kitchen. it was obviously close to the crime scene, but far enough away that we were hoping that was, in fact, the suspect s blood. blood tests revealed it did not belong to the victim, stephen holmes. somebody had to be standing over that table and blood dripped off of them onto the table. but if the blood was the perpetrator s, why was it there and why didn t he clean it up? these almost perfectly round blood drops, called passive drops, were made by someone standing still, possibly while washing his hands at the sink. a lot of times in a knife fight like that, the knife may slip out of his hand and cut his finger, or something similar to that effect. the blood dna was possible evidence, but investigators had no one to compare it to. with no sign of forced entry, the killer could have been an
darrell north s murder was so violent that forensic tests were needed to make sense of what happened. we had numerous types of blood stains. they included passive blood drops. we had smears, transfers, and frankly, there was so much blood, that you would be hard pressed to try to classify some of it as to how it got there. we took many samples. we took 23 samples of blood from various different parts of that crime scene. they first had to determine if all the blood had come from darrell north. when the assailant is wielding a knife, and he stabs a victim, oftentimes, that knife blade hits bone and it stops.
in, good looking blond, 38 dds. i thought that was strange because he had lost both of his sons and i don t believe he knew at that time if darly was going to live or not. in the kitchen police noticed a set of white handled knives, one space was empty. it appeared the murder weapon, a 10 inch white handled knife came from the routier s own kitchen. the blood drops on the floor were photographed and taken for testing. the blood drops were analyzed to see if they were consistent with darly s version of events. her night shirt was another piece of blood evidence. forensic scientists hoped that it, too, would provide information about the murders. dna testing of the bloody sock found in the alley revealed the blood was that of the two boys, devon and damon.
counter near the sink in the kitchen. it was obviously close to the crime scene, but far enough away that we were hoping that was, in fact, the suspect s blood. blood tests revealed it did not belong to the victim, stephen holmes. somebody had to be standing over that table and blood dripped off of them onto the table. but if the blood was the perpetrator s, why was it there and why didn t he clean it up? these almost perfectly round blood drops, called passive drops, were made by someone standing still, possibly while washing his hands at the sink. a lot of times in a knife fight like that, the knife may slip out of his hand and cut his finger, or something similar to
it was obviously close to the crime scene, but far enough away that we were hoping that was, in fact, the suspect s blood. blood tests revealed it did not belong to the victim, stephen holmes. somebody had to be standing over that table and blood dripped off of them onto the table. but if the blood was the perpetrator s, why was it there and why didn t he clean it up? these almost perfectly round blood drops, called passive drops, were made by someone standing still, possibly while washing his hands at the sink. a lot of times in a knife fight like that, the knife may slip out of his hand and cut his finger, or something similar to that effect. the blood dna was possible evidence, but investigators had no one to compare it to. with no sign of forced entry, the killer could have been an employee.