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FACTS

Prosecution

Discovery of a Homicide

On March 15, 2007, Amos Van Fleet (Amos) reported his son, David Van Fleet

(Van Fleet), missing after he had been unable to reach his son by cell phone. Later that

day, Amos met some sheriff's deputies at his son's house to allow them in the house to

investigate.

Everything appeared to be in order until the deputies found a pool of blood on the

floor near the headboard in the master bedroom. Due to the amount of blood, it looked to

be the scene of a homicide, so a deputy cordoned off the house with crime scene tape and

2 began a crime scene log to document everyone going into the house during the

investigation.

Later that night, a homicide investigation team arrived at Van Fleet's house. The

garage appeared to be neat and well organized with three vehicles parked in it. A Subaru

sedan and a motorcycle, which were both in pristine condition, were a stark contrast to

the black Ford F150 pickup truck, which was caked in dust and had mud on the tires.

There appeared to be two drops of blood on the floor of the garage, near the right front

tire of the truck. Because part of the tire extended over the drops, the…