speck on the ak-47 rifle sanchez s roommate turned over to police. to find out if all this glitter was from the same source, investigators sent it to edwin jones, a forensic scientist with one of the largest collections of glitter in the world, with close to 1,000 specimens. i have an unusual hobby of collecting micro things and i ve been collecting glitter for many years before this case and i ve been collecting glitter since this case. under a microscope, jones discovered that this red glitter was a hexagon shape, approximately 250 microns. it s red on one side and silver on the other. it was a very unique type of glitter that just this one company had made. jones discovered that this glitter was not a bestselling item. only 10,000 bottles had ever been made.
investigators learned that during the fourth of july party megan attended, the host threw red glitter on everyone, including megan. i said, do you still have the bottle? she said, yes, i do. so we then went and recovered the remaining portion of the glitter. scientists confirmed the glitter in megan barroso s hair came from megan s friend, and it was the same glitter found in sanchez s truck, on the ak-47 rifle, on megan s jacket found in sanchez s trash, and in megan s own car. it was the only piece of evidence that tied sanchez to everything. investigators also searched sanchez s truck for blood. when the tech put a luminol on the inside of the vehicle, it lit up like a christmas tree. dna testing revealed blood on
with one arm bent under her head, like in a sleeping position. that wouldn t be a position that a body would land in. then the medical examiner noticed something unusual. red glitter. what they call pixie dust in megan s hair and on her clothing. and it was red glitter, in essence. megan s green jacket was found outside the home of vincent sanchez, a part-time electrician who came to police attention when his roommate found a homemade videotape of sanchez sexually assaulting several women. when police studied the videotape in detail, they discovered the women were the victims of the simi valley rapist. 15 unsolved rapes police had been trying to solve for the past five years. the perpetrator would break into the home of the victims
investigators learned that during the fourth of july party megan attended, the host threw red glitter on everyone, including megan. i said, do you still have the bottle? she said, yes, i do. so we then went and recovered the remaining portion of the glitter. scientists confirmed the glitter in megan barroso s hair came from megan s friend, and it was the same glitter found in sanchez s truck, on the ak-47 rifle, on megan s jacket found in sanchez s trash, and in megan s own car. it was the only piece of evidence that tied sanchez to everything. investigators also searched sanchez s truck for blood. when the tech put a luminol on the inside of the vehicle, it
the ravine. she was in a fetal position with one arm bent under her head, like in a sleeping position. that wouldn t be a position that a body would land in. then the medical examiner noticed something unusual. red glitter. what they call pixie dust in megan s hair and on her clothing. and it was red glitter, in essence. megan s green jacket was found outside the home of vincent sanchez, a part-time electrician who came to police attention when his roommate found a homemade videotape of sanchez sexually assaulting several women. when police studied the videotape in detail, they discovered the women were the victims of the simi valley rapist. 15 unsolved rapes police had been trying to solve for the past five years. the perpetrator would break into the home of the victims primarily in the evening. some of the victims were young