on dr. hamilton s shoes were tiny blood droplets, almost invisible to the naked eye. these were suspicious, not only the shape, but the angle at which the blood landed on the shoes. there was some coming down on the toe from above 40, 50 degrees. and there s no possible way that someone had lifted mrs. hamilton s head, dropped her head down, and created additional spatter, and somehow dr. hamilton s shoes were exposed to that. you could not explain it from that. the blood on dr. hamilton s shoes were caused by medium-impact splatter, the kind resulted from a beating. tom bevel, a blood spatter expert hired by dr. hamilton, agreed with gardner s assessment. the spatter places the shoe within an area capable of receiving spatter, and the spatter is being generated by
anything. but investigators naturally went further, comparing saintil s dna to the blood droplets on the kitchen counter and faucet. those six foreign male dna profiles found at the scene did match the suspect in the case. the 51-year-old haitian national was arrested on suspicion of murder. do you have anything to say at all? they ve got the wrong guy. they got the wrong guy? yes. you didn t kill stephen holmes? no. you don t know anything about it? stephen was my good friend. although his blood and fingerprint were both at the scene, police had a problem. there was a plausible explanation for his blood to be at the sink in the kitchen. the defense is clear, he s a maintenance worker. he s a prep cook. people cut themselves all the time. and there was no proof his fingerprint was in stephen s blood.
the print on the manila folder matched the last person anyone expected, especially stephen holmes family. it belonged to wilson saintil, stephen s best friend, the restaurant s maintenance man and prep cook. stephen s family couldn t believe it since the two often worked late together. stephen would bring in cds specifically that he knew was the type of music that wilson liked so that they could put it in and it would go through the whole store and they could be listening to that music while they were working. wilson saintil went to the ceremonies to honor the deceased, hugged family members, cried when it was appropriate. there was no flight issues. there was no obvious signs that we needed to suspect him of anything. but investigators naturally went further, comparing saintil s dna to the blood droplets on the kitchen counter and faucet. those six foreign male dna profiles found at the scene did
body had been in close proximity to a spatter event. on dr. hamilton s shoes were tiny blood droplets, almost invisible to the naked eye. these were suspicious, not only the shape, but the angle at which the blood landed on the shoes. there was some coming down on the toe from above 40, 50 degrees. and there s no possible way that someone had lifted mrs. hamilt dropped her head down, and created additional spatter, and somehow dr. hamilton s shoes were exposed to that. you could not explain it from that. the blood on dr. hamilton s shoes were caused by medium-impact splatter, the kind caused as a result of a beating. tom bevel, a blood spatter expert hired by dr. hamilton, agreed with gardner s assessment.
and beat beat susan hamilton and the blood droplets come spewing off to be driven up in that angle. scientists performed dna testing on each and every bloodstain on dr. hamilton s shirt and shoes. it was all susan s blood. luminol tests revealed even more of susan s blood on the inside of dr. hamilton s car. there was blood found on the steering wheel. there was blood found on the driver s side left edge of the seat, and also some hair and tissue found on the floor of the vehicle, on the driver s side. investigators discovered what may have been the murder weapon. the hamiltons maid said that a marble figurine from the