The Hammer Killer
DeVault is accused of killing her husband with a hammer.
DeVault's confession
Forensics hired to investigate more in this case made further investigations and analysis on blood spatters that were found in the crime scene.
Cast off blood spatter
Medium velocity blood spatter
This kind of blood spatters may be caused by a beating with a blunt object. For example somebody getting beaten with a baseball bat or like our case, someone getting beaten with a hammer. The force of the blood hitting a surface for medium velocity blood spatter is between 5 and 100 feet per second. This causes the droplets of blood to be smaller in diameter, and more like a spray.
Blood found in the crime scene
Summary of the case
Jurors found out that DeVault has different stories about what she did on the day of the murder. This lead the detectives to be sure that there was something in her mind that she didn't want to tell them about.
And then the doctor took the stand.
Dr. Joseph Zabramski described the delicate surgery he performed on Harrell. When he was testifying about Harrell's death after a pulmonary embolism, he found out that a blood clot in his lungs is what stopped his heart.
Jurors heard testimony from DeVault’s boyfriend, Allen Flores, who was granted partial immunity in exchange for his testimony, and from a strip-club friend DeVault allegedly tried to contract to kill Harrell for her.