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Casey Anthony Jurors See Hair Evidence From Trunk
Anthony, 25, Could Face Death Penalty If Found Guilty

POSTED: Friday, June 3, 2011 "Snip"


"Based on my 23 years experience and dealing with 40 decomposed bodies, yes ... my opinion is that it was the smell of decomposition," Gerardo Bloise said.

The state presented and Bloise explained several pieces of physical evidence taken from the car, including hairs that an FBI expert is later expected to testify came from a decomposing body, as well as pieces of the car.

Bloise testified extensively about how he obtained and preserved the 12 hairs for testing.

Full Story: http://www.clickorlando.com/news/28118097/detail.html

 

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Casey Anthony Trial: Tony Pipitone's Chat
June 4 -- Murder Trial Day 10
UPDATED: 8:10 am EDT June 4, 2011

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Title: Casey Anthony Trial 6/4 http://www.clickorlando.com/news/28124842/detail.html

Date: Saturday June 4, 2011
Time: 8:30AM EDT

 

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Forensic Expert Testifies In Casey Murder Trial Day 21
An FBI forensic expert testified on Saturday for day 21 of Casey Anthony's murder trial.
"Snip" Note** Worth a listen!!!!


FBI forensic expert Karen Korsberg Lowe said a hair removed from the trunk of Casey Anthony's car is consistent with hair from a dead body.

An autopsy was never able to conclude a cause of death for Caylee

Full Story ›› http://www.wftv.com/news/28130373/detail.html

WATCH LIVE: Trial Day 21 | Live Blog

DAY 21 OF CASEY ANTHONY MURDER TRIAL JUNE 4.:

Part 1 http://www.wftv.com/video/28130570/index.html

Part 2 http://www.wftv.com/video/28130911/index.html

Part 3 http://www.wftv.com/video/28131033/index.html

Part 4 http://www.wftv.com/video/28131149/index.html


CASEY ENTERS COURTROOM:

Images http://www.wftv.com/slideshow/news/28130454/detail.html

Video http://www.wftv.com/video/28130495/index.html

IN COURT: Witnesses, Casey, Lawyers, Judge http://www.wftv.com/slideshow/news/28130917/detail.html

 

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Day 10: Death Band, Air Samples
FBI Expert Testifies On Hair Sample

POSTED: 12:31 pm EDT June 4, 2011
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ORLANDO, Fla. -- FBI analyst Karen Lowe said hair analysis is not as precise as DNA analysis.

The hair had a dark band that Lowe testified has only been seen in hairs attached to the scalp of a decomposing body. She said tests have shown the band appears between two days and 15 days after death.

Post-mortem root banding has never been used as evidence in a Florida criminal trial until the Anthony case.


Read more: http://www.wesh.com/casey-anthony-extended-coverage/28131185/detail.html


Mark Lippman has sent an 11-page cease and desist letter to Leonard Padilla.
On a cable TV news show Padilla alleged the Anthonys made $200,000 when the money was actually received by their daughter and not them.

Trial proceedings continue at 9 a.m. on Monday.

Read more: http://www.wesh.com/casey-anthony-extended-coverage/28131185/detail.html

 

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Day 10: Hair in Casey Anthony’s car takes center stage
June 4, 2011
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A hair found in Casey Anthony's trunk is taking center stage Saturday as her murder trial continues.

Lowe testified that the hair removed from the trunk is consistent with hair from a dead body.

Following Lowe's testimony, Mike Vincent, of the Orange County Sheriff's Office Crime Scene Unit, took the stand. Vincent .

We also now know prosecutors plan on wrapping up their case on or around June 17 -- four weeks into testimony.

The defense will then have the chance to call its own witnesses

FULL STORY http://www.cfnews13.com/article/new...air-in-Casey-Anthony’s-car-takes-center-stage

 

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Expert: Hair In Anthony Trunk Like Dead Person's Hair
Anthony Could Face Death Penalty If Found Guilty

"Snip" UPDATED: 1:05 pm EDT June 4, 2011

ORLANDO, Fla. -- FBI forensic expert Karen Lowe testified that a hair removed from the trunk of Casey's car is consistent with hair from a dead person.


Judge Perry declared Lowe as an expert in microscopic trace examination of hair.

"In any of the hairs that were exhibits, did you find hairs that showed decomposition?" prosecutor Jeff Ashton asked.

