[wonders]

I don't know of a simple explanation, only what I've posted so far. Perhaps CAPPSMADNESS can elucidate.

No, I don't think it has anything to do with the flies.

I don't think it was particularly highlighted to the jurors, but it was discussed at trial.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thank you for your reply! I'm trying to think like a juror, who doesn't have the benefit of being able to talk back and forth with someone with your experience.

When you mentioned the absence of fluids under the body, my ears perked up and I immediately made an association between the moisture needs of the flies. I'm thinking it'll be curiosities like this that'll move the jurors to draw a potentially incorrect conclusion.