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Name of the Case: Tiny Fibers Helped FBI Nab Serial Killer
Victim: Sofia Silva, Kati Lisk, Kristin Lisk.
Suspects: Richard Marc Evonitz.
How the Hair of Fiber Made a Connection for the Case: There was a correlation in evidence all that was left were tiny pieces of fiber that’s it. It first started with the death of Sofia Silva, a tiny piece of pink fiber was found on her when she was found dead in a creek. Second was the death of two girls Kati and Kristin Lisk. They found some dark blue fibers on the two girls. It was later identified that it came from fuzzy handcuffs. They finally caught the serial killer Richard Evonitz during a high speed pursuit, but ended up shooting himself before he got caught.They later tested the 500 pieces of fibers at the lab and found a match. Richard Evonitz was the Spotsylvania serial killer.
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Suspects: Alejandro Enriquez
How the Hair of Fiber Made a Connection for the Case: Alejandro Enriquez was suspected strangling and killing 3 women. At first they were sure that the evidence that the detectives gathered would be enough to convict Enriquez and send him to jail. The lawyer defending Enriquez was sure that the fibers and hair weren’t enough to convict him. There was this red thread found on 3 of the ladies and that’s what gave him up. The detectives collected tons of hair samples that matched his description. But ultimately the red thread was the tiniest piece of evidence that brought him down.

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