[nycgal]

Damon and Brenda both were trying to say those Pj's, laying on Danielle's floor, inside out, were NOT HERS,

IIRC Brenda said that the pjs that were on the floor were not those Danielle was wearing that night. Danielle supposedly was wearing the twin of the pair her grandmother held up for the media. That pair was, according to Brenda, worn by Danielle's friend at sleepovers. I wonder if the friend's mother can corraborate that.

[small_l_libertarian]

Here's an interesting blast from the past. From Feldman's cross-exam of Det. Collins (the detective originally in charge of the investigation) from the Preliminary Hearing:

19 Q MAYBE I WASN'T CLEAR. WHAT I'M ASKING YOU

20 TO DO IS DEFINE FOR ME WHAT YOU MEANT TO COMMUNICATE

21 WHEN YOU DEFINED THE CONDITION AS, QUOTE, "ADVANCED

22 STAGE OF DECOMPOSITION," END QUOTE. THAT'S WHAT I'M

23 ASKING.

24 A A LOT OF THE BODY TISSUE WAS GONE. THERE

25 WAS DECOMPOSITION. THE DARK COLOR. THE ACTIVITY OF

26 SOME INSECTS AROUND HER FACE.

27 Q DO YOU RECALL WHAT KIND OF INSECTS?

28 A MAGGOTS.

[UCANSEE2]

I wonder if the friend's mother can corraborate that.

Why didn't they just test the friend's DNA with the blood that was on the PJ's?