48 Hours: Hard Evidence

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Crime Scenes James A. McLaughlin Grantham University Abstract Crime scenes can be very horrific sites depending on the type of crime that was committed. Television crime shows have the ability to do whatever they want because it television. Crime scenes have to be handled a certain way to ensure that evidence is not destroyed or disturbed. Crime shows make things interesting to get viewers. Real crime scenes are not staged and not made for television. 48 Hours: Hard Evidence, A Killer Defense. On 9/12/2007 in Mocksville, NC, Dr. Kirk Turner killed his wife Jennifer Turner. Mr. Turner claimed the incident was self-defense. The couple had been married for 23 years, had two children and was a pretty sound financially. Jennifer who was very fond of horses spent most of her time raising and training horses on a horse ranch that Kirk had purchased for her. Kirk stated that she was spending so much time with the horses that she became obsessed and did nothing else. This led him to have an extra marital affair with a lady that was close to the family. Finally Kirk told Jennifer he wanted to leave and he did. Jennifer filed for a divorce and filed a suit against her husband’s lover for alienation of…show more content…
Kirk says this enraged her and she grabbed a 7 foot spear and stabbed him in the leg twice. He tried to fight her off and reached in to his pocket to get his pocket knife and started to swing it. He sliced her artery during his self-defense which caused her to die. He stated that he didn’t remember cutting her just swinging the

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