People v. Strodder

On September 28, 1970, an employee of a Flint baking company reported to the police that a van was illegally parked in the company’s parking lot. The police came to investigate and found the defendant’s wallet in the van as well as a palm print later shown to be that of the defendant. At the trial the baking company employee identified the defendant as the man he had observed in the van going through a lady’s purse subsequently identified as belonging to Sally Ann Wright.

Sally Ann Wright’s body was found in the Flint *197River near a site described by defendant to his mother. This site was some…