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             Evidence








                    s investigators collected evidence           New Mexico, authorities searched the truck for
                    from inside and around the cabin, they       evidence. Under a blanket behind the seat, they
             Adiscovered a bullet lodged in the mud              discovered an unloaded handgun. The firearm
             outside. After searching for other bullets or bullet   was collected, packaged, and sent to the Highland
             holes, both inside the cabin and out, no additional   Park authorities for processing and analysis where
             bullet evidence was located. They collected the     authorities hoped to determine if the bullet found
             bullet for further evidence processing.             at the cabin was fired by the gun found in the truck.
                                                                 A bullet from the gun found in the truck was test-
             When the blue Ford Ranger with the Tumbling         fired to compare the striae to the bullet collected
             Water Land Development Co. logo was found in        from the cabin crime scene.





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