lamont:is it likely you'll be able to get DNA out of the blood?
(this is starting to get almost as good as an episode of CSI...)
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Not my case. Where's the camera?
Gary D.
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lamont:is it likely you'll be able to get DNA out of the blood?
(this is starting to get almost as good as an episode of CSI...)
Rick Inman:No thanks. I'm afraid I might shoot somebody with it!
I'll keep my eye out for one of these.
Rick Inman:The first time it was the Air Force Bomb Squad (http://www.scubaboard.com/t35209-.html), the next time it was the FBI (http://www.scubaboard.com/t41290-.html). Today it was the Idaho Kooteani County Sheriffs Department.
Tony & I were diving Higgens Point this morning. Water temp was 48f. The shore line slopes down quickly and soon we were at 93 feet. There was nothing down there but silt, and the vis dropped to about 2 feet, so we headed back up to 70 where the water cleared to about 12 vis and there were rocks and stuff. We slowly cruised up to about 30 where there were nice big schools of spawning Kokanee Salmon. While we were watching the activity, I signaled an OOA and we did the drill.
After about 30mins we started back toward the launch, moving slowly up to 15. Thats when I saw the bag. I dont know what the attraction is, but for some reason people like to fill the bottom of plastic grocery bags with rocks and toss em in the lake. I always check them, but never find anything. This one was at about 20, so I swam down and opened it. Inside the bag was a white hand towel, and wrapped inside the towel was a Beretta .38 SS handgun. Nice!
I showed Tony and he gave me the Ok sign.
Once on the surface, I called Gary D. (him being a local Sheriff and all) and asked him what to do with it. I told him where I found it.
Dumb , he said. If hed tossed it another 10 feet out it would be lost in the silt forever.
I asked Gary if I should take to the Sheriff's station, He said, No. Just dial 911 and theyll come and get it from you.
I dialed 911 and they told me to bring it to the Sheriffs station. There was some kind of class going on, so when I got there one of the Sheriffs came out. He took the gun and my info.
Im a Friend of Gary D. I told him. He eyeballed me suspiciously, knowing that the only friend of a cop is another cop. I thought he might tell me what a nice guy Gary is, or what a fine officer he is.
Guys quite a character, he said. He sure likes to dive.
I agreed on both counts. I wont mention the officers name (Sean).
Anyway, thats my gun story. Last week I found a 44 Scubapro spear gun in the same lake, so Im 2 for 3 dives finding weapons here.
Who else has found firearms while diving?
Funny, I never even noticed the blood. And I never touched it with anything except dry gloves - and not much at that. Mostly just unrolled it in the towel. Keep us posted with whatever info you are allowed to!Gary D.:I saw the gun tonight and the amount of blood still on it is amazing. At first we thought it was dirt but it wasn't.
The dick on the case has ID the owner who is from one of the eastern "A" states roughly 2500 miles from here. Now to track him down.
Interesting
Gary D.
Here it is. What looks like caked on dirt is blood.Rick Inman:Funny, I never even noticed the blood. And I never touched it with anything except dry gloves - and not much at that. Mostly just unrolled it in the towel. Keep us posted with whatever info you are allowed to!
T Razz:I was with Rick when he found the piece - he finds all kinds of freaky stuff, makes me wonder if I am diving with the right buddy!!??