I keep seeing references to the DNA results ranging from 'significant amount of DNA' to 'large quantities of blood' etc - in his trunk. :gaah:
So I looked again at what we know and the result is not as cut and dried as we may think.
From CBS we read a quote;
BBM;
"The affidavit read:
Due to the
amount of Christina Morris DNA found to be
present in the interior trunk area of Arochis vehicle,
affiant believes this DNA was from Christina Morris bodily fluids
such as blood or saliva.
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2014/12/19/...tina-morris-kidnapper-as-sexually-frustrated/
This little snippet from CBS is just brief enough to create confusion among people referring to it. That is not the whole of the affidavit as we well know, but it has been enough to cause people to think that a large volume of blood was found in the trunk. That is simply not so at this point. I think it goes to sloppy reporting and a paraphrasing rather than a quote. CBS doesn't give a link to the document.
Then what is the exact quote? From the documents I have seen, the affidavit used for the Arrest Warrant, "FELONY PROBABLE CAUSE AFFIDAVIT" contains specific information necessary to obtain the warrant for arrest. It is NOT the whole of the evidence that LE has against EA. Nor is it sufficient for prosecution of the case and rightly so, IMO.
http://www.documentcloud.org/documents/1384021-morris-docs-121914.html#document/p1
<page 7 snipped>
BBM;
"Dr Staub told Affiant he found that Bode Technology's results
from the above mentioned swab indicated there was a
significant amount of DNA present which was produced from a single source female profile
<snipped>
"Dr Staub also told Affiant that based on his experienceand the
amount of DNA that was present on the swab taken from [the] interior of Enrique Gutierrez Arochi's trunk, he does not believe the DNA source to have merely been touch DNA, but more likely that the DNA source was a bodily fluid
such as blood or saliva
IMO the significant amount of DNA refers to "ON THE SWAB" . AFAIK a swab is kind of like a Q-Tip. It's tiny. The amount of DNA present
on the swab refers to the quantity
in the sample only. It is important in ascertaining if the DNA is from skin cells, follicles or fluidic sources. In this case it is affirmed in the affidavit that due to the amount ON THE SWAB it was from a fluid - the source not the physical volume. Period. These results in no way relate to a particular liquid volume where the sample was taken.
It's a Q-Tip basically.
IMO, they have much more evidence than a swab relating to weather we can assume a death occurred but all that is needed for the affidavit was a lab test. if the affidavit was all we had to go on I could plant reasonable doubt by saying she peed.
"In his trunk".
Then he let her out.
:cow: