[VRWC_minion]

JJ, often says that a certain test must be done to prove something was blood.

I just came across this in ref to blood in RV

Q. This test for the presence of blood, we've heard 8 the term, the court has heard the term Hemastix. Is that 9 what you utilized, as well? 10 A. No. That's not what I used. 11 Q. What did you utilize? 12 A. A test called phenylthaline.

Is this the test or was it something else.

[VRWC_minion]

1 A. There was one stain that was taken from a

2 curtain, one stain that was taken from the corner of a

3 bedspread, and the third stain that has been referred to

4 has been on the carpet.

5 Q. Where on the carpet, ma'am?

6 A. It was between the closet and the bathroom, on

7 the floor.

8 Q. And how big a stain was it?

9 A. I'd say -- my recollection was maybe -- before it

10 was tested, probably about maybe approximately a

11 quarter inch in diameter.

12 Q. All right. And are you in a position to tell us

13 how old that stain was?

14 A. No, I am not.

15 Q. So you can't tell us when it might have been put

16 there; is that right?

17 A. That's correct.

18 Q. Could have been there a year?

19 A. It's possible.

[cyncooper]

I think that is still considered a presumptive test and wasn't satisfactory to JJ.

[John Jamieson]

phenylthaline is another presumptive test for BLOOD that reacts to 100's of substances including drool, and even horseradish. It only narrows down a wide area search to the best areas. The real test for human BLOOD is called the Precipitin Test, which they did not run on these "stains" .... however they did run this test on stains in the stairwell to prove that they were NOT HUMAN BLOOD.

Interestingly of course the DNA match in whatever it was was perfection beyond belief, even the stain that no one could see on the jacket that had been dry cleaned.