TRIAL FOCUSED ON FORENSIC EVIDENCE SPECIFICALLY HAIR PROVING THAT CASEY ANTHONY STUFFED THE DEAD BODY OF CAYLEE ANTHONY IN HER TRUNK AND DUMPED THE BODY IN A WOODED SWAMP LET'S TAKE A CLOSE HAND LOOK AT THE DAY IN TRIAL SHALL WE?
DEFENSE IS TRYING TO OBJECT TO THE HAIR WITH POSTMORTEM BAND BECAUSE WITNESS IS NOT QUALIFIED
JUDGE OVERRULES THE HAIR WILL COME IN TO EVIDENCE!
NEXT TO WITNESS STAND KAREN LOWE
TRACE EVIDENCE EXAMINER FBI LAB IN QUANTICO FOR 13 YEARS SHE IS QUALIFIED TO TESTIFY AS AN EXPERT WITNESS CASEY ANTHONY IS THE 44TH EXPERTISE TRIAL SHE'S TESTIFIED
FIRST TIME SHE'S EVER TESTIFIED ON HAIR BANDS WITNESS SAID CORRECT
SIDEBAR CALLED BY JUDGE
THE AMOUNT OF TRAINING SHE RECEIVED 6 MONTHS COURSES SHE HAS TAKEN ON THIS TOPIC 3 REST OF KNOWLEDGE CAME FROM EXAMINATION AND ARTICLES WHEN SHE EXAMINES SOMETHING SHE GIVES AN OPINION CORRECT-- WITNESS SAID CORRECT
JUDGE CALLS HER EXPERT WITNESS IN MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION OF HAIR
BEEN DONE AS EARLY AS THE 1930'S COLLECTION IDENTIFICATION COMPARISON ARE THE 3 STEPS TO HAIR ANALYSIS HAIRS ARE NOT CLASSIFIED LIKE DNA AS BEING POSITIVE MATCHES BUT YET THEY ARE CONSISTENT WITH COMING FROM THE SAME SOURCE
BY LOOKING AT HAIR SHE CAN DETERMINE RACE HOW THE HAIR WAS OBTAINED AND CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SOURCE OF THE HAIR 1988 PATRACO -- "HAIRS AT ALL THE GROWTH PHASES POSTMORTEM ROOT BAND DETERMINES DECOMPOSITION AND HARD AND SOFT TRANSITION OF KERATINE" WHEN A PERSON IS DECOMPOSING THE ROOT OF THE HAIR WILL COME TO A POINT INSTEAD OF BEING ROUNDED
SAID THAT SHE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT CAUSES A BAND TO APPEAR ON THE HAIR WHEN A BODY IS DECOMPOSING OR DECOMPOSED OR BEGINNING TO DECOMPOSE IT'S A VISUAL ASSESSMENT IN THE IDENTIFICATION PROCESS TO DETERMINE DECOMP THE HAIR DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A CERTAIN LENGTH TO HAVE A POSTMORTEM ROOT BAND
SAID THAT THIS IS THE FIRST CASE THAT THE HAIR CAME FROM AN OUTSIDE SOURCE (NOT KNOWING IF THE PERSON WAS DEAD OR NOT) USUALLY SHE DEALS WITH HAIRS THAT COME FROM A DECEASED BODY SAID THAT SHE WAS INFORMED ABOUT THE DISAPPEARANCE OF CAYLEE MARIE ANTHONY
SHOWN HAIRS TAKEN FROM THE ENTIRE ANTHONY HOME, UNKNOWN HAIRS (SAID TO BE CAYLEE'S) CASEY'S, CINDY'S, GEORGE'S, AND LEE'S, RECEIVED HAIR BRUSH AND COMB KNOWN TO BE CAYLEE ANTHONY RECOGNIZES THEM ALL
UNKNOWN SAMPLES WERE AT LEAST 11 HAIRS AND ONE OF THE ITEMS EXHIBITED SIGNS OF DECOMPOSITION SAID THAT HAIR HAD A DARK BAND WRAPPED AROUND THE HAIR AND THAT IT WAS POINTED AT THE ROOT INSTEAD OF ROUNDED THAT'S HOW SHE WAS ABLE TO DETERMINE DECOMP HAIR WAS 9 INCHES LONG MEDIUM TO LIGHT BROWN AND NO SKIN WAS ATTACHED
