chapter 6. 1998; detroit good marriage – 2 sons then mark hurt his back; hooked on vicodin,...

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