Palo verde tree a witness for the prosecution!
that could be the headline in a recent murder investigation. detectives recently discovered pods from a palo verde tree in the
truck of a suspect in an on-going murder investigation. de tives on the scene of the crime also found similar trees with pods at
the crime scene.
es - how did detectives nab the suspect based on the pod evidence?
a)
detectives knew that palo verde trees grew in a limited area of the state.
detectives used dna markers to match the pods from the truck to pods on
the scene.
detectives constructed a pedigree chart of the trees in the area to
determine genotypes.
detectives did test crosses in the lab to determine the relationship of the
pods and trees.