Trial Coverage and Discussion Only ~ Day 20 ~ June 16, 2011

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Some attorneys were yelling @ Baez for cutting in the security line. #caseyanthony #fox35
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The prosecution is in the courtroom, but there is no sign of #CaseyAnthony or the defense team.

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Lee Anthony is not in the courtroom today

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Portion that reacts to testing is from red blood cells. As cells break down, the reactive portion breaks down, too. #

stevehelling Steve Helling
Juror 4 took few notes during the prosecution, but a lot for defense. Just watched her turn to a new page of her pad.

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Does your test indicate stain was not from decomposing body? Can only testify evidence I tested was negative for blood. #CaseyAnthony
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Starting w/ swabbing of Spare tire cover. Ashton is asking if her tests would show decomposing matters (body fat) #CaseyAnthony -jfell
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But decomposed blood/fluid might not react? Objection/sustained.

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With decomposing cells, don't generally expect to find DNA? Likelihood diminishes as cells breakdown during decomposition. #CaseyAnthony
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Seubert says her tests can ONLY say if there was blood or not. Not show if it's decomp fluid. #

VinniePolitan Vinnie Politan
When a body decomposes the DNA breaks down...BIG point on cross. #CaseyAnthony #HLN
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BaddassSquirrel BaddassSquirrel
Who thinks casey will testify? I think that she thinks that she should. That she's confident in her ability to convince anyone of anything
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Seubert tells jury as body decomposes the likelihood of finding DNA goes down.

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Lengthy sidebar has jurors watching attorneys and rocking in their chairs. #CaseyAnthony -jfell
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bobkealing bob kealing
#CaseyAnthony Deputy taking juror 8's completed notebook to clerk who will store it in a vault.

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Judge Perry tells Baez to get to the point. his last question was supposed to clarify things. #CaseyAnthony -jfell
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How many people did you look at to see if they had a 17? The known samples in case (A family) & ref samples from 5 lab staff

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If someone killed in a manner that doesn't produce blood, the absence of blood wouldn't mean absence of crime, would it? #CaseyAnthony
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Ashton: Baez spent lot of time asking about blood. If someone shot, stabbed, might be blood on piece of evidence? Sure. #CaseyAnthony
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Ashton says just because there was no blood at a crime scene doesn't mean there wasn't a crime. Seubert agrees #CaseyAnthony -jfell
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Ashton raises question that death without bloodshed and not finding blood, does not mean death did not happen. #CaseyAnthony
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bobkealing bob kealing
#CaseyAnthony Ashton hits on the main point from state's point of view that Caylee's death did not involve bloodshed.

InSession In Session
Seubert says she did not have any expectations as to finding DNA on the duct tape. #CaseyAnthony
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Sidebar (6) called in #CaseyAnthony
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MagpieFromHinky Pamela
Wouldn't it be easier if the court reporter just stayed on the other side??
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What would happen to tape in those conditions in FL, in heat, for 6 mos? That any cells there (and DNA) would degrade.

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Seubert can't say how far in decomposing process DNA results would stop. Just that it starts to diminish. #CaseyAnthony -jfell
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What you can say is you didn't get DNA or blood from trunk of car, right? That's correct. #CaseyAnthony
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Does that happen at latter part of decomp? Depends on environment - hot/cold plays part in how body breaks down. #CaseyAnthony
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As body decomposes, tissue, cells, fluid deteriorates and ability to get DNA from those parts diminishes.

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Within confinement of trunk, if body not contained, laid directly in trunk, fluids would leak into carpet. #CaseyAnthony
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Seubert: Explains difficulty in det. when DNA degrades during decomp. process. #CAseyAnthony.
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In early decomp, there is blood? Circulatory system comprised of blood, so leakage of it is possibility.

ABCAshleigh Ashleigh Banfield
Judge calls recess til 305pm eastern in #caseyanthony Jurors are going for special smoke break.. Meaning we can't leave for a few more min!
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It's 2:44 and Heather Seubert is done. She started testifying around 9:30am #CaseyAnthony -jfell
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InSession In Session
George Anthony has a purple notebook in his lap. On the front is a photo of Caylee. tears

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Next witness is Robin Maynard. Was CSI with OCSO in 2008. #CaseyAnthony
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stevehelling Steve Helling
During the break of the #CaseyAnthony trial, all of us reporters gathered around a computer to watch the #Weiner resignation.

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Cardboard/heart sticker found in Lane 6, which was 45' W of baseline

bryanlavietes bryan
The last #caseyanthony witness told us where heart shaped sticker was found, now Ronald Murdock will tell us how far that is from skull
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ABCAshleigh Ashleigh Banfield
Next witness Ron Murdock OSCO suprvisr forensics unit #caseyanthony asked to show how far heart sticker was found frm "baseline" at remains

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Murdock shows on his map the sticker was found about 30 feet from where skull was discovered

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Welch took pics of crime scene and also collected 300+ items of evidence. She says there was a lot of trash collected

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Defense's next witness is Lorie Gottesman, supervisory forensic document examiner at FBI. #CaseyAnthony
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DiDimond Diane Dimond
#caseyAnthony - think this is the FBI lady who left her dna behind on the duct tape...

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She examined tape to see if she could detect a heart-shape sticker or any remnants from it.