COMPARED UNKNOWN HAIR TO KNOWN SAMPLE FROM CASEY AND IT DIDN'T MATCH BUT IT DID MATCH THE HAIR SAMPLE OBTAINED FROM THE BRUSH KNOWN TO BELONG TO CAYLEE SHOWN SAMPLE OF HAIR THAT SHE SENT TO MITOCHONDRIAL DNA AND RECOGNIZES IT
DISCUSSED THE HISTORY OF MICORSCOPIC ANALYSIS TO 1930'S FBI LABS HAVE LEARNED A LOT ALONG THE WAY HAS CITED NUMEROUS ARTICLES SHE'S READ ALSO READ THE NATIONAL ACADEMY'S OF SCIENCES REPORT ORGANIZED BY CONGRESS
SIDEBAR--RECESS
DEFENSE IS QUESTIONING THE GROUNDS OF HAIR ANALYSIS STATING THAT IT'S INCONCLUSIVE BECAUSE HAIR CANNOT IDENTIFY A PERSON OR BODY
STATE SAYS THAT THEY OBJECT BECAUSE THE WITNESS NEVER SAID THAT SHE IDENTIFIED A PERSON OR BODY BASED ON THE HAIR
JUDGE SAYS THAT THE WITNESS WILL TESTIFY
THE REPORT OF HISTORY OF ANALYSIS WAS COMMISSIONED BY CONGRESS TO FIND A BETTER WAY TO INTRODUCE FORENSIC EVIDENCE INTO THE TRIAL RECOGNIZES THE REPORT TO BE AUTHORITATIVE AND THEY WERE STRICT IN SAYING THAT THE ANALYSIS OF HAIR EXAMINATION AREN'T A MEANS OF IDENTIFICATION WITHOUT NUCLEAR DNA ANALYSIS AS OPPOSED TO MITOCHONDRIAL DNA ANALYSIS
SO FOR EXAMPLE CAYLEE AND CASEY AND CINDY WOULD HAVE THE SAME MITOCHONDRIAL DNA CORRECT-- WITNESS CAN'T ANSWER JUDGE SUSTAINED QUESTION
BASED ON REPORT THAT'S WHY SHE WON'T TESTIFY THAT ONE HAIR CAN COME FROM ONE PERSON FIRST TIME THAT SHE'S EVER TESTIFIED AS AN EXPERT WITNESS FOR HAIR BANDING BASED ON DECOMPOSITION DOESN'T CONSIDER HERSELF AN EXPERT ON THE PHYSIOLOGY OF HAIR JUST THE MICROSCOPIC CHARACTERISTICS OF HAIR
SHE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT CAUSES POSTMORTEM BANDING AND DOESN'T KNOW HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE FOR THE BAND TO DEVELOP BECAUSE IT CAN SHOW UP AS SOON AS 8 HOURS BASED ON HER MASTER'S IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND BACHELOR'S IN FORENSIC SCIENCE AND ON THE JOB TRAINING AND 13 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN HER FIELD SHE IS CONSIDERED AN EXPERT WITNESS
SHE ONLY FOUND ONE HAIR IN THIS CASE THAT HAS POSTMORTEM BANDING AND THE MORE HAIRS THAT HAVE POSTMORTEM BANDING THE STRONGER THE CASE BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE ONE HAIR SHE FOUND WITH THE BANDING GAVE HER DOUBTS ON THE CASE BECAUSE HER EXPERTISE TELLS HER THAT THE BAND IS CONSISTENT WITH DECOMPOSITION
12 ITEMS THAT WERE SUBMITTED TO HER IDENTIFIED WITH COMING FROM THE VEHICLE AND SOME OF THE HAIRS HAD DIFFERENT CHARACTERISTICS SAID THE ONLY HAIRS SHE CAN DISCUSS ARE THE ONES PRESENT WITH POSTMORTEM BANDING
