the amount of blood on the counter I would say that she passed out from whatever was in the syringe, hit her head on the counter, and died.]]> 2019-09-10 20:39:32 UTC https://padlet.com/4725491/rp8988l92soi/wish/382412534 Evidence #3 4725491 https://padlet.com/4725491/rp8988l92soi/wish/382416385 Cup of water and pills found of the counter. What type of pill they are and if they are prescribed or not is unknown. Anna could have potentially been sick that day as well and these pills might have been to help with that. They could also be drugs and she OD'd. ]]> 2019-09-10 20:50:33 UTC https://padlet.com/4725491/rp8988l92soi/wish/382416385 Evidence #4&5 4725491 https://padlet.com/4725491/rp8988l92soi/wish/382973708 The face of Anna after she died. A pool of blood is right next to her nose and a pool of vomit is right next to her mouth. Multiple things could have been the cause of this, something could have been in the cup, pills or the syringe lying right next to her.]]> 2019-09-11 20:42:15 UTC https://padlet.com/4725491/rp8988l92soi/wish/382973708 Evidence #8 4725491 https://padlet.com/4725491/rp8988l92soi/wish/382978062 Just a standard chair. It is facing the say way as Anna. Based on the way that she fell she could have potentially fallen out of it. There are no signs of blood or anything near it really so for now it just remains as a possible way that she fell.]]> 2019-09-11 20:56:41 UTC https://padlet.com/4725491/rp8988l92soi/wish/382978062 Evidence #6 4725491 https://padlet.com/4725491/rp8988l92soi/wish/384018830 A few drops of blood lying of the ground right next to the dead body. This suggests that she could have been bleeding before she collapsed. This might have been because of the pills, syringe, or whatever was in the McDonald's cup. This amount of blood could have come from the nose, which would explain the pool of blood right next to her nose.]]> 2019-09-13 22:36:26 UTC https://padlet.com/4725491/rp8988l92soi/wish/384018830 Evidence #10 4725491 https://padlet.com/4725491/rp8988l92soi/wish/384020939 A fallen lampshade that was originally resting on the counter next to the chair. 2 reasons pop up into my mind when thinking about how this could have fallen. #1, she was attacked by someone and tried to defend herself using the lampshade, or #2, it fell when she hit her head against the fridge.]]> 2019-09-13 22:50:11 UTC https://padlet.com/4725491/rp8988l92soi/wish/384020939 Evidence #2 4725491 https://padlet.com/4725491/rp8988l92soi/wish/384022372 A spilled McDonald's cup that was found right next to her body. The cup contains a orange liquid, most likely orange juice or Fanta. She was probably holding it, but then dropped it when she was either attacked or drugged. The drink could have been drugged but it is unlikely because of the syringe and pills laying around. ]]> 2019-09-13 23:01:54 UTC https://padlet.com/4725491/rp8988l92soi/wish/384022372 Alex Garcia 4725491 https://padlet.com/4725491/rp8988l92soi/wish/384028335 The former husband of Anna Garcia. They went to a long and bad divorce last year and had trouble settling their joint belongings. Alex had the most to gain out of killing Anna and was the very last person who visited her before she died. He is a pharmacist and had a gambling addiction, meaning he was low on money and could easily obtain a drug to kill Anna. He would also get all of the insurance money if she passed away, which would be a great motive for him to kill her as they are also expecting a baby. The fingerprint, hair, and blood at the crime scene also belongs to Alex, which means that there is a very high chance that he could have done something to Anna when he visited her last night. The pills, however are just aspirin, which helps with pain and since she did go to the hospital for an unknown reason, she very well could have been using them to help her.]]> 2019-09-13 23:54:36 UTC https://padlet.com/4725491/rp8988l92soi/wish/384028335 Doug Greene 4725491 https://padlet.com/4725491/rp8988l92soi/wish/384030187 Doug is Anna's neighbor and the one who called the police. He last saw Anna walking her dog at 6:30 A.M yesterday morning. He also mentioned that Anna was starting to skip her morning walks randomly. Doug and Anna were romantically involved but last week she abruptly ended the relationship. Doug also mentioned that he saw Erica, Alex's wife, jogging in the neighborhood last week. Overall, I think that Doug did not kill Anna as he wouldn't have called 911 if he did. He also does not seem like the type of guy to just kill someone because they dumped them. There would also be little to no gain in ending her life. After identifying everything at the crime scene, the hair, blood, shoe print, and fingerprint did not belong to Doug so it is safe to say that Doug is the last person to have killed Anna.]]