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Lee continued to work on high-profile cases, but in 2020, a state judge vacated the 1985 murder convictions of two men who had been found guilty in part based on testimony about what Lee said at the time were bloodstains on a towel.—ABC News, 27 Mar. 2026 In the dining room, Hooks said, more than 50 bloodstains were found on a vacuum cleaner, some smaller than a millimeter.—Evy Lewis, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026 What started as a missing persons case quickly escalated when police found bloodstains at the residence.—Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 3 Mar. 2026 The building once housed a saloon that saw its share of shootouts and robberies—paranormal researchers claim to have found a reappearing bloodstain there.—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 16 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bloodstain