12 the “underwear was stained with blood and she was not wearing the brassiere.” The report also states that a witness claimed to have heard the sound of a gunshot opposite his house and immediately afterward heard the noise of a vehicle traveling at full speed in an unknown direction. 56. According to the information in the record, the corpse was fingerprinted at the crime scene and the relevant card sent to the forensics laboratory.18 However, it is a proven fact that the fingerprints were not taken at the scene of the crime but later, at the place where the alleged victim’s wake was held. The record contains the report of August 16, 2005, issued by the Public Prosecution Service criminalistic investigations technician, forwarding to the Public Prosecution Service Forensics Department a ten-print card containing the prints of the alleged victim taken at Funerales Reforma funeral home on August 13, 2005, at 9 p.m.19 57. The record shows that the authorities did not fully complete the removal-of-corpse form. The box for “Background information on the deed and conditions of the scene” is blank. It is also stated that the following tests were ordered: blood drug level, blood alcohol level, rectal and vagina swab, and scraping of fingernails.20 It was also established that the alleged victim was wearing a “black singlet,” pink and orange briefs (Bloomer), and black sandals. In addition, the following items were found on the corpse: “Two rings in her navel and a “–illegible–” [sic] with a pendant around her neck,” which remained in the possession of the assistant prosecutor.21 58. As regards the evidence collected, the report by investigator Carolina Elizabeth Ruiz Hernández mentions that the crime scene specialists from the Public Prosecution Service bagged the following items for analysis: a firearm cartridge case, a firearm projectile, a condom wrapper, a silver ear stud with a rose-colored pearl, a choker made of pink cloth fabric with a pendant of the queen [sic] Osiris, and a broken, pink, elastic hair band.22 According to a communication from the criminalistic investigations technician, the following items were found at the hospital morgue: a firearm cartridge case, a firearm projectile, a Cup Ramen sachet containing dehydrated vegetables, and a pink sweater with possible bloodstains, despite the fact that they had been presented, suitably bagged, to the assistant prosecutor at the scene, with the respective chain-of-custody record.23 18 Appendix 12. Report 2242-2005 E.E.C.G10 of August 16, 2005, issued by Edwin Omar de León Pineda, criminalistic investigations technician, Group No. 10 Coordinator, addressed to the Homicide Section Prosecution Unit. Enclosed with the original petition of December 10, 2007. 19 Appendix 13. Report No. 2242-2005 Group 11 of August 16, 2005. Report of Marta Yolanda Samayoa López, criminalistic investigations technician, addressed to the Public Prosecution Service Fingerprint Section. Enclosed with the original petition of December 10, 2007. 20 Appendix 14. Removal-of-Corpse Form exclusively for police and prosecutorial use, signed by Rocío Yesenia Reyna Pérez, Assistant Prosecutor. Copy of judicial record presented by the petitioners on May 31, 2012. 21 Appendix 14. Removal-of-Corpse Form exclusively for police and prosecutorial use, signed by Rocío Yesenia Reyna Pérez, Assistant Prosecutor. Copy of judicial record presented by the petitioners on May 31, 2012. 22 Appendix 15. Report of investigator Carolina Elizabeth Ruiz Hernández, Official communication 824-05 Ref/JU.JRMF.ruiz of August 13, 2005. Copy of judicial record presented by the petitioners on May 31, 2012. 23 Appendix 16. Report of Maynor Giovanni Garrido Veliz, criminalistic investigations technician of September 23, 2005, addressed to Assistant Prosecutor Rocío Reyna. Enclosed with the original petition of December 10, 2007.