automobile like the one a witness saw in the hotel parking lot on the night of nancy ludwig s murder. and there was another surprise. gorton worked for a water sprinkler company that serviced the sprinkler system in margarette eby s yard. that same company had been to margarette eby s residence several days before her death in order for them to blow out the sprinkler lines for the season. but that could have been easily explained why his fingerprint would have been inside eby s home. you re working with metal sprinkler equipment and maybe there s a sharp edge and you slice your finger. you come in, you wash your hands, you leave a bloody fingerprint. it s not a reason to go to jail. you haven t done anything. you just left a bloody fingerprint. gorton s fingerprint was in the florida database because of numerous arrests for attacks on women. he actually had assaulted several of them by walking up