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Chapter 6CASE STUDIES
• 1998; Detroit• Good marriage – 2 sons
• Then Mark hurt his back; hooked on Vicodin, alcohol, gambling – couldn’t work
• Florence returned to work to pay off debts• 2003 – family trip to a lake resort
• Both went to dock; Mark returned to cabin to put boys to bed
MARK UNGER
• 15 minutes later, Florence not at dock• Mark assumed she was with neighbors,
so he went to bed• Florence not back in morning
• Neighbors found Florence floating face down in water & called 911
• May 2004 – Mark arrested & charged w/ premeditated murder
• Passed a polygraph• Lots of circumstantial evidence:
- not told where body was found, but went straight there
- packed car and left before body removed from water
- sobbed, shed no tears
- Florence’s injuries (broken hip, internal injuries, fractured skull) show she fell on
concrete before entering water & would have been unconscious
- blood on concrete confirms this• police suspect Florence was dragged into
water, where she drowned• believe Mark did it
• Convicted & sentenced to life in prison (no parole)
• 2001• Several Americans – anthrax
infection – inhaled• Breathe bacteria into lungs; fluid builds up in lungs and in sac around
heart hard to breathe, organ failure• News affiliate employees & postal
workers affected
ANTHRAX SCARE
• 5 people died after inhaling spores• Little physical evidence, no
fingerprints, no suspects, no motive• US CDC – studied spores – found
genetic mutations found in government lab
• Determined all letters came from same person – male w/ scientific background
• Circumstantial evidence Bruce Ivins, US gov’t scientist who
specializes in anthrax research• Ivins committed suicide just before
being arrested
• Forensic Anthropologist• Dr. Kathy Reichs – also author and basis
for TV show Bones
CAREER