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Speaker 1: Crime Alert hourly update, breaking crime news Now. I'm Drew Nelson.

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Speaker 1: Day seven of the Delphi murders trial features a technical

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Speaker 1: dive into firearms mechanics and tool mark analysis as Melissa Obert,

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Speaker 1: an expert witness forensic firearms examiner for the Indiana State Police,

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Speaker 1: testified about her examination of a critical piece of evidence

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Speaker 1: in the case, an unspent forty caliber Smith and Wesson

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Speaker 1: Winchester cartridge found between the bodies of thirteen year old

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Speaker 1: Abbey Williams and fourteen year old Libby German. The state

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Speaker 1: alleges that this cartridge directly links Richard Allen to the

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Speaker 1: February twenty seventeen crime scene near the mon Non Highbridge Trail,

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Speaker 1: a key claim in its case against Allan. Oberg spent

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Speaker 1: much of her earlier career as a firearms examiner, testifying

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Speaker 1: in over one hundred cases and conducting firearms function and

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Speaker 1: tool mark exams. Speaking to jurors, she explained that her

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Speaker 1: analysis began with the unspent round retrieve near the girl's bodies.

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Speaker 1: Forensic analysis of this cartridge included examining it for DNA

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Speaker 1: and fingerprints before her specialized tool mark study could commence.

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Speaker 1: After noting it was in good condition and showing no

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Speaker 1: signs of prolonged exposure to the elements. She turned her

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Speaker 1: focus to the distinctive tool marks visible on the cartridge.

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Speaker 1: Breaking down the analysis for the jury, Oberg provided a

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Speaker 1: tutorial on firearms and cartridges. A cartridge, she explained, contains

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Speaker 1: four parts casing, primer, powder, and projectile. These components work together.

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Speaker 1: These components work together to fire the round with the

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Speaker 1: bullet propelled out of the firearm by ignited gunpowder. Semi

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Speaker 1: Automatic firearms like Alan SIGs Sour Model P two two

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Speaker 1: six leave unique marks tool marks on cartridges due to

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Speaker 1: the guns ejector and extractor mechanisms which load and eject

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Speaker 1: cartridges in the chamber. When a cartridge is cycled but

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Speaker 1: not fired, these mechanisms can still leave tool specific impressions

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Speaker 1: on the casing, helping to match the round to a

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Speaker 1: particular firearm. To help the jury understand the cartridge ejection process,

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Speaker 1: Oberg demonstrated with a dummy cartridge. She showed how a

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Speaker 1: round is cycled from the magazine into the chamber, then

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Speaker 1: ejected either automatically if fired, or manually by racking the slide.

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Speaker 1: According to Oberg, The so called magic book bullet, as

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Speaker 1: it's been referred to, was cycled through Allen's firearm, leaving

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Speaker 1: marks that matched those observed on test cartridges she later

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Speaker 1: fired from the weapon. During her testimony, Oberg detailed the

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Speaker 1: steps in her examination, explaining the level one and level

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Speaker 1: two analyzes used to evaluate the unspent cartridges condition and characteristics.

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Speaker 1: Level one focuses on the round's physical state and class characteristics.

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Speaker 1: Level two involved test firing Allen's SIGs hour handgun using

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Speaker 1: a comparison microscope set to sixty times magnification to examine

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Speaker 1: the tool marks. She showed slides and photographs that revealed

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Speaker 1: matching extractor and ejector marks between the crime scene cartridge

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Speaker 1: and those test fired from Allan's gun. Defense attorney Brad

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Speaker 1: Rozzy raised objections throughout questioning the validity of comparing Allen's

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Speaker 1: cartridge to non identical firearm models and arguing that using

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Speaker 1: similar but not identical firearms from the initial analysis weakened

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Speaker 1: the prosecution's case. Judge fran gull overruled these objections, though

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Speaker 1: allowing the jury to view Oberg's comparative slides. Oberg's testimony

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Speaker 1: can tu a live demonstration and examination of Allan's gun box.

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Speaker 1: Before breaking for recess, Oberg summarized her conclusions the unique

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Speaker 1: tool marks observed on the unspent cartridge found near Abbey

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Speaker 1: and Libby's bodies directly match those left on test cartridges

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Speaker 1: from Alan SIGs hour. After the prosecution finishes with Oberg today,

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Speaker 1: the defense will cross examine her testimony, attempting to discredit

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Speaker 1: the methodology connecting the cartridge to Alan's firearm. Stay with

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Speaker 1: Crime Alert for the latest hour by hour updates on

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Speaker 1: the Delphi double murder trial of Richard Allen, more crime

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Speaker 1: and justice news after this. Thirteen year old Eileen Mitchelhoff

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Speaker 1: disappeared in Dublin, California, January thirtieth of nineteen eighty nine,

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Speaker 1: walking home from Wells Middle School, leaving behind a mystery

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Speaker 1: that has troubled her family and the local community for

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Speaker 1: over three decades. She was last seen headed towards her

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Speaker 1: family's home, as witnesses reported seeing her alone taking a

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Speaker 1: familiar shortcut through John May Park, but her journey would

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Speaker 1: end in silence. Her key fob would later found near

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Speaker 1: the park's entrance. Eileen's family describes her as a dedicated

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Speaker 1: student and a promising figure skater with dreams of becoming

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Speaker 1: a pediatrician. She was five three one fifteen, shoulder lengked,

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Speaker 1: brown hair, and brown eyes when she disappeared on that day,

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Speaker 1: she wore a charcoal gray as spree sweater, a pink

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Speaker 1: and gray striped skirt, black kead's shoes, and carried her

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Speaker 1: dark blue backpack and black molded flute case. Over the decades,

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Speaker 1: the search for Eileen has attracted several suspects and persons

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Speaker 1: of interest. Timothy Bindner, an individual linked to other disappearances

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Speaker 1: in the East Bay area, surfaced early on in the investigation.

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Speaker 1: Bendner had approached multiple families of missing girls in the region,

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Speaker 1: offering assistance and support, but his peculiar involvement cast him

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Speaker 1: in a suspicious light. But despite extensive probing, authorities could

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Speaker 1: not conclusively tie him to Eileen's case, and Bndner later

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Speaker 1: successfully sued for defamation in a related case. Another potential suspect,

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Speaker 1: James de Veggio, became a focus due to his history

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Speaker 1: of violent abductions and sexual assault in nearby communities. De

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Speaker 1: Veggio was eventually convicted did of the abduction, assault, and

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Speaker 1: murder of another young woman. Although his tactics matched aspects

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Speaker 1: of Aileen's case, investigators found no concrete link between him

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Speaker 1: and Eileen's disappearance. Authorities and Eileen's family are offering a

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Speaker 1: ninety five thousand dollars reward for any information that could

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Speaker 1: lead to her or her abductor. Today, Eileen would be

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Speaker 1: forty nine years old. If you know anything about her disappearance,

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Speaker 1: call eight hundred, call FBI, or go to Tips dot

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