[mommya]

About that orange fiber from the wad of hair in the necklace - 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?

I really don't see how Shen was allowed to give the opinion that the fiber got there at or near the time of her death - did she consider that Danielle never took the neckace off - she said something about assuming grooming habits or something - she should not assume anything.

[hoosiermama]

I thought there was a dark orange and light orange fibers. DO I remember wrong?

[pinz-n-needlez]

They never entered into evidence a photograph of that fiber in the hair mass, did they?

Not even a deteriorating polaroid like the sole picture of the drop of dna on the green jacket?

It would be very useful to see a context for that fiber and the surrounding tangle of hair. Oops, maybe that's why. /sarcasm

I agree, how on earth could she offer the expert opinion that it got there within a couple of days of Danielle's death?

[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.