only at a sleep number store, mattresses with sleepiq start at just $999.98. know better sleep with sleep number. the forensic evidence painted a vivid picture of joe luna s movements on the morning of michael andrade s murder. prosecutors believe joe luna
fearing that michael could identify him. to mask the evidence, he set fire to the clothes in michael s closet and returned to his girlfriend s apartment through the crawl space. when he didn t hear the fire alarm sound, he suspected the fire went out, so he returned to michael s apartment to start the fire again. he stole michael s computer, electronic equipment, and his car keys. before leaving, he set the two additional fires. when luna returned to his girlfriend s apartment, he shed fibers from michael s apartment which he tried to remove with his girlfriend s vacuum cleaner. and he put his jeans into the clothes hamper, which had the burned insulation on them. having that forensics
spent most of his time inside his girlfriend s apartment since he knew there were warrants out for his arrest on the robbery cases. with nothing to do, he discovered there was an attic and crawl space above the apartment. so, he looked around and discovered there was another apartment just 16 feet away, michael andrade s apartment. prosecutors believe he opened the panel in michael s bedroom closet, and when he didn t hear any sound, dropped in. but michael was sleeping and the noise woke him up. there was a struggle. luna tore the bed sheets, bound michael s hands behind his back, and strangled him to death,
the jury to give him the death penalty. they willingly obliged. there are certain people in our society that have absolutely forfeited their right to live among us by their own actions and by their own decisions. joe luna is one of those people. ironically, joe luna tried to cover up his crime by burning the evidence, but he didn t destroy it. instead, he made those tiny glass insulation fibers more distinctive. it was actually the last way that i thought they would catch him. that was furthest from my mind it would be in a vacuum. you have to have the forensics. you have to have the evidence that can t skip town. you have to have the evidence that can t lie to you. as my old professor once said, there is no such thing as a perfect crime.
the forensic evidence caused him to reconsider. the fiber evidence that was found and the fiber evidence that i had looked at was apparently so compelling that the defendant didn t want to continue on with this case, which is quite unusual for a capital murder trial. so, luna changed his plea to guilty and admitted what he had done in open court. mr. luna, how do you plead to the charges of capital murder? guilty. he testified that he enjoyed it, that he lived for the adrenaline rush that it gave him to victimize people and to get away with it. i cannot fathom the terror that that young man went through. and really, there could be nothing worse than seeing a joe luna walk out of your closet. in march of 2006, luna asked