Case Study Of Anna Garcia's Life

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On the morning of August 14, 2017 in AnyTown, USA, on a hot summer morning, 38 year old Anna Garcia was found lying headlong dead at the entryway of her home. She weighed 165 lbs, and was 64 inches or 5’3 ft. tall. At around 9:45am, neighbor Doug Greene reported a concern for Garcia, due to her dog barking for an unusual amount of time. Anna Garcia had last been seen alive the previous morning of August 13 walking the said dog. She had been seen wearing a heavy sweater, though there was currently a heatwave going on in the area at the time.
At her home she was found by police and EMTs with the doors of her house locked, and the temperature was a cool 73 degrees fahrenheit inside. When she was finally declared dead, CSIs and medical examiners were dispatched onto the scene. After her death, Anna Garcia’s core body temperature was 92.4 degrees fahrenheit. Using Anna’s rectal temperature and the Glastier equation, her time of death can be determined to had been around 7am.
People of interest include: Doug Greene, Anna’s neighbor, last saw Anna walking her dog, was romantically involved with Anna, but she abruptly ended their relationship last week; Alex Garcia, the ex-husband of Anna, married a younger woman, financially struggling and would have benefited greatly from Anna’s life insurance, and he had been seen the night before at Anna’s home to
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The fingerprints found on the cup were those of Alex Garcia, who had been at Anna’s home the previous night. The blood was concluded to be type B, which was Ms Garcia’s blood type, but also the type of possible suspect Alex Garcia. After closer examination of the scene, however, it can be concluded that by the way the blood droplets landed, it is likely it was Anna Garcia’s as she hit her head on the side table as she collapsed. The pills found at the scene were determined to be acetylsalicylic acid, or

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