Summer of Terror
Jonathan Black
Summer of Terror Case
The Summer of Terror is the name for the crime spree enacted by the white supremacist brothers William, which included the murder of a gay couple, the burning of several synagogues, and an attack on an abortion clinic. Luckily for law enforcement, these two left behind a slew of trade evidence that was enough to convict them for their crimes; while the police didn't know who to investigate until a stolen credit card charge brought them to the William brothers, the plethora of trace evidence mentioned below helped tie the two ever tighter to the crimes, linking evidence known to be the brothers to the scenes, and the scenes to the tools, until their guilt was clear for all to see. Even an attempt at a Daubert ruling wasn't enough to counter act this trace evidence and the startling links it drew.