My City May 2023

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The Investigation After reopening the case, investigators finally had a name to go along with the fingerprint left at the scene of the Eby murder; but, being an employee on the grounds at Applewood Estate at the time the crime was committed, it was possible that Gorton could have been in that bathroom during his workday. It was determined that more evidence was needed for a conviction.

Convinced that Gorton had committed both murders, investigators began to track him in an attempt to obtain DNA to match the sample found at the Ludwig crime scene. They followed him to a skating rink where he spent the night with his family, skating and eating dinner. There, investigators were able to retrieve his drinking cup and get a sample of saliva from the rim. The saliva was found to contain two differ ent DNA sources, meaning the cup was shared. However,

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