Casey Anthony trial to hinge on forensic evidence - AP

Casey Anthony trial to hinge on forensic evidence

By MIKE SCHNEIDER, Associated Press – 17 mins ago

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ORLANDO, Fla. – No witnesses saw what happened to 2-year-old Caylee Anthony, only her killer knows exactly how she died and no one has confessed. So when her mother, Casey Anthony, goes to trial Tuesday on murder charges, the jury's decision will likely come down to forensic evidence.

Prosecutors plan to have jurors smell the odor from her car, present evidence of chloroform in the 1998 Pontiac Sunfire and present photos that they say show her partying with friends after her daughter disappeared. They also likely will seek testimony from a botanist, a hair and fiber examiner from an FBI lab, and a cadaver dog handler.

Anthony's defense attorneys plan to present testimony from an expert in the new field of touch DNA, an entomologist and Dr. Henry Lee, a famous forensics expert who has worked on the O.J.Simpson, Phil Spector and JonBenet Ramsey cases.

"It is going to be a battle of experts," said Karin Moore, a law professor at Florida A&M University in Orlando. "They don't have a confession. They don't have an eyewitness. They don't have direct evidence. They are relying on forensic science that is circumstantial, at best."

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