Trail Warna Case Summary

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During trail, Warna’s testimony was one of the most important piece of evidence. Because of her analysis explanation, it was said to believe that Ms. Molly Wright was beaten by an object (weapon) with force. According to her testimony, she stated that the blood stains on Hill’s clothing matched the blood DNA from Molly Wright, which was the factor that determined the sentencing and if Mr. Hill was guilty or innocent, which in this case he was guilty. In court, Mr. Hill listed a number of reasons as to why Ms. Wright’s blood was on his clothing, saying he was trying to help her, but when Warna analyzed the pattern of the blood, it showed that the distribution and condition of Wright's blood on Hill's clothing was consistent with repeated blows …show more content…
The general role of the Bloodstain Pattern Analyst in a criminal investigation is to assist in the reconstruction of those events of an alleged incident that could have created the stains and stain patterns present at a crime scene, on items of physical evidence recovered from that scene and on items of clothing that were present at the crime scene. In some cases, it may be necessary to conduct a bloodstain pattern interpretation using photographs. The usefulness of individual bloodstains and bloodstain patterns lies in their retention of information descriptive of the possible events that could have produced them. The sizes of the individual stains composing a pattern, the shapes of these stains and their distribution relative to one another can be utilized for the purposes of determining how a particular stain or pattern may have been produced. Bloodstain pattern analysis evaluations are conducted to determine what action(s) or sequence of actions could have created the bloodstains and/or patterns observed. Information that may be gained with bloodstain pattern analysis include, for example, the position of the individual when the blood was deposited (sitting, standing, etc.), the relative position of individuals at the time of bloodshed, the possible type of weapon used as well as possible mechanisms that could have produced the blood staining on a surface. The recognition

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