The only thing I heard Click say he did was run the equipment for recording interviews for Ferency and Murphy. Didn't he even correct himself at least a couple times when he said, "we" or "us" to "them"? I'm wondering how little he was involved in the investigation?
Exactly, LE investigated EF and dismissed him as a POI. I doubt very seriously that the 'sisters' will be allowed to testify. If the Court admitted testimony from every POI they cleared, it would be a 9 month trial.
That is such a good question, one I've asked myself since we found out that Libby had made the video and LE had the phone.
Maybe you would have 'wanted' to scream. But many crime victims will tell you that at the key moment when they needed and wanted to scream, for some unknown reason, they could not make a scream happen. It is like you are frozen.
Totally agreed. By the time they could see the weapon, it was too late, they'd be terrified. Too late to run, too late to call, too late even to scream, I'm sure he'd have made good on his threat and would have shot both of them if any call in progress, any screaming, any running. Nobody expects that, and this vicious horror of a human being played on just that fact.
I suspect that he grabbed Abby at the end of the bridge kept hold of her and held gun to her while he marched her down the hill. If this happened, poor Libby would not have been able to run, scream or fight while Abby was so vulnerable.
Also an interesting comment that I wish Baldwin would have asked “Why?” about:
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If they are now able to hire their 'confession expert', I'd imagine they are now going to focus on that issue as quickly as possible? Time is running out because they need to prepare for trial. May is NEXT MONTH already!
To note, this is re: SPENT bullet cartridges. The cartridge they are trying to tie to RA is an UNSPENT cartridge. Personally, I have never heard of an unspent cartridge being used as evidence in a homicide case. I tried searching to no avail, so if anyone knows of any, please link!From last June. I wonder about Kobina E. Abruquah's new trial.
Ballistics experts can't testify that recovered bullets match firearms, Md. high court rules - Maryland Daily Record
The field of firearms identification is not reliable enough to allow expert testimony linking crime scene bullets to specific guns, Maryland's top court ruled.thedailyrecord.com
Using a new, stricter admissibility standard for scientific testimony, a split Maryland Supreme Court concluded that ballistics experts can only say whether the markings on a bullet are “consistent” or “inconsistent” with bullets fired from a particular gun.
“We do not question that firearms identification is generally reliable, and can be helpful to a jury, in identifying whether patterns and markings on ‘unknown’ bullets or cartridges are consistent or inconsistent with those on bullets or cartridges known to have been fired from a particular firearm,” Chief Justice Matthew Fader wrote in a 59-page majority opinion.
“However, based on the record here, and particularly the lack of evidence that study results are reflective of actual casework, firearms identification has not been shown to reach reliable results linking a particular unknown bullet to a particular known firearm.”
The man at the center of the case, Kobina E. Abruquah, will receive a new trial in a murder case out of Prince George’s County.
There is a part of me that thinks all of this has been a bluff by the D and at trial they roll out…RL as SODDI.
I found some good information on unspent shell casing extractor markings:
Thanks, very interesting. We talked about this a while ago, but I wonder about the validity of the tests due to the time between 2017 and 2023. Let’s say RA fired that gun 100 times since the ejected bullet was picked up. Do we expect the extraction marks to still be exactly the same or would we expect slight differences due to wear and tear? I really think that the bullet evidence will be nullified the experts cancelling each other out.I found some good information on unspent shell casing extractor markings:
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The Extractor Marks. Another action mark, usually found in striated forms is those created by the extractor of most auto-loading or repeating firearms. The extractor is a small part sometimes resembling a hook that is used to remove a cartridge or cartridge case from the chamber of a firearm. The image below shows the extractor of a 9mm GLOCK pistol hooked into the extractor groove of a cartridge. As the slide of the pistol moves to the rear, the extractor pulls the cartridge case along with it until it is ejected from the pistol.
The Magazine Lip Marks. These markings are found near the rim of the cartridge cases and are caused by magazine lips during the loading of the cartridges into the position of firing.
Firing Pin Drag Marks. In a similar process, striated marks called firing pin drag marks can be produced. When the firing pin springs forward to strike the primer of a cartridge, it may remain slightly forward and embedded in the primer. Certain barrels (like in the GLOCK) drop down slightly as recoil is forcing the action open. The cartridge case drops with the barrel causing the nose of the protruding firing pin to drag across the primer as it leaves the firing pin impression. The below comparison image shows firing pin drag marks produced by a Colt 45 AUTO pistol.
The summary of the marks that can be found on the shell is illustrated below:
Forensic Ballistics → Module 4 – Forensic Examination and Firearms Evidence - WILBER
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I don’t think the D have any plans to roll out RL as SODDI. That dog won’t hunt and they have more evidence to imply others are SODDI. Even the P have expressed they believe this was done by more than one person. TL too!
