way he entered the apartment. he wasn t invited in. he opened the window, removed the screen and snaked himself in through this small opening. so they asked him to do it again while they watched. we allowed him to demonstrate how he climbed through the window and around that entertainment center. and he was able to do that even wearing some steel-toed work boots. hale got inside again without touching any of the items on the entertainment center. it was a little bit amazing watching him do that. it was like watching a burglar in action. next police ask christina s neighbor carlos robinson to provide a routine statement and he willingly complied. investigator described him as being very helpful, very cooperative. when the police left the room, of course, they keep their eye on him. he got down and began praying.
iowa investigators took the bun and photographs to gene czarnicki, a certified print examiner at the dci crime lab in des moines, iowa. czarnicki not only confirmed this was a right foot in the soft bread but found enough clear ridge detail to convince him that it was the footprint of carlos robinson. i think if the bun was in a dry or stale condition, the print may have not been reproduced. we were quite fortunate in that the bun appears to have been fresh when he stepped on it. this proved that the only evidence at the crime scene was carlos robinson s. investigators believe christina
apartment it wouldn t drip blood anywhere. this was yet another clue that the killer lived nearby. not only did he have bare feet, but he was concerned about leaving a blood trail, possibly one leading straight to his door. this pointed towards two men who hadn t previously been thought of as suspects. the man who claimed he found christina s body, 32-year-old todd hale, and christina s next-door neighbor, carlos robinson who had called 911. both knew one another since they both helped christina move into her apartment three days earlier. investigators had been suspicious of todd hale s claim that he d been able to enter christina s apartment through a small window opening without disturbing the items on the entertainment center inside. we thought for todd to get in through that window he would have to maybe have an acrobat s physique, which he did not. todd, they felt might have been a suspect because of the
was a victim of her own trusting nature. carlos was her neighbor. they already met. so when he knocked on her door, she let him in. how are you doing? carlos wasn t wearing any shoes since he lived next door. once inside, prosecutors believe he made a sexual advance which christina turned down. so carlos hit christina with tremendous force, knocking out three of her teeth. he then dragged her to the bathroom where he sexually assaulted her and killed her with a knife. he filled the tub with water in an attempt to wash away evidence, but he grabbed the sink with his bloody hand as he got up leaving behind a perfect palm print. he needed to get rid of the
robinson was alone with his children during this time. carlos wife was gone on the night this murder occurred. she was gone to visit a relative in a neighboring city. but investigators needed proof that carlos robinson was the killer after all and not just a neighbor who found her body and hadn t reported the crime. people often look for somebody that has a motive, and what we were trying to prove to the jury is that a person who barely knew the victim for four days had killed her and that the ex-boyfriend that was abusive to her didn t. then investigators discovered either another piece of evidence or a complication. in looking at the crime scene evidence, scientists noticed something in the hamburger buns. one of them was misshaped. we did use some light and oblique angles and some