AND THROUGH ALL THE HAIRS THAT SHE HAD TESTED NONE HAD APPARENT DECOMPOSITION OTHER THAN THE ONE HAIR WITH POSTMORTEM BANDING CANNOT TESTIFY THAT THE ONLY WAY A POSTMORTEM BAND IS PRESENT IS THROUGH DECOMPOSITION HOWEVER THE SCIENTISTS PROFICIENT IN MICROSCOPIC ANALYSIS OF HAIR HAVE NEVER SEEN IT IN ANY OTHER FORM OUTSIDE OF DECOMPOSITION THEREFORE CONCLUDED TO BE CONSISTENT WITH DECOMPOSITION
CONCLUDING THAT SOMEONE IS DECOMPOSING IT'S BASED ON A VISUAL ASSESSMENT AND POSTMORTEM HAIR BANDING CORRECT? WITNESS SAID CORRECT BAEZ SAID THAT IT'S AN OPINION AND IN THIS CASE IT'S HER OPINION CORRECT -- SHE SAID AND ONE OTHER SCIENTIST
POSTMORTEM BANDING IS LOCATED IN THE ROOT AREA OF THE HAIR AND IN THIS CASE THE BANDING IS JUST ABOVE THE ROOT SIDEBAR BEFORE WITNESS CAN ANSWER QUESTION
THE PHOTOGRAPH THAT SHE TOOK OF THE Q12 HAIR SHE NEVER SHOWN IT TO THE JURY AND THE PHOTO SHOWS THAT THE BANDING IS JUST ABOVE THE ROOT
SAID THAT IT'S DIFFICULT TO CAPTURE HOW THE CHARACTERISTICS MAY CHANGE ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE HAIR YOU WOULD JUST BE ABLE TO SEE THEM WITH THE MICROSCOPE IT'S HARD TO CAPTURE IN A PHOTO WHERE THE SHAFT OF THE ROOT ENDS AND THE POSTMORTEM BANDING BEGINS
SAID THAT SHE FAILED HER FIRST PROFICIENCY TEST IN 2000 AFTER HER DEPO WAS TAKEN HER LABORATORY THEN CREATED A TEST TO FIND THE POSTMORTEM BANDING IN HAIR
SIDEBAR-- BEFORE THE QUESTION CAN BE ANSWERED
NEVER PARTICIPATED IN ANY MEETINGS REGARDING THE ONLY WAY POSTMORTEM BANDING IS PRESENT IS THROUGH DECOMP PART OF HER JOB IS TO DETERMINE WHERE SAID HAIR WOULD GO NEXT AS TO MEANS OF TESTING OR FINDING PERTENENT INFORMATION
SAID THE ONLY TIME NUCLEAR DNA CAN BE DONE IS WHEN THERE IS SKIN ATTACHED TO THE ROOT OF THE HAIR THAT'S WHY SHE NEVER SENT THE HAIR TO NUCLEAR DNA
CANNOT TESTIFY THAT THE HAIR FOUND IN THE TRUNK CONSISTENT WITH DECOMP WAS TRANSFERRED SECONDARILY SAID THAT THE HAIR FOUND IN THE CAR WASN'T TILOGENT (NATURALLY SHED) IT WAS ANILOGENT (FORCIBLY REMOVED) EVERYONE IN THE MATERNAL LINE HAS THE SAME MITOCHONDRIAL DNA HAIR WAS DISCOVERED TO BE UNTREATED CASEY'S WAS TREATED
ASSUMING THAT THE HAIR FROM THE BRUSH IS CAYLEE'S IT'S NOT NATURAL FOR POSTMORTEM BANDING TO OCCUR IN CAYLEE'S HAIR A PULLED HAIR IS MORE LIKELY TO HAVE TISSUE ATTACHED TO THE ROOT
CANNOT SAY THE HAIR CAME ABSOLUTELY WITH UNCERTAINTY FROM A DEAD BODY BUT THE CHARACTERISTICS ARE CONSISTENT WITH THAT OF A HAIR THAT CAME FROM A DEAD BODY
NEXT TO THE STAND MIKE VINCENT
SUPERVISOR OF THE OCSO CSI UNIT
ASSISTED BOYSLEY WITH THE INSPECTION OF SAMPLES FROM CASEY'S CAR COLLECTED STAIN SAMPLES TO SEE IF BLOOD WAS PRESENT IN THE TRUNK OF THE CAR COLLECTED AIR SAMPLES FROM THE TRUNK TO CAPTURE THE SMELL
CONTAINED SAMPLES OF THE STAIN PRESENT IN THE CARPET OF THE TRUNK COLLECTED THE AIR SAMPLES FROM THE TRUNK -- PLACED SYRINGE IN THE TRUNK SEAL OF THE CAR AND SUCKED THE AIR OUT INTO PLASTIC BAGS PLACED FILTER IN THE TRUNK OF THE CAR TO SEE IF THE AIR WOULD TRANSFER THROUGH THE FILTER
