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The document describes a case where a young couple was sexually assaulted while lost in the Blue Ridge Parkway in 1984. Edward Honaker was convicted based on victim identification and hair evidence. However, years later it was discovered the victim had been hypnotized and DNA testing exonerated Honaker, showing the DNA was from the victim's fiance and another man. Honaker spent five years in prison for a crime he did not commit before being exonerated by DNA evidence.

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Crime Scenes

The document describes a case where a young couple was sexually assaulted while lost in the Blue Ridge Parkway in 1984. Edward Honaker was convicted based on victim identification and hair evidence. However, years later it was discovered the victim had been hypnotized and DNA testing exonerated Honaker, showing the DNA was from the victim's fiance and another man. Honaker spent five years in prison for a crime he did not commit before being exonerated by DNA evidence.

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BADGE OF DECEIT

On August 30,1995 a rape case was reported. A girl named Anne who was a 21 year old

college student was the victim of this case. She also babysits two kids for a living. During the

night, Anne and the two other kids left alone at home. While she was sleeping, a guy went to

their house threatening her while holding a gun and tried to kill her. At first, the perpetrator

asked for their valuables but later on she learned that it was a false motive. The true intention of

the perpetrator is to raped her and leaving without any evidences to the victim’s body. Polices

were amazed how smart the perpetrator can be. To their surprised, there other twelve unsolved

raped cases with similar M.O. Raped began in 1984 and continued to 1990’s but after the

incident in 1995 it was mysteriously stopped. They were led to an assumption that the suspect

must be working in police department or in related field but there are no ways for them to

identify since these cases were planned very well. They also learned that victims were all single

and living alone. These women do the same daily activities such as shopping in the same grocery

store. Crime analyst Ronnie smith was asked to develop a psychological profile of the rapist by

studying the manner in which the crimes were committed. Still, they cannot find enough

evidence to catch the rapist. Geographic profiling changed their luck. This became a great help

for them to catch who was the real suspect known as ‘Southside Rapist’. Geographic Profiling’s

basic theory about this is about the environmental criminology. It means that people in regards to

their noncriminal behaviors such as shopping or the same activities they do near their homes

such as shopping. They tried to inspect the aerial view of the place of crime. They also went to

the crime sights during the day and night to have a thorough investigation. With the help of

technology, they look for probabilities were the perpetrator might live or work. They come up
with the result that a sheriff veteran was living in the neighborhood within the places of crimes.

They took his DNA and it matched with sample they previously gathered to victim’s bodies.
Sex, Lies and DNA

On June 4, 1989, Ruby Morris was reported missing while his husband was said to be on

a vacation in California. Ruby and Earl Morris were an accountants. They owned and managed

their tax firm. They are married for twenty years with three children. At their home, her daughter

Cindy suspects that something happened with their mother. Ruby Morris was near and

meticulous person. Her daughter Cindy noticed that things were out of place. Also, the .22

Caliber Pistol went missing as they usually kept it in a closet. Luminol was used in this case. It

will actually glow when into contact with blood enzymes. It was used in the headboard of the

bed, bathtub, cement and master bedroom carpet and found something on it. Surprisingly, the

whole bedroom floor started to glow with the use of luminol. Police concluded that there were in

a violent crime scene. Scientist compared the DNA of one person to another to find out the DNA

of the victim without the victim itself. As they do their investigation they have discovered the

deepest and darkest secrets of the Morris family. They discovered that the father of Ruby Morris

was the father of her child. Instantly his father was arrested for incest. They also got to know that

Ruby was depressed because she knew that her husband is having an affair with her sister Peggy.

With the information they talked to Peggy and found out that she was having an affair with Earl.

She admitted that she was about to be in San Diego with Earl. Police also found out that Earl had

been in San Diego because of his luggage inside the car he rented. Also, they saw Earl’s car in

parking lot of the airport. They used the luminol and reveals that there was a huge bloodstains

which belongs to Ruby’s. Police discovered that Ruby Morris was murdered by her husband and

her body was in the burning boat that sank in the Pacific Ocean.
Crime seen

In the year 1984, young couple got lost searching for a campsite in Virginia’s Blue Ridge

Parkway. They decided to spend the night sleeping in the car. At midnight, someone threatened

and tried to killed them. But the motive of the suspect was to raped the victim, she was

traumatized by it. Later, there was another sexual assault and revealed the same person who

raped the victim. He was Edward Honaker. A 34 year old welder with a dishonorable from

discharged from the military. They found similar clothes worn by the assailant in Edward’s car

and was identified by the victims. The most damaging evidence came when the victim took the

stand. Edward Honaker was sentenced to three life terms. While Honaker was in prison he

continued to proclaim his innocence. Five years after he was convicted for the crime he did not

commit, one of his letter was received by someone who works in numerous cases of wrongfully

convicted. Kate who worked with the cases of wrongfully convicted strongly said that there was

no such thing as a hair match which was one of the evidence of the victim. Hair testimony only

tells that it is similar or dissimilar or that is consistent or not. But still it cannot be a strong proof

to identify a person. They later on learned that victim had been to a hypnotist to have her

memory hypnotically refreshed the hypnotist notes in a letter. This letter was given to a

prosecutor and the victim was brought to him because she could not recall the face of her

assailant. Centurion Ministries Inc. was the one who helped Edward with his case. The vaginal

swab was taken to be test thoroughly. Polymerase chain reaction or PCR is the test used when

the sample is small or has been degraded over the time. They found out in the test that DNA

were from three individuals, the fiancé and the other rapists. They discovered that there are three

four genetic marker found in the sperm fraction of the PCR test. The victim made a surprising

confession after the rape she married her fiancé but later on got divorced. She also admitted that
at the time of rape she was sexually involved with another man. After several test, it was strongly

concluded that Edward Honaker was not the contributor of the three four genetic marker.

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