Casey Anthony case: Defense expert Werner Spitz challenges autopsy findings - OS

by mom_in_il Mon Mar 14, 2011 9:14 pm

Casey Anthony case: Defense expert Werner Spitz challenges autopsy findings
By Anthony Colarossi, Orlando Sentinel
4:56 p.m. EDT, March 14, 2011

Excerpt:

Casey Anthony defense team expert and noted forensic pathologist Werner Spitz is challenging the findings of the Orange-Osceola Medical Examiner's autopsy done on the remains of Caylee Anthony, according to a new report the defense filed with the prosecution.

Spitz, based in Michigan, conducted a second autopsy on the child's remains.

He challenges the findings of Orange-Osceola Chief Medical Examiner Jan Garavaglia. He particularly takes issue with Garavaglia's saying, "Although there is no trauma evident on the skeleton, there is duct tape over the lower facial region still attached to head hair. This duct tape was clearly placed prior to decomposition, keeping the mandible in place."

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