@KidonGadol I was watching CTV and they had a snippet of the prosecutors PC. She said they were investigating tips that came in even during the trial, so I bet what you sent to them got looked at.
Herewith is the more significant idea that went to BCI via email - ...
Bismarck ND 58501-5044
Fax: 701-328-6185
Email:
rquinn@nd.gov
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as sent to the Bismark police 8 hrs ago WRT the RJR Maintenance, quad Killings in April 2019
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Possible blood data avail from frame of suspect Ruger found with Chad Isaak of Washburn.
NB there was a wrap around polymer grip in place at time of shooting. It cannot be stated for sure that the blood came in contact with the spring I refer to. But if it did there may be some wedged under it ie in spring-frame crevice.
If Bismark PD don't get off their *advertiser censored* and get things moving with a trial running as of time of this email it might be too late
"Arnie at the BCI " knows where all the metal bits are - or he should.
Note to forensic examiners Mandan ND quad murder 1st April 2019 - REVOLVER SUBFRAME ASSLY IN EVIDENCE - that silver round thing on the back strap of the gun frame (Ruger LCR/LCRx ) is a swage rivet. It appears to be swaging a recoil buffer strip of spring steel to the frame. Between the alloy frame and the rivet there may be an accumulation of dried material - it's a thin gap. Blood may have gone there. If the blood was there for more than a few hrs, then rust production expansion may have sealed the area to later bleaching. I'd suggest to disconnect the spring steel further down the frame and then using a universal tensile test machine : grip the strip in a jig and slowly peal the entire strip off and do a micro swab for DNA underneath. take care that a mix of Fe-rust products and old blood could flake out at a microscopic level.
Test also for the presence of Hypochorate Bleach decay products, being NaCL and NaOH. This could be the justification for the late test - nobody knows if this gun part assly has been bleached or not. The detective from BCI who found it thinks that - yes it is but nobody has proven it.
(This can be used as a justification for the extra testing).
This is a long shot, but it will at least clear up the gun bleaching allegation I believe and it may in fact yield more evidence gold than that. Given where the trial is just now, at if this is to happen it will need to be expedited.
see att photo of gun parts in question.
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Do not under any circumstances use a grinder to remove that rivet - the heat could damage micro DNA samples (FYI I have done and have in the past been certified for forensic UT and Xray for industrial research reasons) but not cop reasons.
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I have no idea whether this was looked at or will be looked at - there may be an appeal so it would be damn good idea to find out definitely if there are materials lodged under that recoil buffer spring. It is NOT the main spring, which is a standard helical coil spring and lives further int the frame .
KG