bottle of chainsaw oil and we found a receipt from ace hardware for a chainsaw. this is a time of year in south dakota where chainsaws are not in huge demand. but there was no chainsaw in daphne s house or on her property. downstairs the basement had been painted with blue paint. there would be a spot painted here and a spot painted there and different sizes, parts of the wall, not a whole wall, a three or four foot section of the wall but not all the wall, parts of the steps but not all the steps. a few feet away was a small room that once had been used to store coal. the floor had been painted with this blue paint that was still tacky and soft to the touch indicating that it was recently painted. police also noticed several cuts in the concrete floor. detectives also made the comment it looks like chainsaw marks. law enforcement began the investigation by going to the ace hardware stores in town.
cuts in the concrete floor. detectives also made the comment it looks like chainsaw marks. law enforcement began the investigation by going to the ace hardware stores in town. once there the investigators showed the store owner the lineup including daphne s picture. one of the clerks was able to say, yes, i sold the chainsaw to a woman and she was deaf. that matches the description of daphne wright to a tee. she came in a note that said tree-cutting machine and he took her to the wrong section at first because he misunderstood, and then he took her to the chainsaw section. she was very worried about the price and she picked out the cheapest chain saul available at the store.
cuts in the concrete floor. detectives also made the comment it looks like chainsaw marks. law enforcement began the investigation by going to the ace hardware stores in town. once there the investigators showed the store owner the lineup including daphne s picture. one of the clerks was able to say, yes, i sold the chainsaw to a woman and she was deaf. that matches the description of daphne wright to a tee. she came in a note that said tree-cutting machine and he took her to the wrong section at first because he misunderstood, and then he took her to the chainsaw section. she was very worried about the price and she picked out the cheapest chain saul available at the store. once scientists got into daphne wright s basement, they had no difficulty finding even more incriminating evidence from