Casey Anthony Trial Update: Lawyer for murder defendant suggests investigator altered evidence - CBS News

by mom_in_il Wed Jun 08, 2011 12:38 pm

June 7, 2011 5:37 PM
Casey Anthony Trial Update: Lawyer for murder defendant suggests investigator altered evidence
By Camille Mann

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(CBS/WKMG/AP) ORLANDO, Fla. - A defense attorney for a Florida mother charged with killing her 2-year-old daughter suggested Tuesday that a crime scene investigator altered crucial evidence.

Casey Anthony's defense attorney questioned crime scene investigator Gerardo Bloise about why he dried out garbage found in a bag in Anthony's car. The bag is important since defense attorneys say a foul odor in the car came from the garbage, while prosecutors contend the smell was of human decomposition.

"You had no idea it would alter significant items in this case?" defense attorney Jose Baez said during cross-examination. Bloise said he was following protocol, since drying out evidence preserves it and makes it easier to examine.

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