Footwear comparison

YOKNAPATAWPHA COUNTY FORENSIC LABORATORY

REPORT DATE: July 23, two years ago

Nrni Ahodolla, Ph.D.
555 Jackson Avenue
Oxford, MS 38655
662-234-XXXX (FAX 662-234-XXXX)

Analysis: Shoe Print Analysis

REPORT OF SHOE PRINT ANALYSIS

Case: 003502

Case Description: Philip Fontaine Homicide

Investigative Agency: Yoknapatawpha County Sheriff's Department

Investigating Officer(s): Det. S. Murphy. Det. T. Armstrong

Shoe print evidence collected from the crime scene was compared with latent footwear impressions from shoes collected during execution of search warrants at the residences of Joey Beecher, Bruno Coleman, and Benito Flores.

A comparative examination resulted in an associative match. This match was determined due to visible temporary accidental characteristics seen in both the bloody shoe print and a shoe belonging to Benito Flores. Other screening features include identical channeling patterns unique to the class characteristics of the sole pattern. These positive associative characteristics are seen in both the bloody shoe print and the Flores shoe.

Shoe print on Fontaine kitchen floor

Tread impressions from a shoe taken from Benito Flores's residence

The tread impression from Flores's shoe superimposed over the shoe print collected from the crime scene