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. Detectives on the scene of the crime also found similar trees with pods at the crime scene.
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.
B) Detectives used DNA markers to match the pods from the truck to pods on the scene.
C) Detectives constructed a pedigree chart of the trees in the area to determine genotypes.
D) Detectives did test crosses in the lab to determine the relationship of the pods and trees.