TX - Moriah Wilson, 25, Cyclist Fatally Shot Before Race, Austin, 2022 *arrest* #8

[arielilane]

@alcaprari23

LaGrone says she was the latent print examiner for this case, helping conduct comparison. Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS), a software system, was used to submit fingerprints and search for possible candidate profiles. She created a report on 8/2/22.


10:31 AM · Nov 15, 2023

 

[arielilane]

@JessicaTaylorTX

Defense: you created a report in this case, correct?LaGrone: Correct. LaGrone says it’s part of her job to create reports, to send out the results of their latent print comparison. LaGrone says she’s considered a scientist, but at one time was working with APD.


10:31 AM · Nov 15, 2023

 

[arielilane]

KAITLIN ARMSTRONG DAY 9. Good morning from the courthouse. Cameras are back in full force as we’re hearing the State will rest today, and closing arguments COULD begin as early as this afternoon. Cams can’t go inside, but I’ll be there posting live updates to this thread.

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[arielilane]

@CarissaonFOX7

DAY 9: Back in the courtroom for the #KaitlinArmstrong trial. We've heard closing statements could begin. Looks like the defense is preparing some kind of PowerPoint presentation. There's also what looks like a camera set up on the State's side that I haven't seen before.


10:12 AM · Nov 15, 2023

 

[arielilane]

@JessicaTaylorTX

LaGrone’s report is from August 2022. She says the report was published after a second examiner verified/reviewer her work. LaGrone says she began the process May 25, 2022 - and approved August 2, 2022.


10:35 AM · Nov 15, 2023

 

[arielilane]

@JessicaTaylorTX

LaGrone says things like amount of latent prints, clarity, complexity, all impact the analysis time.


10:36 AM · Nov 15, 2023

 

[arielilane]

@alcaprari23

LaGrone's written report is being published for the jury and courtroom to view.It is an APD document with the seal of the City of Austin and the Forensics Science Bureau. It contains the offense number and includes a number of items submitted:One envelope containing 22 latent lift cards from the exterior front door, interior front door, exterior front door window, interior front door window, interior front door "Kwikset" lock latch, interior door "Kwikset" lock and Exterior north window.Another envelope containing 9 latent lift cards from the water bottle in cup holder of bicycle, "Wahoo" bicycle handlebar attachment, right side of front bicycle rim, left side of front bicycle rim and right side of rear bicycle rim.


10:38 AM · Nov 15, 2023

 

[arielilane]

@alcaprari23

LaGrone clarifies that she does not collect the prints, they are just handed to her for analysis. She looks into the latent prints and will sometimes use Photoshop to alter the image, like add contrast, to help her view distinct characteristics of the print.


10:39 AM · Nov 15, 2023

 

[Megnut]

I prefict this defense witness is about to testify that no fingerprints lifted from CC's apartment matched KA's.

Gloves will do that.

JMO

 

[arielilane]

After 8 days of calling witnesses, state prosecutors have rested their case against murder suspect Kaitlin Armstrong. Follow live courtroom updates here

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[arielilane]

@alcaprari23

LaGrone says there was an immediate mistake with the fingerprint envelopes when they were first handed to her. The labels were switched on the envelopes. She could tell because the number of prints inside the envelope didn't match what was printed on the label. She said she wasn't concerned about what errors that might have caused.


10:41 AM · Nov 15, 2023

 

[SteveP]

Lack of KA's fingerprints at the scene are meaningless. The door clearly was not closed and locked after Mo returned to Cash's apt. KA could have merely walked in. And she may well even have been wearing gloves when she tossed the bike, and even when she loaded the gun, and the gun and bike are all that she seemingly had to have touched. We know it is likely that she discarded something in a t least one dumpster before going back home after the murder. In this post-Covid age, who doesn't still have some gloves lying around. JMO

 

[arielilane]

@alcaprari23

LaGrone says she was given a "known" print to compare the latent prints to. That person was Kaitlin Armstrong. APD Detectives did not ask her to consider any other subjects to possibly match the prints to.


10:42 AM · Nov 15, 2023

 

[nodamselindistress]

I prefict this defense witness is about to testify that no fingerprints lifted from CC's apartment matched KA's.

Gloves will do that.

JMO

Exactly, KA wore gloves and disposed of them at the apartment dumpster! DUH.

 

[arielilane]

Lack of KA's fingerprints at the scene are meaningless. The door clearly was not closed and locked after Mo returned to Cash's apt. KA could have merely walked in. And she may well even have been wearing gloves when she tossed the bike, and even when she loaded the gun, and the gun and bike are all that she seemingly had to have touched. We know it is likely that she discarded something in a t least one dumpster before going back home after the murder. JMO

Yes! Guess nothing was found in dumpster(s)?

 

[cujenn81]

I hope the defense isn't putting this witness on just to show the jury that Armstrong's fingerprints weren't found anywhere at the crime scene. In which case, I can only assume the State will have two follow-up questions during their cross-examination:
1) If someone committed a crime wearing gloves, would their fingerprints be found at the scene/on the evidence?
2) If fingerprints are unique to every individual and can be used by police to identify someone, it is plausible that a fugitive assuming a different identity might inquire about the various ways their fingerprints could be erased?

 

[arielilane]

@CarissaonFOX7

LaGrone said she was asked to compare the prints to Kaitlin Armstrong.Defense: "You only compared to Miss Armstrong?LaGrone: "She was the only person that was requested."
@fox7austin


10:44 AM · Nov 15, 2023

 

[arielilane]

Our @BriHollisNEWS is in the courtroom today and will be live tonight on @KXAN_News with today's developments from the #KaitlinArmstrong trial.

10:46 AM · Nov 15, 2023

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[JerseyWasHome2]

Yes! Guess nothing was found in dumpster(s)?

I think they didn't learn about the dumpster stop(s) until too late, as that info came from the Jeep's GPS at least a week or so later (?) so the dumpsters would have been emptied by then. And I guess they didn't feel searching a landfill was important.

 

[arielilane]

@alcaprari23

LaGrone asked her opinion about the prints from the exterior and interior front door. LaGrone says there was nothing there that was suitable for comparison, meaning the prints were no good.Opinion about exterior/interior front door window: Inconclusive.Opinions about prints from the bicycle: Inconclusive.Some good prints from the interior front door window, the lock latch and the exterior north window were determined to be excluded from Armstrong.


10:47 AM · Nov 15, 2023