The fiber evidence played an overwhelming role in the conviction of Wayne Bertram Williams for multiple reasons, primarily because the prosecution was able to link twenty-eight different types of fibers to Williams and his victims (Saferstein, 2015). Furthermore, the fibers located on the victims were unusually shaped yellow-green fibers, which matched the carpet in the Williams’s home (Saferstein, 2015). The fiber evidence gained additional credibility for the prosecution when they discovered the carpet was manufactured in relatively small quantities (Saferstein, 2015). Additionally, the twenty-eight fibers located on the victims were eventually traced to various items in Williams’s possession to include: the carpet in the Williams’s home,
