Plastic wrapper proved to be break in F'ville home invasion robbery

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Plastic wrapper proved to be break in F'ville home invasion robbery

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The major break that helped

solve this home invasion case was a plastic wrapper the criminal left

behind. It led to the identification of Thale Antaneal Brownlee as the

main suspect and a videotape showing him buy the duct tape that was used

to tie up Thaddious White and his two boys.

Looking for physical clues

such as fingerprints is the job of Lt. Keith McQuilken and his five crime

scene investigators at the Fayette County Sheriff's Department.

In this case, the fingerprint

off the wrapper was a clean, unsmudged print, McQuilken said. The print

was sent to the state's fingerprint lab, which identified the print as

one of Brownlee's.

Using a sticker on the wrapping,

McQuilken traced the sticker

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