One of the experts testified that the presence of chloroform could also be from household cleaners. This has been disproven. There was only chloroform. They did test for those cleaners and they weren't present. Also, the amount of chloroform was surprisingly high. It's a volatile chemical that evaporates. The fact that it was still present in such high amounts after so much time (and still present months later on evidence that was shipped unsealed) shows that the chemical itself was in very high amounts.
I'm guessing that it was high enough that it had to have been spilled in the trunk.
------- One of the experts testified that the presence of chloroform could also be from household cleaners.-----------
This has been disproven. There was only chloroform. They did test for those cleaners and they weren't present. Also, the amount of chloroform was surprisingly high. It's a volatile chemical that evaporates. The fact that it was still present in such high amounts after so much time (and still present months later on evidence that was shipped unsealed) shows that the chemical itself was in very high amounts.
I'm guessing that it was high enough that it had to have been spilled in the trunk
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Casey Anthony found competent, trial resumes
.........."He said fatty acids in Velveeta cheese and salami, both found in the trunk, are identical to the compounds found when a human body decomposes. He also said that chloroform can be found at very high levels in common household cleaners like bleach.
When a prosecutor asked if the chemicals in the trunk could have been caused by anything besides a decomposing body, Furton answered that a similar chemical finding could come from a combination of trash, gasoline and household cleaners."..............
I'm not saying it DID come from household cleaners or that it DIDN'T come from the decomposing body. I wondered if it added to the mix. Whether chloroform was used or not, I believe it's pretty incontrovertable that there was a dead body in that trunk. I was theorizing why there was also a decomp hit by the dogs in the back yard. The dirty residue from a steam cleaner being dumped in the yard would have had decomp fluids in it. That could have been why they hit that place on the ground.