This is just something you need before you can go to an out-of-state witness and compel them to appear for the trial.
BBM: That's exactly what hasn't been validated sufficiently. The scientists, IMO, have a good hypothesis going that these chemicals "signal" decomp, but their database is too small, too private, and contains too few comparisons.
We got the air analysis report a really long time ago. My notes say that there were 6 chemicals identified in the air "off-gassed" from the trunk carpet that (1) are "associated with" decomp, (2) were not found in the air from the trunk carpet of a car of the same make and model, (3) were not found in the air from the trash bag items, (4) were not found in the air from the vehicle interior, (5) were not found in the air from the lab, (6) were not found in the air from an old pizza
, (7) were not found in gasoline, (8) were not found in the air from the OSCO forensics garage, (9) were not found in a "test blank" (I guess this controls for chemicals in the testing equipment itself?), and (10)
were found in the air from a blanket that was wrapped around a decomposing child kept in a trunk for a period of time in another murder case.