The FBI states that “54.3 percent of murder victims were killed by someone they knew (acquaintance, neighbor, friend, boyfriend, etc.), and 24.8 percent were killed by a family member.” The evidence shows that this is logically the case in the Verbermockle murder mystery. After allegedly finding Mrs. Verbermockle’s husband unconscious on the bathroom floor, Mrs. Verbermockle calls her family doctor. Mrs. Verbermockle claimed that he must have slipped on a bar of soap, and she did not touch him. When the doctor arrived, he announced Mr. Verbermockle dead from a fracture to the rear of the skull caused from blunt force. However, if the FBI statistics are correct, then it is likely that Mrs. Verbermockle is the killer. Although …show more content…
Verbermockle called her family doctor, she said, “My husband had a fall and he’s lying unconscious on the bathroom floor. I think he must have been taking a shower and slipped on a cake of soap.” However, the evidence is all wrong. If Mr. Vebermockle had slipped on a cake of soap, the soap would have slid across the floor, possibly to the other side of the bathroom. The soap is actually at the base of the shower. In addition, Mr. Verbermockle’s body would have fallen inside the shower, not in front of the sink. His body would be half inside the stall, half outside. Even if he had slipped forward while stepping out of the shower, his body would be face down. Also, Mrs. Verbermockle says that “he must have been taking a shower,” but the evidence shows that he hasn’t even been in the shower. We know this because he body isn’t wet, he has a toothbrush is in his hand, and his was completely dry. If he was in the shower at the time, then there would have been a mess of water on the floor. Instead, the evidence shows that he was brushing his teeth. This would support why his toothbrush was still in his hand. The evidence of the broken mouthwash bottle and the open tube of toothpaste support