Agreed. It is sad that his unprofessional behavior has made us all distrust him. There is something kind of scary about that.....and him (separate and apart from the lump, of course). We should be able to rely on the professional and unbiased work of MEs.
And I am not saying I can prove any such illegal influence over Perper by Team Stern. This is just an opinion based on observations and seeing others in this position being bought and paid for by those who want an investigation to be resolved in their favor.
" It is sad that his unprofessional behavior has made us all distrust him. "
Perper's conduct has been very unprofessional-the constant teases about the conclusion, the veiled inferences about the conclusion and the changing stories about why he is delaying his report.
Perper has made himself part of the story.
His presence at the gravesite was surreal.
Early on he said that Stern and the entourage had been very helpful in giving him background info-so, add naivete to his resume.
Perper looks like he could be someone's very nice and very elderly grandpa, but, he doesn't act like a savvy forensic sleuth ala Dr Baden.
A lot of the final conclusion, absent the tox screen and the slides sent out to other labs, will depend on Perper's own interpretation of the physical evidence on the post.
I will not be surprised if there are more questions raised than answered with Perper's work.
I have no confidence in the man based solely on his odd public behavior over the last month.