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Genetical Essay: The Murder Of Kirk Bloodsworth

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In 1985, A man name Kirk Bloodsworth was sentenced to death in Maryland for brutally raping and murdering a nine year old girl name Dawn Hamilton. On July 25th, when two young children, who were fishing, had witnessed Dawn walking off into the woods with a man they described as skinny, 6 foot-five, with a bushy mustache and blonde curly hair. The two children were the last people who seen Dawn alive. Hours later, Dawn’s body was found in the woods by a Baltimore Police Detective. At the time of the murder Kirk Bloodsworth did not live in the area, was neither 6 foot five, nor was he blonde. Kirk Bloodsworth was a 6 foot, brownish redhead with mutton-chop sideburns who had worn glasses. Kirk Bloodsworth had witnesses who could place him at home at the time of the murder, and there was no physical evidence that linked Kirk to the scene. Despite all of this, Kirk was ultimately convicted by his slim resemblance to a drawing based on the eyewitness testimony of the two witnesses, and the eyewitness identification of 3 others, one of which identified Kirk after seeing him on the news. Eight years later, Kirk Bloodsworth has came across a book, which talked about Genetic Fingerprinting that led to the conviction of Colin …show more content…

Kimberley Shen Ruffner was arrested for the crime. Kimberley had an outstanding criminal record. Ruffner was arrested a month after the murder of Dawn Hamilton, for basically trying to commit the same crime. Kimberley Ruffner was charged with burglary, attempted rape and assault with intent to kill. Whereas, Kirk Bloodsworth had no type of record, no conviction. The police had failed to mention there was another possible suspect. In this case, the two witness did give a little correct description but at the line up was shown a different person that resemble Kimberley

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