investigators had hoped for. the results showed us that the bullets recovered from john were not the same bullets removed from andy risch s news graybull, wyoming. investigators found smudge marks on the inside window of risch s jeep, similar to those caused by animals when pressing their nose against the glass. was it possible that risch used his car to transport helble s across town after the murder. police took kiesha s nose print in the same way they collect human fingerprints. each dog s nose print is as unique as a fingerprint. unfortunately, we weren t able to get the type of smudges or prints actually from the vehicle that would enable us to do that. but it certainly was an interesting element that we
blood or saliva or hair with a root. but it will still allow me to say, yes, this sample matches the reference dog or it doesn t match the reference dog. halvorson performed a pcr test which stands for polymerase chain reaction. it s basically like taking a page out of a book and xeroxing that page a million times. and now you have that page in so much quantity you that can see it. then the sample was sequenced to get a visual representation of the dna type. when she paired the dna from the hair in the ammunition box to a sample of kiesha s hair, she found a heplo type in both sets that was extremely rare, occurring only in 1 in 300 dogs.
oh, he loved his dog. she was his baby. she had a lot of hamburgers, a lot of pizza, hot dogs, things like that. i think she ate mostly people food. she was very spoiled. police soon learned that a dog matching kiesha s description was found a month earlier wandering aimlessly several miles away. she was standing in the middle of the street, dazed like where am i? what am i doing here? john s parents identified kiesha. the evidence suggested she had been driven there and dropped off. kiesha was found in january when the roads were generally dirty and muddy but kiesha s condition was pretty clean. the crime scene showed that the dog s leash which normally was kept beside the door was actually in the victim s van. it s suggested the victim s van
helble s home around the time of his murder. based on the position of the body, prosecutors believe rich killed helble after he fell asleep in the living room watching t vcht. tv. the motive was apparently money. rich wanted to sell helble s gun collection for either cash or drugs. the shooting may have agitated helble s dog. to stop the barking, rich put kiesha in helble s van then drove her several miles away before letting her out in a strange neighborhood. little did he realize that kiesha s hair would be found in the stolen box of ammunition, and that canine dna testing would prove it came from helble s beloved dog. andy hated that dog. andy could not stand kiesha. i don t know why he spared her.