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The future use of this method in crime scenes could be a key factor when convicting a person on trial or determining if the witnesses or bystanders are indeed telling the truth. In the year 2000, David Camm was accused of fatally shooting his wife and two children. David was allegedly playing basketball at church when his family was murdered. It was not until he returned home, that he discovered the lifeless bodies of his family. Camm was convicted because of bloodstains found on his shirt, which he claimed were caused by coming into contact with his son’s body, in an attempt to revive him through CPR (site). David Camm’s claim as to why there were bloodstains on his shirt seemed believable because he was a state trooper and indeed had some
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