The murder of John Orner
In 1961 in South Carolina, a taxi driver was shot in the head and thrown over clift. The victim’s name was John Orner. When the case just started the detectives thought it was robbery. Three weeks into the case a guy was arrested by the name Edward Freiburger, an 18-year-old soldier who had gone AWOL from Fort. Jackson in South Carolina, by a state trooper in Tennessee. Freiburger was arrested and was caught holding a loaded .32 caliber revolver. the same exact gun to kill the victim John Orner.
Forensic scientist test the gun to the bullet that killed Mr. Orner. the test turned to be inconclusive and they couldn't prove that the gun killed Orner. the case became a cold case. In 1997 was reopen by a new department just for cold cases. the new detectives know that as the years past science developed and would be able to prove if it the gun was the murder weapon or not.. So the ran ballistics again and comparing to the forensics evidence at the murder scenes. they were able to prove that the gun did infact kill John Orner back in 1961. Edward Freiburger was later found guilty by a trial and sentenced to death.
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