Diplomate of The American Board of Forensic Document Examiners | Man found guilty of killing of teen robbery accomplice, by Vivian Nereim

Man found guilty of killing of teen robbery accomplice, by Vivian Nereim

Sandra — Tue, 16 Nov 2021 10:27:35 +0000

“An Allegheny County jury convicted a Brighton Heights man Wednesday of second-degree murder… notes passed by Mr. Hawkins in jail, prosecutors discovered that one had indentations on it matching a draft of the letter to Mr. Sheetz. Those marks indicate that the draft was written on the same notepad as the jail note, an expert witness [Sandra Miller Raudabaugh] testified. She analyzed the handwriting, as well, she said: It strongly matched Mr. Hawkins’ handwriting.”

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Vinny’s murder suspect’s letter clears codefendant, BY LES STEWART

Sandra — Tue, 16 Nov 2021 10:18:38 +0000

Vinny’s murder suspect’s letter clears codefendant, by Les Stewart
“Richard W. Kinnard II and Jared D. Jones are on trial on murder and other charges in connection with the Sept. 19, 2015, shooting death of Corey Bryan, at Vinny’s Goodtimes bar in Lebanon”

“Murder trial jurors heard Thursday that Richard W. Kinnard II wrote three letters… Sandra Miller Raudabaugh of Hershey, a forensic document examiner… testifying as part of Ehrgood’s defense case, told jurors that she examined known samples of Kinnard’s handwriting with the handwriting of the three letters. She concluded that Kinnard wrote and signed the letters.”

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Admission of Murder – Impression Evidence Unveils Forgery, By Sandra R

Sandra — Tue, 16 Nov 2021 09:58:21 +0000

The value of evidence contained within documents related to criminal cases is sometimes overlooked by investigators and prosecutors until just prior to a case going to trial. A similar situation presented itself in relation to a homicide. A hand printed letter containing an admission of murder (Fig. 1) stating details of the crime, was examined by Ms. Raudabaugh.

The admission was allegedly prepared by the accused individual in the homicide of a toddler. A comparison of the hand printed letter to the hand printing of the accused was conducted. While some similarities were noted in the comparisons, they were far from conclusive. Ms. Raudabaugh conducted an impressed (indented) writing examination using an Electrostatic Detection Device. Impressed writing, a letter indented upon the admission letter (Fig. 2), was recovered which indicated a known suspect writer other than the accused may have written the admission letter. Through comparisons of the admission letter to writings of that known suspect writer, Ms. Raudabaugh subsequently identified that known suspect writer as the writer of the admission letter. He later confessed to having forged the letter of admission for personal gain.

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