TOOK SAMPLE FROM THE STAINED AREA OF THE SPARE TIRE COVER SHIPPED THE SAMPLES UP NORTH FOR FURTHER EXTENSIVE SAMPLES MADE ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO GET AIR SAMPLES FROM THE TRUNK -- OPENED UP THE TRUNK HUNG IN TWO DIFFERENT FILTERS ONE BEING A CARBON FILTER FOR 40 MINUTES OPENED THE TRUNK AND THEN COLLECTED THE SAMPLES
SENT AIR SAMPLES TO OAKRIDGE TENNESSEE FOR FURTHER TESTING DID ANOTHER EXAMINATION TO GET FURTHER COLLECTION FROM THE TRUNK RECEIVED PORTABLE AIR PUMP AND 9 TEST TUBES ALONG WITH INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW AND WHERE TO OBTAIN THE AIR SAMPLES FROM THE TRUNK OF THE CAR
ALSO TOOK AIR SAMPLES FROM THE TRASH FROM THE CAR -- SET UP THE EQUIPMENT AND HOOK UP THE TUBES TO THE HOSE ON THE PUMP TURN THE PUMP ON FOR A SET AMOUNT OF TIME -- AIR SAMPLES FROM: PASSENGER AREA INTERIOR 61 MIN, PASSENGER AREA INTERIOR 68 MIN, TRASH FROM INSIDE THE TRASH BAG 72 MIN, TRUNK AREA OF THE CAR 69 MIN, TRASH FROM THE CAR 72 MIN, AIR FROM GARAGE 77 MIN, BLANK TEST OR STANDARD TEST, AIR FROM GARAGE 77 MIN
HE THEN SEALED THEM IN AN ENVELOPE AND SENT THEM TO OAKRIDGE LAB IN TENN. SENT SAMPLE FROM SPARE TIRE COVER TO OAKRIDGE LAB IN TENN., TOOK TWO SAMPLES FROM THE SPARE TIRE COVER ONE WITH STAIN AND ONE WITHOUT STAIN
ASSISTED BOYSLEY IN OTHER ASPECTS OF THE INVESTIGATION INCLUDING OBTAINING HAIR SAMPLES FROM GEORGE, CINDY, LEE AND CASEY ANTHONY -- TOOK THEM INTO THE ROOM WHERE THEY OBTAIN SAMPLES TOOK BUCAL SWABS COLLECTION THEN TOOK HAIR SAMPLES FROM EACH OF THE AFFOREMENTIONED NAMES HAIR SAMPLES ARE PULLED HAIRS HAIR IS PLACED IN PETRI DISH AND THEN SEALED IN AN ENVELOPE WITH EVIDENCE TAPE
SHOWN INDIVIDUAL ENVELOPES CONTAINING BUCAL SWABS FROM THE ANTHONY FAMILY AND RECOGNIZES THEM SHOWN INDIVIDUAL ENVELOPES CONTAINING PETRI DISHES CONTAINING HAIRS TAKEN FROM THE ANTHONY FAMILY AND RECOGNIZES THEM
WENT TO THE ANTHONY HOME ON HOPESPRING DRIVE AND COLLECTED GAS CANS FROM THE GARAGE SWABBED THE GAS CAN FOR DNA AND FINGERPRINTS ITEMS WERE THEN RETURNED TO THE ANTHONY HOUSE AFTER UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS AT COLLECTING DNA AND FINGERPRINTS
WHEN HE WAS PROCESSING THE CAR CHECKING FOR BLOOD WASN'T ON TELEVISION THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT HE EVER TOOK THE AIR SAMPLES FROM ANY CAR AND NEVER HEARD OF THIS EVER BEING DONE SAID THAT THIS WAS NEW TO HIM NOT AN EXPERIMENT THERE WERE MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS TO OBTAIN AIR SAMPLES FROM THE CAR
