Maybe DNA testing has advanced since 2008 and something could be found now?
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http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2008/04/24/bains_body_wouldnt_id_killer.html
" By: Peter Small Betsy Powell staff reporters, Published on Thu Apr 24 2008
If Elizabeth Bain's skeletal remains were found today, almost 18 years after her murder, it's unlikely they'd point a definitive forensic finger at her killer, experts say.
"The only DNA available in skeletal remains is that of the person. Everything else is gone," said Jonathan Newman, a scientist at the Centre for Forensic Science.
On Tuesday, the man accused of killing Bain, her boyfriend Robert Baltovich, 42, was found not guilty in his second trial for her June 1990 slaying after the prosecution said there was no reasonable prospect of conviction.
James Lockyer, Baltovich's lawyer, told court that Newman had conducted DNA testing on objects found in Bain's car, such as a can of Sprite, cigarettes in the glove compartment and a piece of paper near a pool of her blood, but "regrettably" it failed to turn up anything "meaningful" that would identify the perpetrator. Lockyer agrees it's unlikely skeletal remains alone could point to the killer, but there could be other clues near the body that might help, such as a suspected murder weapon.
A knife might point to a killer such as Paul Bernardo – the defence's main suspect. He used a knife in his Scarborough serial rapes, but strangled his murder victims, Lockyer said.
Newman said a lot would depend on the circumstances in which the remains were found. For instance, if there was clothing or hair, it's possible DNA testing could reveal "probative evidence," he said."
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"...She concluded that if Bain's body had lain in the park for three days and been transported by car, it is "highly probable" that hundreds of maggots from the body would have fallen into her vehicle in 1990. None were found."
rbbm.
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2008/04/24/bains_body_wouldnt_id_killer.html
" By: Peter Small Betsy Powell staff reporters, Published on Thu Apr 24 2008
If Elizabeth Bain's skeletal remains were found today, almost 18 years after her murder, it's unlikely they'd point a definitive forensic finger at her killer, experts say.
"The only DNA available in skeletal remains is that of the person. Everything else is gone," said Jonathan Newman, a scientist at the Centre for Forensic Science.
On Tuesday, the man accused of killing Bain, her boyfriend Robert Baltovich, 42, was found not guilty in his second trial for her June 1990 slaying after the prosecution said there was no reasonable prospect of conviction.
James Lockyer, Baltovich's lawyer, told court that Newman had conducted DNA testing on objects found in Bain's car, such as a can of Sprite, cigarettes in the glove compartment and a piece of paper near a pool of her blood, but "regrettably" it failed to turn up anything "meaningful" that would identify the perpetrator. Lockyer agrees it's unlikely skeletal remains alone could point to the killer, but there could be other clues near the body that might help, such as a suspected murder weapon.
A knife might point to a killer such as Paul Bernardo – the defence's main suspect. He used a knife in his Scarborough serial rapes, but strangled his murder victims, Lockyer said.
Newman said a lot would depend on the circumstances in which the remains were found. For instance, if there was clothing or hair, it's possible DNA testing could reveal "probative evidence," he said."
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"...She concluded that if Bain's body had lain in the park for three days and been transported by car, it is "highly probable" that hundreds of maggots from the body would have fallen into her vehicle in 1990. None were found."