Day 11: 'Shocking' Chloroform Levels In Casey's Trunk - WESH

by mom_in_il Mon Jun 06, 2011 9:53 pm

Day 11: 'Shocking' Chloroform Levels In Casey's Trunk
Researcher Testifies About Air In Trunk Of Car
POSTED: 4:58 pm EDT June 6, 2011
UPDATED: 5:27 pm EDT June 6, 2011

Excerpt:

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Forensic testing on a carpet sample from Casey Anthony's trunk showed the presence of chloroform at a level that was "shockingly high," a scientist testified Monday in her capital murder trial.

The level was far beyond what normally would be seen in environmental samples, said Arpad Vass, a senior research scientist at Tennessee's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and higher than any he has seen in his nearly two decades of forensic study.

"The chloroform was shockingly high, unusually high," Vass said. The same testing done on a "control sample" of carpet from a similar make and model vehicle also showed chloroform, but the level was much lower, he testified.

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