Sophia Prior- Jan 31- C Even Forensic- Current Event
Citation: Padilla, Mariel. “California Father Is Charged With Murdering Five of His Infant Children.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 28 Jan. 2020, www.nytimes.com/2020/01/27/us/paul-perez-california-infant-murders.html.
A California father is charged with murdering five of his infant children and a new DNA technology helped officials to solve the case that has kept them guessing for many years. Beginning in 2007 a fisherman found the remains of an infant in a container by the waterway near Sacramento, California. based on the investigation the child had died from blunt-force trauma and the investigation into the killing has been stalled for dozens of years because they were unable to identify the child. However, in 2019 investigators were able to identify the one-month-old baby Nikko Perez with a new technology of DNA comparison. His father Paul was later arrested for torturing and murdering his child in 1996 they also found that he killed four more of his infant children in a similar fashion. This new technology has been life-changing in solving this case, “This was the first time that the kinship-based search using the existing database technology had ever been used in a missing person's investigation’, said Sarah Lovenheim, a spokeswoman for the attorney general”(Mariel, p.3). Based on this new information and DNA technology the investigators were able to connect the infant’s death to his father Mr. Perez.
This technology has been useful to many other cases around the nation as the power of science has overpowered murder and killers so that they couldn’t get away with their heinous crimes. The authorities continue to use this new DNA technology to solve many other cases with unknown victims who were unidentifiable. This has helped society as a whole to bring justice to those in need such as the Perez Family who were murdered as innocents. This is only the beginning of new technology in investigations around the world because every day someone is coming up with a new and better way of solving these crimes.
The author did a good job of laying out the summary and drawing and the reader with this shocking title. In addition, they gave good quotes from reputable people and explained the DNA technology thoroughly. The author was able to use the dates to create a timeline for the story which made it easy for the reader to read in addition to breaking up the peace and do small short easy-to-read paragraphs.
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Sofias review of “California Father Is Charged With Murdering Five of His Infant Children.” is about A California father charged with murdering five of his infant children and a new DNA technology helped officials to solve the case that has kept them guessing for many years. Beginning in 2007 a fisherman found the remains of an infant in a container by the waterway near Sacramento, California. based on the investigation the child had died from blunt-force trauma and the investigation into the killing has been stalled for dozens of years because they were unable to identify the child. However, in 2019 investigators were able to identify the one-month-old baby Nikko Perez with a new technology of DNA comparison. I chose this article because I found it interesting how 13 years later the case changed because of DNA.
This article could be more specific and could explain the case better. For sure there are some gray areas that could have been more clearly stated. This is a weakness because the article is already a little bit tricky to understand. To improve this Sofia should simply try and be more clear and more specific when discussing the case and the results.
From this lab I have learned the importance of forensic science because years later it can still affect the end result of a crime. This is why it is important that we take the lab and emphasises the importance of the science. This is why I chose this story because it proved how DNA is so important. Overall, my life view has changed because I did not realize how long DNA can be intact.
Angie Pearson
Forensics D Odd
Current Event 14
Citation: Padilla, Mariel. “California Father Is Charged With Murdering Five of His Infant Children.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 28 Jan. 2020, www.nytimes.com/2020/01/27/us/paul-perez-california-infant-murders.html
For current event 14, I read Sofia's report on “California Father Is Charged With Murdering Five of His Infant Children.” by The New York TImes. First of all, she did a great job at summarizing the article while being concise. It had a great flow. Also, I liked the addition of quotations. It added credibility and fit well into her summarization. Finally, I enjoyed how she highlighted how this was useful to not only the Perez case, but to many other incidents as well, showing the benefits of this technology.
I felt like Sofia could have been more clear about the results of the Perez case as well as emphasize her opinion.
Overall, Sofia did a great job with her report. Her topic was interesting and relevant. Although there are a few places that could be improved, her report was well summarized and well written.
Molly Palma
Forensics C Odd
Current Event 15
Due February 10th
Padilla, Mariel. “California Father Is Charged With Murdering Five of His Infant Children.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 28 Jan. 2020, www.nytimes.com/2020/01/27/us/paul-perez-california-infant-murders.html
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Sophia was excellent at summarizing the Perez case. She made sure to include the who (Mr. Perez and the five infants), the what (killings),the how (blunt-force trauma), the when, and the why (it is relevant now because of new technology). She had nice transitional phrases, which kept the review moving forward and intense vocabulary, like “heinous”. Lastly, she was successfully able to insert her opinion, as well as having direct quotes from the article itself (1) and paraphrased context.
I feel like Sophia could have explained the aspects she liked and disliked more thoroughly. She did not have any quotes in her last paragraph, which would’ve made sense if she was giving pointed suggestions. Additionally, Sophia could have been a little more concise. Rather than starting a sentence with “this has… “ she could have combined sentences together.
I chose this review because of the title. The backstory was as disturbing as I thought it would be: Mr. Perez killed five of his own infants. One line that summed up the importance of the case, in terms of forensic science was “this was the first time that the kinship-based search using the existing database technology had ever been used in a missing person's investigation”, a quote from the article itself. It is interesting how far technology has pushed forensic science and how unsolved cases will continue to be solved due to this. It has taken so long to come up with a method but it will prevent further crime from going unpunished.
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