DIRECT EXAMINATION OF BRUCE GOLDBERGER BY JA
He is professor and director of toxicology at University of Florida.
BA in zoology and MS and phD in forensic toxicology. The majority of his work is medical-legal.
He tests bodily fluids for the presence of volatile substances.
He was contacted by Dr. G in 2008 in reference to Caylee's remains. He came to Orlando and took samples which included a small piece of the left femur, some marrow of the left femur, they prepared two saline washes from the cranial cavity, hair samples, hair mat samples...
OBJECTION
SIDEBAR - 2:54-2:55
strands of hair, some matted hair and soil from the matted hair.
The cranial washes - in the autopsy room, they sealed the sutures of the cranium with a waxy material then added 30 ml of saline to the cranium then they poured the saline into tubes. They did this twice.
After analysis - they did not find that any of the residue was decomposition product.
CROSS EXAMINATION BY JB
Did you say you collected something from the femur?
OBJECTION
Yes.
SIDEBAR (2:58-3:00)
He collected bone marrow.
When he did the saline wash, was it a crude type method? It is a technique he has used a number of times. It's crude, but it is what it is. It is the best way he could do it without opening the skull.
Products of decomp - a number of chemicals. They were not tested for DNA. The chemicals they look for don't have DNA - low molecular weight compounds.
He is not a DNA analyst. He did not send the samples for DNA?
OBJECTION - SUSTAINED
He returned the samples to the ME in Orlando.
Witness excused.