> 2019-09-14 00:09:43 UTC https://padlet.com/4725491/rp8988l92soi/wish/384030187 Erica Piedmont 4725491 https://padlet.com/4725491/rp8988l92soi/wish/384045014 The new wife of Alex Garcia. Anna suspects that Alex had started the relationship with her before they were even divorced. Erica was seen by Lucy sitting outside Anna's house in her car the day before her death. Besides being a stalker, she also really likes money. Her dad gave Alex a salary he didn't deserve just to keep her daughter happy. What he didn't know was that Alex has a gambling problem, which mean they are always short on money. Since she like to brag about how rich she is, she doesn't like when she has little to no money. This combined with the stalking tells us that she very well could have been a leading factor in killing Anna. After testing, all samples, none of them showed to be Erica's in any way. While this does mean that she wasn't the killer, she still could have contributed in other ways too.]]> 2019-09-14 02:17:25 UTC https://padlet.com/4725491/rp8988l92soi/wish/384045014 Lucy Leffingwell 4725491 https://padlet.com/4725491/rp8988l92soi/wish/384046701 Lucy was one of Anna's best friends for over 10 years. She and Anna work at a local bakery and had an argument about whether or not they should expand into sugar-free items or not. Lucy said yes, but Anna refused. Lucy also told us that Anna had to leave work early yesterday because she had to meet someone. Anna was also in the hospital for a few days and no longer taking the medicine that was prescribed to her, but she does have some back pain at both sides of her body. Lucy started selling nutritional supplements on the side to make more money. I think that Lucy did not kill Anna, but she did give some interesting clues to follow. The tests show that the hair, fingerprint, shoe, and blood tests are clean for Lucy, meaning she is also a very unlikely suspect.]]> 2019-09-14 02:36:42 UTC https://padlet.com/4725491/rp8988l92soi/wish/384046701 Hair Sample 4725491 https://padlet.com/4725491/rp8988l92soi/wish/386883302 The sample of hair that was found at the crime scene most closely represents Alex Garcia. The hair at the crime scene had a very dark color to it and a very sharp tip. The only other hair sample with both of those attributes is Alex Garcia's so it is safe to assume that the hair sample at the crime scene belongs to Alex. ]]> 2019-09-19 20:47:15 UTC https://padlet.com/4725491/rp8988l92soi/wish/386883302 Fingerprint Sample 4725491 https://padlet.com/4725491/rp8988l92soi/wish/386885328 The fingerprint that was found at crime scene exactly matches the fingerprint of Alex Garcia. Both fingerprints are Ulnar loops, have the exact same details in the exact same places, and Alex was in Anna's home last. Only Lucy has a Ulnar loop besides Alex but the details on her fingerprint don't match up at all with the one found at the crime scene.]]> 2019-09-19 20:52:24 UTC https://padlet.com/4725491/rp8988l92soi/wish/386885328 Blood Sample 4725491 https://padlet.com/4725491/rp8988l92soi/wish/387453814 The blood that was next to Anna and on the counter was tested to be a double negative. The two people with that blood type is Anna and Alex. While it could potentially be Alex's blood, it is not as likely because Anna was bleeding out of her nose, indicated by the large pool of blood found near her nose. Overall, the blood is most likely just from her nose, which was bleeding because of whatever happened that night.]]> 2019-09-20 21:54:08 UTC https://padlet.com/4725491/rp8988l92soi/wish/387453814 Shoe Print Sample 4725491 https://padlet.com/4725491/rp8988l92soi/wish/387455673 The shoe print at the crime scene is Anna's. The reason being is that the shoe print at the crime scene has a pine cone shape on the bottom of it, and only Anna has the same distinct pine cone shape on her shoes. All other suspects have lines and curves on the bottom of their shoes so it is very clear that the shoe print belongs to her]]> 2019-09-20 22:06:06 UTC https://padlet.com/4725491/rp8988l92soi/wish/387455673 The Unknown Substance 4725491 https://padlet.com/4725491/rp8988l92soi/wish/387485976 After doing some testing on 5 different substances, the pills on the counter have the most chance to be aspirin. The reason being that both the unknown substance and the aspirin reacted in the exact same way when we put the 3 reactors on it. Aspirin can be used as pain medication, which would make sense as Lucy told us that she was in the hospital for a couple of days and might have still needed something to help with the pain.]]> 2019-09-21 02:07:03 UTC https://padlet.com/4725491/rp8988l92soi/wish/387485976 DNA Sample https://padlet.com/4725491/rp8988l92soi/wish/396418470 The DNA sample found at the crime scene belongs to Anna Garcia. After testing it in the DNA Maker, the bp's of the crime scene's DNA sample exactly matched up with the bp's of Anna. The strand of DNA from the crime scene also was an exact match to Anna's strand of DNA.]]> 2019-10-10 20:32:56 UTC https://padlet.com/4725491/rp8988l92soi/wish/396418470 Autopsy Report 4725491 https://padlet.com/4725491/rp8988l92soi/wish/420510658 The Autopsy Report showed that Anna had trace amounts of acetylsalicylic present in her blood, vomit on her shoulder,  an injury on the right temple, swollen ankles, distended abdomen, elbow bruise, and oxygen deprivation. Her fingers were gray/blue, meaning that her  fingers didn't have much oxygen. The Toxicology report also shows that she has trace amounts of Hydroxyurea is her blood, which is used to treat sickle cell anemia.]]