Chapter 35: Dog fur case III
Previously.
Levi thinks over her offer knowing she had done it numerous times and could do it faster and better.
He shrugs and says "Deal."
Sam vacates her seat, walks towards Levi, and hands him the pen. He gave her the three resealable bags with hair (non-human) inside, explaining which is which. She nodded and linked the microscope to the computer.
She adjusted the Stage, the Stage lights, and the lenses making sure they were on the same magnification.
Sam had first examined the hair sample that came from ’Suzy’ of which she labeled as Sample1. Sample 2 was the batch Levi had taken from the store. And Sample 3 was from the suspect’s dog ’Sunshine’.
Sample 1 remained on the left Stage of the microscope, and one by one she placed Sample 2 on the right Stage and compared it.
"Match," she repeated on the 13th strand of Sample 2, removing it and replacing it with a new one. Levi huffed, as he signed the papers. If all of Sample 2 matches with Sample 1. Sample 3 would be rendered worthless, there would be no need to test it for it wouldn’t place the suspect in the crime scene.
"Oh," passed Sam’s lips, looking at the samples side by side. She turned to the computer screen for a bigger view.
"What?" Levi asked, turning to look at the back of Sam’s head.
She did not reply, instead, she removed Sample 1 from the left Stage and replaced it with a strand from Sample 3. Examining the two hairs, Left Stage: Sample 3, Right Stage: Sample 2, comparing the microscopic scale pattern and pigment distributions.
Sam turned smiling at him, "It’s your lucky day." she says.