SAID THAT THE QUALITY OF THE AIR THAT WAS TAKEN BY ALL 3 AIR TESTS WERE DIFFERENT BECAUSE OF THE FREE FLOWING MOVEMENT OF AIR (AIR COMES IN AND AIR GOES OUT)
SAID THE PURPOSE OF CONDUCTING ALL THESE AIR TESTS AND SAMPLES WERE TO COMPARE THE RESULTS TO SEE IF THE AIR FROM THE FORENSIC BAY GARAGE MADE IT INTO THE TRUNK AND VICE VERSA
SAID THAT AFTER THE TRASH WAS REMOVED FROM THE BAG PLACED IT IN THE DRY ROOM SAID THAT ODOR OF THE TRASH WOULD BE DIFFERENT SIGNIFICANTLY FROM TRASH THAT WAS MOIST
BAEZ CLAIMS THAT THE GAS CAN COULD'VE BEEN WIPED DOWN BEFORE THE CUSTODY OF THE GAS CAN WAS HIS HE SAID THAT HE DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS BECAUSE IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE IT HAD BEEN WIPED DOWN IN ANY WAY SAID THAT THE GAS CAN WAS POINTED OUT TO HIM IN THE GARAGE OF THE ANTHONY HOME AND HE PUT ON GLOVES TO RETRIEVE IT
SAID THAT THE CAR WAS KEPT IN THE GARAGE OF FORENSIC BAY FOR QUITE A WHILE BUT THE SMELL DIDN'T DIMINISH IN ANY KIND OF WAY TO HIS RECOLLECTION OR KNOWLEDGE AND THE TRASH FROM THE CAR AND ITEMS COLLECTED FROM THE CAR WERE KEPT SEPARATE FROM EACH OTHER AND THE CAR
TRIAL IS OUT FOR THE DAY COURT WILL RECONVENE AT 9AM MONDAY
INITIAL OVERVIEW OF TODAY'S TRIAL TELLS ME THAT JOSE BAEZ EARNED HIS FIRST ACORNS AS A BLIND SQUIRREL TODAY ON THE TESTIMONY OF KAREN LOWE HOWEVER THEY WERE QUICKLY LOST IN THE CROSS EXAMINATION OF MIKE VINCENT SO RIGHT WHEN YOU THINK THAT YOU CAN CREDIT HIM AS BEING AN ATTORNEY HE GOES AND PROVES YOU WRONG YESTERDAY HE WAS CAUGHT TEXTING WITH A REPORTER WHILE TESTIMONY WAS BEING HEARD SO THAT DOESN'T EXACTLY SCREAM CREDIBLE ATTORNEY TO ME THAT SCREAMS MORE LIKE POMPOUS JACKASS WITH NO EXPERIENCE AND THE ATTENTION SPAN OF THAT OF A 5 YEAR OLD HE'S NOT EXACTLY THE MOST LIABLE PERSON IN THE WORLD I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW ANYONE COULD THINK THAT HE'S REPUTABLE WHEN YOU HEARD TESTIMONY FROM KAREN LOWE IT MADE YOU SEE IN YOUR MIND A PICTURE OF CASEY ANTHONY STUFFING THE DEAD BODY OF HER DAUGHTER IN HER CAR SHE PAINTS A PICTURE OF CASEY ANTHONY CHOOSING MEN OVER HER DAUGHTER AND KEEPING HER DAUGHTER FROM OTHERS IN HER FAMILY SHE DIDN'T WANT HER DAUGHTER BUT SHE DIDN'T WANT OTHERS TO HAVE HER DAUGHTER EITHER WHETHER CASEY ANTHONY PANICKED OR KNEW WHAT SHE WAS DOING IT MAKES YOU QUESTION WHAT KIND OF PERSON COULD PUT THE DEAD BODY OF THEIR CHILD IN THE TRUNK OF THEIR CAR AND THEN DUMP THE BODY IN A WOODED SWAMP 300 FEET FROM THEIR FRONT DOOR AND LEAD POLICE ON A WILD GOOSE CHASE GUESS SHE JUST DON'T CARE AT ALL; ALL IN ALL PROSECUTION HAD IT IN THE BAG TODAY THEY HAVE SHOWN THE JURY AND THE COURT EXACTLY WHAT THEY PROMISED IN OPENING ARGUMENTS
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