> 2019-12-05 21:32:12 UTC https://padlet.com/4725491/rp8988l92soi/wish/420510658 Manner of Death 4725491 https://padlet.com/4725491/rp8988l92soi/wish/420513998 The two most possible manners of death are natural or accident]]> 2019-12-05 21:41:43 UTC https://padlet.com/4725491/rp8988l92soi/wish/420513998 Anna's medical history 4725491 https://padlet.com/4725491/rp8988l92soi/wish/420514464 The Glucose Tolerance Testing for Anna did reveal that she was a type 1 diabetic, meaning that she could have died because of diabetic related problems and would also explain what was in the syringe that was found right next to her. When she died, she had multiple signs on her body that her diabetes was not being managed very well.]]> 2019-12-05 21:42:55 UTC https://padlet.com/4725491/rp8988l92soi/wish/420514464 Food Diary 4725491 https://padlet.com/4725491/rp8988l92soi/wish/420520362 Her food diary for the most part consisted of healthy things with sugary foods here or there, mainly for desserts. The night before she died, she had some very sugary dessert items, which is not good considering that she is a type 1 diabetic.]]> 2019-12-05 22:00:21 UTC https://padlet.com/4725491/rp8988l92soi/wish/420520362 Anna's Stomach Contents 4725491 https://padlet.com/4725491/rp8988l92soi/wish/424026311 The two macro molecules found in her stomach at the time of death is starch and glucose. This could have contributed to her death because glucose in her stomach means that it didn't go into her cells, which is a problem because then she wouldn't have gotten her energy that she needs.]]> 2019-12-13 20:48:23 UTC https://padlet.com/4725491/rp8988l92soi/wish/424026311 Anna's RBC Levels https://padlet.com/4725491/rp8988l92soi/wish/443996460 Anna's RBC Levels were very low. Her hematocrit levels were at 38%, which is very low. She was diagnosed with sickle cell at 14 months old, which can prevent the flow of red blood cells because of their sickle shape. She was on a medication that helps with the sickle cell disease.]]> 2020-02-11 20:42:37 UTC https://padlet.com/4725491/rp8988l92soi/wish/443996460 Anna's Family pedigree 4725491 https://padlet.com/4725491/rp8988l92soi/wish/497570812 Anna's father is a carrier of sickle cell and it is also assumed that her mother is as well. Her brother did not get sickle cell anemia and her sister is a carrier of sickle cell. She then married a person who has sickle cell and had a child who also has sickle cell. Overall, Anna is the only one of her siblings with sickle cell and ]]> 2020-04-07 20:12:20 UTC https://padlet.com/4725491/rp8988l92soi/wish/497570812 Anna's Heart Condition https://padlet.com/4725491/rp8988l92soi/wish/587827387 Anna had left ventricle hypertrophy which is an enlargement of the outer lining of the heart. Her militia valve doesn't fully close as well. Anna also had premature ventricle contraction, ventricle tachycardia and st elevation, which resulted in an irregular heart rate that could lead into multiple other complications of her heart.]]> 2020-05-21 20:31:49 UTC https://padlet.com/4725491/rp8988l92soi/wish/587827387 Gross Examination of Colony Morphology https://padlet.com/4725491/rp8988l92soi/wish/587846794 Unknown (Anna’s Sample)
Size: Large
Margins: Smooth
Elevation: Convex
Color: Red
Megaterium
Size: Small
Margins: Smooth
Elevation: Raised
Color: Yellow
Lutea
Size: Small
Margins: Wavy
Elevation: Flat
Color: Tan/Orange
Rubrum
Size: Small
Margins: Smooth
Elevation: Raised
Color: Yellow

The closest bacteria that matched Anna's bacteria sample is Serratia marcescens because this bacteria is the only one that had the same color as Anna's bacteria on the list provided. It also has a similar elevation to Anna's bacteria so there is a possibility that it could be a similar type of bacteria.]]> 2020-05-21 20:43:19 UTC https://padlet.com/4725491/rp8988l92soi/wish/587846794 Tests And Results 4725491 https://padlet.com/4725491/rp8988l92soi/wish/595904620 Ornithine Decarboxylase Test: Positive
Citrate Test: Positive
VP Test: Positive
Oxidase Test: Negative
Lysine Decarboxylase Test: Positive
H2S Test: Negative
Pigmentation: Red
Glucose Fermentation Test: Positive
Lactose Fermentation: Negative
Indole Test: Negative
Urease Test: Negative
Nitrate Reduction: Positive
Arabinose Test: Negative
Motility Test: Positive
Gelatin Hydrolysis: Positive
Catalase Test: Positive
Gram Staining Test: Positive
]]> 2020-05-27 00:23:01 UTC https://padlet.com/4725491/rp8988l92soi/wish/595904620 Diagnosis 4725491 https://padlet.com/4725491/rp8988l92soi/wish/595962032 The type of bacteria that Anna had was the Serratia Marcescens because that was the only bacteria on the list out of the possibilities that had the closest traits to Anna's unknown sample. No other possibility on the list was as close as the Serratia Marcescens bacteria so that is why it is the most probable that Anna's bacteria is the Serratia Marcescens.]]> 2020-05-27 01:25:39 UTC https://padlet.com/4725491/rp8988l92soi/wish/595962032