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SS, regarding the duct tape/dna/heart sticker, etc. FBI examiner found heart shape on Caylee Anthony duct tape

"Heart sticker or bandage theory"............."Other than saying it was in the shape of a heart the size of a dime, I cannot go further," said Elizabeth Fountaine, an FBI specialist in latent fingerprints.
Fountaine said the heart outline looked like the same sort of residue left behind by an old adhesive bandage that has been pulled away from the skin. "...........

..........."Fountaine testified she saw the heart outline while examining the duct tape with the aid of a reflective ultraviolet imaging system that can highlight existing fingerprints. Fountaine said she showed the heart outline to a supervisor, but did not photograph it because her job was to look for fingerprints.

Fountaine said her work required her to coat the tape with super glue and a traditional black fingerprint powder. She said she attempted to photograph the heart outline after she finished, but it was no longer visible.

In her report, Fountaine noted that she saw the heart shape on the tape but found no fingerprints. "..............

Regarding the tape wrapped around the head three times, it says this:

............"Prosecutors contend Casey killed Caylee on June 16, 2008 by wrapping duct tape three times around the toddler's head, nose and mouth.

"Crime scene specialists recovered duct tape hanging from Caylee's skull and additional tape several feet away where animals had dragged her body parts. Fountaine testified that when the FBI examined the duct tape, they found three separate pieces that were each six to eight inches long. ".......

Now without seeing any photos, or having the actual testimony transcript, I'm not sure what the "three times around the head was about. I understand your concern about the prosecutors' interpretation of facts. I, too, like to have things nailed down, not suggested. There was further testimony about an alleged decomposing hair in Casey's trunk. I do not know if there was any DNA on the tape; this article does not indicate it was found. Fingerprints were NOT found. Don't know how the elements could have detiorated any of this since I'm no expert.

The dog did find a decomposing body was in Casey's car. Two dogs indicated a decomposing body on the ground at the Anthony's near the playhouse, but not the pool. After digging around there, the dogs could not refind decomposing body odor possibly because the "fluids", or whatever it is they can smell, did not have enough time to seep further into the ground.

It almost sounds, from this article, that there were three pieces of tape, 6-8 inches long, that could have been used to place over the nose/mouth/other part of the face, not necessarily encasing the whole head.