and he said, boy, that s very unusual to have betonite clay in the middle of the uncompahgre national forest in a stock pond. and this jogged their memory. they remembered that janice dodson s clothes had been covered in mud on the day of her husband s murder. janice s muddied clothing had been kept in evidence for the past three years. jacqueline battle scraped some of the mud from the clothing and ground it to a fine powder. battle sifted and weighed the samples. and then examined them under a polarizing microscope. the mud from janise s clothing contained bentonite. bentonite is a clay-like material comprised of minerals of aluminum silicates, magnesium and iron oxides. ranchers would add bentonite as a sealant so that the water would be retained in the watering hole versus seeping through into the ground. the bentonite on janice s
they remembered that janice dodson s clothes had been covered in mud on the day of her husband s murder. janice s muddied clothing had been kept in evidence for the past three years. jacqueline battle scraped some of the mud from the clothing and ground it to a fine powder. battle sifted and weighed the samples. and then examined them under a polarizing microscope. the mud from janise s clothing contained bentonite. bentonite is a clay-like material comprised of minerals of aluminum silicates, magnesium and iron oxides. ranchers would add bentonite as a sealant so that the water would be retained in the watering hole versus seeping through into the ground. the bentonite on janice s clothing was identical to the
the bentonite on janice s clothing was identical to the sample from the pond behind her ex-husband s camp. battles examined mud samples from other ponds in the national park, but none matched the mud from janice s clothing. we were ecstatic because we re now able to show she was lying and we were now able to show her in an area where the murder weapon was stolen. to investigators, this was proof that janice had stolen her ex-husband s gun, possibly in an attempt to frame him. we were able to put janice dodson at her ex-husband s camp. we couldn t put the ex-husband at her camp. perhaps janice killed two birds with one stone. j.c. lee and john bruce dodson. we have no way of knowing what she had planned for j.c. lee. personally i feel that j.c. lee was going to be the fall guy, a patsy for janice. investigators still had one
the bentonite on janice s clothing was identical to the sample from the pond behind her ex-husband s camp. battles examined mud samples from other ponds in the national park, but none matched the mud from janice s clothing. we were ecstatic because we re now able to show she was lying and we were now able to show her in an area where the murder weapon was stolen. to investigators, this was proof that janice had stolen her ex-husband s gun, possibly in an attempt to frame him. we were able to put janice dodson at her ex-husband s camp. we couldn t put the ex-husband at her camp. perhaps janice killed two birds with one stone. j.c. lee and john bruce dodson. we have no way of knowing what she had planned for j.c. lee. personally i feel that j.c. lee was going to be the fall guy, a
the bentonite on janice s clothing was identical to the sample from the pond behind her ex-husband s camp. battles examined mud samples from other ponds in the national park, but none matched the mud from janice s clothing. we were ecstatic because we re now able to show she was lying and we were now able to show her in an area where the murder weapon was stolen. to investigators, this was proof that janice had stolen her ex-husband s gun, possibly in an attempt to frame him. we were able to put janice dodson at her ex-husband s camp. we couldn t put the ex-husband at her camp. perhaps janice killed two birds with one stone. j.c. lee and john bruce dodson. we have no way of knowing what she had planned for j.c. lee. personally i feel that j.c. lee