Forensics expert testifies in Casey Anthony trial - Fox 35

by mom_in_il Mon Jun 06, 2011 10:04 pm

Forensics expert testifies in Casey Anthony trial

Updated: Monday, 06 Jun 2011, 4:15 PM EDT
Published : Monday, 06 Jun 2011, 3:24 PM EDT

By KYLE HIGHTOWER | Associated Press

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - A forensic expert testified Monday that the odor of human decomposition in an air sample taken from the car of a Florida woman on trial in the death of her daughter was "extremely, overwhelmingly strong."

Arpad Vass, a researcher at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, was the first witness called Monday by the prosecution as the third week of the murder trial of Casey Anthony began. Vass is one of the state's key witnesses and began what is expected to be lengthy forensics testimony this week.

"I jumped back a foot or two," Vass said of the odor he observed when opening a can containing an air sample from Anthony's Pontiac. "It was shocking that strong of an odor could be in that little can."

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