I need to brainstorm. Okay, lets say a married couple have separate, but identical guns. The wife shoots someone. Ballistics shows the bullet from the victim came from her gun. But she throws her gloves away and gets her coat cleaned, so there's no gunpowder residue. Then she says her husband used her gun and shot the guy. There were no witnesses. I thought about the police finding powder residue in her car, which is possible according to everything I've read. But she could say her husband drove it. I've got the cops trying to trick her by saying they have a video of her with the gun, but she wasn't buying it. I need suggestions. Lets brainstorm.
Question - how does the husband and wife having identicle guns fit in here? Does his gun play a part? Or is she trying to say he used her gun thinking it was his?
ReplyDeleteHm.. Good question by Linda, I was wondering that myself. So, let's see, as of right now, she is guilty because it's her gun, and even if she wants to point the finger at her husband, it doesn't matter, because there's no evidence against him, she can make excuses all day, but it's her gun. She can be prosecuted with just the ballistics I think, ok ok, but if you want to catch her maybe you can find the link between the person she shot and her? I don't know who he was, but there has to be some kind of drama that led up to it!
ReplyDeleteThrow in a vampire.
ReplyDeleteHusband and wife own their own guns. He's a PI and keeps his gun handy. She has her's for protection. She was once the victim's lover and still loves him. She married on the rebound and her husband is jealous (motive and motive) She couldn't take it anymore, poor dear, so shot him. The logic that it was her gun, therefore she is guilty is great, but reasonable doubt might exist. He had access to it. A vampire would be an interesting twist, but I didn't write one in the story and this is the last chapter.
ReplyDeletehey, sorry i don't really have any suggestions (i'm brain dead as of now), but this story (and this blog) looks really good! keep on writing!
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You should watch Detective Conan.
ReplyDeleteElizabeth,
ReplyDeleteI wandered off for a few days so I don't know if you're still looking for brainstorming here. If you are - are you looking for a way to get her off? Is she, in fact, the shooter or does everyone (including the reader?)just think she is? Are we trying to frame the husband?
Interesting concept. It sounds like the reasonable doubt is already there if he always had access to the gun? Then again, I've never been so good at plotting mystery stories. :)
ReplyDeleteHi Elizabeth,
ReplyDeleteMotives are all plausible, just one small technicality: the fact that no two guns are identical and each leaves a "ballistic signature" when fired (see below):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automated_firearms_identification