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Kane · 04-11-2005, 07:27 PM

http://www.greatfallstribune.com/app...504030301/1002

I was looking through assorted news articles at google.com when I came across the link above. It's a recent article (dated April 3, 2005) on the 1985 murder of Morris Davis. This month marks the 20th anniversary of the crime.

For those of you who are unfamiliar with the case, Morris Davis was a Montana pizza delivery man who was found shot to death in a vacant house on April 5, 1985. Three years later, a gun was discovered at a pawn shop in Oregon, and a ballistic test hinted hinted that it was the same gun that was used to kill Morris. UM aired the segment around 1990.

As I was reading parts of the article, there was a surprise: in 1995, the gun was retested, and according to the crime lab, it was the wrong gun!

How could it be that initial testing showed that it was the right gun, only to have further tests tell a different story? Maybe the initial tests weren't thorough?

I honestly have no idea. But I do know this: as mentioned in the article, the detectives recently spread out the evidence in the case to make sure that nothing was overlooked. The case is still open.

Ninjaman · 04-12-2005, 06:44 AM

That's really interesting. I don't remember seeing this case on UM, though. It is really shocking, actually. Great Falls, Montana is such a quiet, peaceful place. There are only about 56,000 people living there, which still makes it one of the largest cities in Montana, but one would not expect there to be 7 murders in one year. Do the cops think that any of them were related?

ddelta · 04-12-2005, 08:40 AM

I remember this case...it was on in the first or second season. SO sad!

mozartpc27 · 06-01-2007, 04:44 PM

Interesting... I'm glad I found this thread. I just re-watched the case and I was going to suggest that the ballistics that matched the gun at the pawn shop to the one used in the shooting might be wrong, but now it's been proven. Of course, that eliminates the major intrigue in the case: now it's just a random robbery-murder, senseless but without that special, inexplicable piece of evidence.

04-11-2005, 07:27 PM	#1
Kane Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 07, 2001 Location: MA, United States Posts: 3,367	New article on the murder of Morris Davis http://www.greatfallstribune.com/app...504030301/1002 I was looking through assorted news articles at google.com when I came across the link above. It's a recent article (dated April 3, 2005) on the 1985 murder of Morris Davis. This month marks the 20th anniversary of the crime. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the case, Morris Davis was a Montana pizza delivery man who was found shot to death in a vacant house on April 5, 1985. Three years later, a gun was discovered at a pawn shop in Oregon, and a ballistic test hinted hinted that it was the same gun that was used to kill Morris. UM aired the segment around 1990. As I was reading parts of the article, there was a surprise: in 1995, the gun was retested, and according to the crime lab, it was the wrong gun! How could it be that initial testing showed that it was the right gun, only to have further tests tell a different story? Maybe the initial tests weren't thorough? I honestly have no idea. But I do know this: as mentioned in the article, the detectives recently spread out the evidence in the case to make sure that nothing was overlooked. The case is still open.

04-12-2005, 06:44 AM	#2
Ninjaman Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Feb 15, 2003 Location: remote island in pacific Posts: 103	That's really interesting. I don't remember seeing this case on UM, though. It is really shocking, actually. Great Falls, Montana is such a quiet, peaceful place. There are only about 56,000 people living there, which still makes it one of the largest cities in Montana, but one would not expect there to be 7 murders in one year. Do the cops think that any of them were related?

04-12-2005, 08:40 AM	#3
ddelta Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Nov 07, 2003 Posts: 218	I remember this case...it was on in the first or second season. SO sad!

06-01-2007, 04:44 PM	#4
mozartpc27 Vigilante Logician Forum Regular Join Date: Mar 09, 2006 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 925	Interesting... I'm glad I found this thread. I just re-watched the case and I was going to suggest that the ballistics that matched the gun at the pawn shop to the one used in the shooting might be wrong, but now it's been proven. Of course, that eliminates the major intrigue in the case: now it's just a random robbery-murder, senseless but without that special, inexplicable piece of evidence.