Friday breaking news - DNA results

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also from wesh.com
0:45 a.m. Friday, Oct. 24: DNA results were released this morning in the Casey Anthony case. It is the latest release of evidence in the case. The information includes a report from the so-called Body Farm at the University of Tennessee as well as reports on other forensic evidence found in Casey’s car trunk and home.
Here is a PDF of the full forsensic report that was released today.
Among the findings:
/ Analysis of air samples from Casey’s trunk indicates decomposition “that could be of human origin” and have “an unusually large concentration of chloroform.” The report, from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, do not indicate animal decomposition.
/ A hair found on the left side of Casey’s trunk liner “exhibits characteristics of apparent decomposition” and “is microscopically similar” to a hair from a hairbrush belonging to Caylee. DNA tests, however, could not say whether the hair came from Casey Anthony or Caylee Anthony.
/ Parts of Casey’s trunk liner and spare tire cover shows “residues of chloroform.”
/ Other hair found in the trunk did not exhibit decomposition.
/ No hair showing apparent decomposition was found on pants and skirts. Although it appears this part of the report refers to Casey’s clothes, it does not specifically say.
/ Hair found on a shovel did NOT come from either Casey or Caylee, according to a DNA test. ..."

The link is

http://www.wesh.com/breakingnews/index.html

To catch up on the blog discussion of the evidence, go to today's main blog #1 - pages 13 - 20

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/orl-casey-anthony-dna-results-102408,0,7783945.story

DNA test results in Casey Anthony case released


Sarah Lundy | Sentinel Staff Writer
12:02 PM EDT, October 24, 2008

Prosecutors this morning released the forensic test results completed by FBI and Oak Ridge National Laboratory labs in connection with the case against Casey Anthony, the mother accused of killing her daughter Caylee Marie.

Investigators have not found Caylee's body, but Anthony has been indicted on a first-degree murder charge alleging the child is dead.

The FBI lab tested items found in the trunk of Anthony's Pontiac Sunfire, including a hair strand, pieces from a tire cover and the trunk liner.

Here are some of the findings:

• The root of the hair showed signs of decomposition. A comparison to hair taken from Caylee's brush and DNA taken from Anthony showed that neither the mother nor the daughter could be excluded as the source of the hair.
• Pants, skirts and shirts taken from Anthony's home showed no signs of hair with decomposing roots.
• Residues of chloroform were found on a tire cover in te trunk.
• A hair fragment was found in the label on the handle of a shovel Anthony borrowed from a neighbor in mid-June, about the time Caylee is supposed to have disappeared. The hair was too small for microscopic comparison but DNA analysis found it did not belong to Casey Anthony or Caylee.
• No fingerprints were found on the shovel.

Air samples and pieces of carpet from the trunk were sent Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee to determine whether there was signs of decomposition. The lab has been doing this type of research since 2002 and has developed the Decompositional Odor Analysis database.

Here are some of the results:

• The test showed early decomposition products and five major compounds associated with human decomposition.
• A portion of the total odor signature from the trunk "is consistent with a decompositional event that could be a human origin."
• There appeared to "an unusually large concentration of chloroform -- far greater than what is typically seen in human decomposition."

However, the results do not rule out the "remote possibility" that a variety of products and materials -- items not in the trunk when vehicle was discovered -- could have affected the overall chemical signature.

Anthony, 22, is being held without bail in the Orange County Jail. She has insisted that her daughter was taken by a baby sitter who has not been found.