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“What’s Eating Gilbert Grissom” CSI Episode

List of Evidence/notes from episode - Maggots (entomology) - Tooth - Bones - Woodchips - Human blood found on the wood chipping machine - Trying to get DNA from inside flesh of a maggot to indentify victim it was eating - Fingernail- blue paint mixed with motor oil. This evidence leads them to believe it was a serial killer - DNA from maggots is male - They found a fraternity key so they know that he is a pledge - Railing that has been put in and has blue paint - Trash bag with a blow-up person in it - Letter in the mouth. Has a hair in it- part of his signature. The note says, “I have her”). Found picture of a person on the letter from the impressions. - Fibers from the note show that it’s a chevy. The lettering from the picture shows that it is at an erotica store. Found body there - The picture leads him to the artist from the store. Try to get an ID from the worker - Found a parking pass (1986). John Mathers pass. Shows that the two were working together. - Broken glasses - License expired. Taking it off - Found brownish powder in the van. It is **ink**. - The comics - Prints from bag and car all match. - Common evidence leads to the copy union - The same ink is found in the copy union. The guy binds his comic books there. Blue paint mixer in his house.

The most important piece of evidence used to solve this case was the ink (in powder form) found in the chevy van. Though other evidence such as the paint and the parking tag and such were helpful in solving the case, it was the ink that was found in the van that brought the investigators to the copy union and from there everything was placed together and they went to the man’s house for further investigation. The found out at the copy union that he made comic books (like the ones found) and everything seemed to match up from there. They would not have been able to find the man if they didn’t use the ink found and the fact that things from a copy union were common in all of the murders, to know that this man was the murder. There were certainly other important pieces of evidence, but this one seemed to be the most important in solving the case.