"Yes, one," Lowe said, referring to state exhibit Q12.

"What did you find upon examining it?" Ashton said.

"The hair was a Caucasion head hair that had cases of decomposition," Lowe responded, adding that it was 9 inches long and brown.

Lowe said the hair was similar to one pulled from Caylee's hair brush and was not similar to a hair sample from Casey Anthony.

Under cross-examination, Lowe said that she could not be 100 percent certain that the hair was from a dead person.

Michael Vincent, a crime scene investigator was also called on Sat.

Vincent later said processing Anthony's car was the first time that he had ever collected an air sample.

About 20 minutes after Saturday's proceedings began, a spectator in the courtroom was removed after he fell asleep.

Full Article: http://www.clickorlando.com/news/28130329/detail.html

 

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Casey Anthony trial: Experts discuss collection, analysis of samples from Casey Anthony's car
Baez coaxed Lowe


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By Bianca Prieto and Anthony Colarossi, Orlando Sentinel

12:40 p.m. EDT, June 4, 2011
During cross-examination, Baez coaxed Lowe into acknowledging that there are limitations to microscopic hair analysis, basically that such analysis cannot be used to positively link an individual to a specific hair sample. DNA testing must be used to do that, she said.

She also said she requested additional hairs to help make the case stronger, but no additional hairs she tested showed the signs of apparent decomposition. While Lowe has seen the root banding many times in cases of known deceased individuals during her career, she said this is the first case in which she has testified about the root banding.

Full Article: http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/florida/os-casey-anthony-trial-day-10-20110604,0,6186817.story

 

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Crime & Courts
FBI Expert: Caylee Anthony’s Believed Hair Sample Had Apparent Decomposition

ORLANDO, Fla. – An FBI forensic expert at the Casey Anthony murder trial said Saturday that a strand of hair she examined from Anthony's car trunk had evidence of apparent decomposition, or hair consistent with that from a dead body, which could be a potential blow to the defense team.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/06/0...tifies-in-anthony-murder-trial/#ixzz1OKoTMssB

 

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BILL SHEAFFER: Analysis Of Casey Murder Trial Day 21


http://www.wftv.com/video/28131681/index.html

 

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/natio...defense-theory/2011/06/05/AGo7oXJH_story.html



ORLANDO, Fla. — Legal experts say prosecutors’ meticulous murder case against Casey Anthony so far, along with the woman’s sensational claims that her father covered up her daughter’s death after the 2-year-old drowned, could make it difficult to avoid a conviction.

 

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Experts: Casey Anthony Defense Team Faces Uphill Battle
Published June 05, 2011
Associated Press

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Legal experts say prosecutors' meticulous murder case against Casey Anthony so far, along with the woman's sensational claims that her father covered up her daughter's death after the 2-year-old drowned, could make it difficult to avoid a conviction.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/06/0...fense-team-faces-uphill-battle/#ixzz1OQizPEcp

 

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Best Friend Testimony Inconsistent
Published June 3, 2011
Click Orlando

Casey Anthony's defense team wants her best friend to stay in Orlando for several more weeks, saying she gave testimony inconsistent with prior statements.

Read full article about what Amy H wanted to say at the end of her testimony.

http://www.clickorlando.com/news/28120634/detail.html

 

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INSIDE STORY: The Tragic Case of Billy Bob Thornton's Daughter
By Sara Hammel
Friday June 03, 2011 06:30 AM EDT

While Casey Anthony's murder trial played out in front of the nation last week, another, quieter case involving a dead child was being tried in the same Orlando courthouse.
Amanda Brumfield, 32, the estranged daughter of Billy Bob Thornton, sat just 13 floors below in Florida's Orange County Courthouse, accused of murdering 1-year-old Olivia Madison Garcia. On Friday, she was convicted of aggravated manslaughter.

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20499750,00.html

 

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Inside the Casey Anthony Trial: The Hidden Clues In a Strand of Hair
By Michelle Tauber
Saturday June 04, 2011 06:00 PM EDT

It wasn't a grieving grandmother, a revealing ex-boyfriend or a volatile jailhouse video that captivated the Casey Anthony jury on Saturday.

It was Q-12, deemed to be a single strand of a lost little girl's hair. And it was damning.

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20500163,00.html