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Von Stein's House Murder Case Study

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This homicide investigation also dealt with a first degree burglary and an assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, inflicting serious bodily injury. Mr. Leith Peter Von Stein was murdered and Mrs. Bonnie Bates Von Stein was assaulted. These acts occurred during the early morning of Monday, March 25, 2002, at the Von Stein residence, 110 Lawson Road, Smallwood Subdivision, Washington, Beaufort County, North Carolina. The residence was a green two-story Cape Cod style, approximately 30'x40', with a steep "A" roof line. Smallwood Subdivision was on the Market Street Extension on the northern edge of Washington where Lawson Road and Market Street Extension (SR 1422) intersect. The Von Stein house was located in a heavily populated residential setting, with other houses …show more content…

The four major rooms were a den/dining room combination on the east side; a kitchen/breakfast area on the back of the main section of the house, with a laundry closet within the kitchen area; a large glass enclosed back porch, off the back side of the kitchen/breakfast area, with a storage room to the west and exterior door on the east side (leading to the back yard); and a living room located in the southwest or front corner. The house had a 6'x25' open wooden front porch, with roof, and entry through the front door that led to a front hall. The hall/foyer was centrally located with doorways to the living room, den/dining room, kitchen/breakfast room, and stair steps to the upstairs. The second floor consisted of a central hall at the top of the steps. Leading off this hall, to the east, was the master bedroom, where the murder and assault occurred. Located off the back or north side of the master bedroom was a full bath and walk-in closet. Off the north side of the hall was a full bath and long narrow linen closet. Off the west side of the hall was a small bedroom, with a small walk-in closet. Off the south side of the

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