STATEMENT OF FACTS - University of Illinois Springfield
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might have yielded the 27L Paris Sports Club jeans buttons found in the search<br />
<strong>of</strong> Miracle Motors. (Vol. LXII, R. 2325-33) Knight Industries was not the only<br />
company that used this type <strong>of</strong> button in its manufacturing process and Knight<br />
was not the exclusive manufacturer for Maurice’s. (Vol. LXII, R. 2332-41)<br />
Suzanne Kidd was qualified as an expert in microscopy – a field <strong>of</strong> science<br />
that examines evidence through a microscope and focuses primarily on the<br />
LOCARD theory <strong>of</strong> transference which included hair, fiber and latent fingerprint<br />
evidence. (Vol. LXII, R. 2345-49) Kidd examined the partial pair <strong>of</strong> Karyn Slover’s<br />
jeans, including the metal buttons and rivets. (Vol. LXII, R. 2351-52)<br />
Kidd examined two buttons from the partial jeans found on Karyn’s body<br />
and found that the characteristics <strong>of</strong> both buttons were consistent. Both buttons<br />
have the same design and have the words “Authentic” “Jean Company” and “Paris<br />
Sports Club” on them. (Vol. LXII, R. 2354-56) The rivets found on the jeans were<br />
also consistent with one another. The front <strong>of</strong> the rivets said “Paris Sports Club”<br />
and the back read “I.M.I.M.” (Vol. LXII, R. 2357)<br />
The buttons and rivets on the partial pair <strong>of</strong> jeans were then compared with<br />
the buttons and rivets found at Miracle Motors. The buttons found at Miracle<br />
Motors had to first be cleaned with bleach and vinegar to remove soot from them<br />
that was consistent with them being burned. (Vol. LXII, R. 2360-61) After<br />
comparing the two samples, Kidd concluded that the buttons and rivets found on<br />
the partial pair <strong>of</strong> jeans were consistent with the buttons and rivets found at<br />
Miracle Motors. (Vol. LXII, R. 2364-68)<br />
Kidd did not receive any denim shorts or denim jumpers for testing. The<br />
buttons and rivets Kidd examined could have come from any type <strong>of</strong> jeans product<br />
that has an identical set <strong>of</strong> buttons and rivets. (Vol. LXIII, R. 2394) Kidd also did<br />
no testing to determine the molecular structure or the type <strong>of</strong> metal used in the<br />
manufacturing <strong>of</strong> the buttons. If the molecular structure had been different the<br />
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