Appendix 3
Mock Case Summary by V. Vitug and R. Wou
Date: 2/12/13
Time: 10:45 PM
Victims: Alonso Acosta (Deceased)
Sophia Dixon
Suspect:Musa Awazie
Charges:1 st Degree Manslaughter
Breaking and Entering
Assault and Battery
Summary:
At approximately 10:45 PM, on 2/12/13, baseball starter Alonso Acosta arrived home with his wife, soap opera actress, Sophia Dixon saw signs of a break in. According to Sophia Dixon, Alonso Acosta pulls out a baseball bat to search for the intruder while she searches for her mobile phone to dial 911. Sophia Dixon states that her husband encounters the intruder and swung the baseball bat at the intruder, striking him. She was not sure where the baseball bat struck the intruder due to it being very dark in the house.
Sophia Dixon went on record stating that she heard a single gun shot and something struck her on her head and that was the last thing she remembers. When she regained consciousness, she found her husband on the floor in the foyer with a pool of blood beneath him. She saw a handgun nearby and found her mobile to dial 911 for the paramedics and police. Alonso Acosta was pronounced deceased at the crime scene.
The suspect, Musa Awazie, was apprehended when he was identified by the security footage at the front gate of their estate on the night of the break in and homicide.
Biological Evidence:
1. Trace: Hair
2. DNA: Blood
3. Fingerprints
a. Baseball Bat
b. Crowbar
c. Front Door Knob
d. Gun
Physical Evidence:
1. Ballistics:
a. Bullet recovered inside drywall at end of foyer (taken from crime scene)
b. Reference bullet from revolver at crime scene (taken from crime lab)
c. Reference bullet from semi-auto gun recovered at suspect's home
2. Blood Spatter on Wall in Foyer
3. Blood Droplets in Hallway Towards Back Patio Door
4. Bullet Trajectory Analysis
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