Do you know if any were found buried in front of the fire pit as Brendan said? That would also be interesting to know. It seems odd to bury some, transport others, not empty the burn barrel. Just another weird aspect of this strange case.
While the defence argued that bones were moved - and there is enough evidence to show that bones we discovered at 3 sites, SA's burn pit, Janda/Dassey Burn Barrel No 2., and the quarry, there is no evidence to show that the body/bones were burned elsewhere and then moved to SA's burn pit.
IMO, the evidence showing it was burned elsewhere is as the expert stated: The fact that the majority of bones were in the pit shows it wasn't burned there but moved there.
And based on the recovery method that was used here, are you able to offer an opinion about where these human remains were burned?
No, I'm not.
Can you agree with Dr. Eisenberg's opinion that probably the area behind Mr. Avery's garage was the original burn site?
No.
Why not?
I've been involved in cases where human cremains have been burned in one location and moved to another location. And in those cases, in fact, the actual location where the bones have been moved to, tends to be the location where most of the remains are.
IMO, the evidence showing it was burned elsewhere is as the expert stated: The fact that the majority of bones were in the pit shows it wasn't burned there but moved there.
If you're willing to consider Brendan's answer to that: he said his uncle used a bucket to scatter some of TH's remains/bones. He said the uncle 'buried' some of them (i.e. folded them under some existing dirt about 3 or 4 ft in front of the fire pit), and removed 1 or more bucket loads over to the quarry. As to why SA did a half-arsed job of it, no one knows. Maybe he intended to do more and ran out of time. Maybe he thought he removed enough so the pile of stuff wouldn't be obvious, and by spreading it around people would not easily find any remains.
If one is not willing to consider Brendan's answer, then ... dunno.
I believe most of the bones (not all, but most) were found in the fire pit. A few were in the burn barrel, some were in the quarry.
I've been involved in cases where human cremains have been burned in one location and moved to another location. And in those cases, in fact, the actual location where the bones have been moved to, tends to be the location where most of the remains are."
IMO, the evidence showing it was burned elsewhere is as the expert stated: The fact that the majority of bones were in the pit shows it wasn't burned there but moved there.
There's not much more investigating you can do based on one unidentified pelvic bone when you've already investigated everything and everyone on that 40-acre property. Do you have any suggestions?
Anyway, it's a moot point, as it most likely is TH's bone (as I've said, I believe Eisenberg, the forensic anthropologist on the scene, states that's her opinion).