[cyncooper]

I wish they had been more specific about where it was found. I mean was it on the front of her neck - where it was easily seen - or was it at the back of the neck - under her hair - where it would not have been easily seen?

Shen (June 25) displayed the necklace to the jury and showed the approximate place where the wad of hair and fiber were.:

Q: BASED ON THE LOCATION OF THAT HAIR ON THE NECKLACE, CAN YOU DESCRIBE FOR THE JURY, PLEASE, OR ARE YOU ABLE TO DESCRIBE FOR THE JURY THE APPROXIMATE LOCATION WHERE THAT ORANGE FIBER WAS LOCATED?

A: VERY APPROXIMATELY.

MR. CLARKE: YOUR HONOR, I'M GOING TO ASK THE COURT'S PERMISSION FOR THE WITNESS TO STEP DOWN IN FRONT OF THE JURY, GOING TO HOLD A WHITE BOARD BEHIND IT SO IT CAN BE OBSERVED MORE EASILY FOR HER TO POINT OUT THAT LOCATION.

THE COURT: SURELY. YOU MAY STEP DOWN.

MR. CLARKE: PERHAPS YOU COULD STAND HERE, MISS SHEN, IF YOU WOULD. COULD YOU INDICATE FOR THE JURY THE APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF THAT ORANGE FIBER WHEN YOU FOUND IT.

THE WITNESS: I FOUND THE FIBER TANGLED OR KNOTTED INTO THE HAIR IN THIS AREA ON THE NECKLACE.

THE COURT: CAN YOU FOLKS OVER HERE SEE?

JUROR NUMBER 7: NO.

THE COURT: OKAY. DO IT ONE SIDE AND THEN THE OTHER.

THE WITNESS: IN THE AREA WHERE THE HAIR IS CONCENTRATED IN A LARGE CLUMP, THAT IS WHERE I FOUND THE ORANGE FIBER. IT WAS TANGLED IN THE HAIR IN THAT AREA.

Also, there was a sidebar about Shen being allowed to give her opinion on how recently the fiber came to be there and the judge allowed it.

[mommya]

Cyn - thanks for the post - but it still doesn't tell us where on her neck the clump was - how was the necklace positioned on her neck? We should not assume the clasp part was in the back in the proper position - cuz we've all seen the photos where it is off to one side in the front.