Posted on 07/31/2002 9:20:15 PM PDT by FresnoDA
Hash is about all that's left of the prosecution's case.
Just which "asinine generalized comment" are you refering to?
Sorry, don't have time to format it right now.
SOUNDS LIKE DUSEK IS MAD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
15 Q DID YOU LOOK AT THE SCENE FOR ANY OTHER 16 OBSERVATIONS AROUND THE BODY? 17 A I LOOKED AT THE AREA DIRECTLY AROUND THE 18 BODY. THE LEAVES WERE DRY. THERE WAS OBVIOUSLY NO 19 SIGN OF ANY BURNING. THE TREE ABOVE THE BODY SEEMED 20 TO BE OKAY, WITH NO SIGNS OF BURNING. THERE WERE 21 SOME DRAG MARKS IN THE LEAVES, COMING FROM THE NORTH 22 GOING TO THE SOUTH TO WHERE THE BODY WAS RESTING. 23 Q WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY "DRAG MARKS"? 24 A LOOKED LIKE SOMEBODY HAD BEEN -- HAD 25 DRAGGED SOMETHING, WHETHER IT WAS -- IT APPEARED TO 26 BE THE BODY TO ME, DRAGGING IT INTO THE UNDERBRUSH 27 UNDER THE TREE. 28 Q WHY WAS THAT SIGNIFICANT? 30 1 A IT SHOWED ME THAT THAT BODY HAD BEEN PLACED 2 THERE AND THEN DRAGGED INTO THAT LOCATION, WHICH 3 WOULD INDICATE THAT THE BODY DECOMPOSED IN THE 4 POSITION THAT IT WAS. 12 Q AND YOU LEARNED, DID YOU NOT, THAT AT LEAST 13 FOUR TO SIX INDIVIDUALS HAD COME WITHIN THREE TO 14 FIVE FEET OF THE BODY BEFORE EVER LETTING YOU KNOW 15 WHAT HAD HAPPENED; ISN'T THAT RIGHT? 16 A THAT'S CORRECT. 14 ISN'T IT, THAT YOU JUST RECENTLY HAVE LEARNED THAT 15 ONE OF THE SEARCHERS HAD A DIGITAL CAMERA AND HAD 16 TAKEN, IN ADDITION TO HIS VACATION PICTURES, SCENE 17 PICTURES? 18 A YES. 20 Q AND YOU LEARNED -- AND YOU TOLD THE SEARCH 21 TEAM MEMBERS OR CAUSED YOUR DETECTIVES TO TELL THE 22 SEARCH TEAM MEMBERS THAT IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT EVERY 23 ONE OF THEM TOLD YOU THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND 24 NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH; CORRECT? 25 A I DON'T KNOW IF THE DETECTIVES TOLD THEM 26 THAT OR NOT. 12 Q WHAT DID SHE TELL YOU SHE DID? 13 A SHE WENT UP TO THE AREA WHERE THE BODY WAS 14 AND LOOKED AT THE BODY. 15 Q DID SHE SAY WHO ALL WENT? 16 MR. FELDMAN: YOUR HONOR, I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T 17 HEAR THE WITNESS'S ANSWER. I APOLOGIZE. I HEARD 18 HIM SAY WHERE THE BODY WAS. I DIDN'T HEAR THE REST. 19 THE COURT: OKAY. YOU WANT TO READ IT BACK, 20 PLEASE. 21 (THE RECORD WAS READ BACK BY THE REPORTER.) 22 BY MR. DUSEK: 23 Q DID SHE SAY WHO WENT UP THERE WITH HER? 24 A SHE SAID ALL OF THE OTHER MEMBERS OF HER 25 TEAM WENT UP THERE. 26 Q DID YOU ASK HER IF ANYONE MOVED OR 27 DISTURBED THE BODY AT ITS RESTING SPOT? 28 A YES, I DID. 71 1 Q WHAT DID SHE SAY? 2 A SHE TOLD ME THEY DID NOT. 3 Q DID YOU DO ANYTHING WITH REGARD TO THEIR 4 SHOES? 5 A THE SHOES? 6 Q THE SEARCHERS, THE FINDERS. 7 A THE SHOES WERE ALL IMPOUNDED. 8 Q WHY? 9 A TO USE TO COMPARE TO ANY PRINTS THAT WERE 10 FOUND AT THE SCENE. 17 A WELL, THE SCENE WAS ACTUALLY ABOUT SIX FEET 18 UP A FAIRLY STEP DIRT INCLINE FROM THE ROAD, AND 19 ANOTHER 20 FEET UNDER A TREE. 20 Q WHEN YOU GOT UP THERE, WHAT DID YOU SEE? 21 A THE BODY OF A YOUNG FEMALE, LYING ON HER 22 BACK, UNDER THIS TREE. HER LEFT ARM WAS EXTENDED 23 OUT TO THE SIDE, THE RIGHT ARM WAS BENT UP, BENT AT 24 THE ELBOW. THE LEGS WERE STRAIGHT OUT. AND SHE WAS 25 LYING ON HER BACK. 26 Q DID SHE HAVE ANY CLOTHING ON? 27 A NO. 28 Q DESCRIBE HER CONDITION FROM YOUR 78 1 OBSERVATIONS. 2 A THE BODY WAS SEVERELY DECOMPOSED AND ALSO 3 THERE'S A GREAT DEAL OF ANIMAL ACTIVITY. 4 Q WHEN YOU SAY "SEVERELY DECOMPOSED," 5 DESCRIBE THAT. 6 A WELL, THE BODY WAS -- THE SKIN THAT WAS 7 INTACT WAS MUMMIFIED OR LEATHER-LIKE. THERE WAS 8 REALLY NO ODOR AROUND THE BODY. BUT THE TISSUES 9 WERE DETERIORATED. HER EYES WERE TOTALLY 10 DISINTEGRATED. 11 Q HOW ABOUT THE REST OF HER BODY? 12 A WELL, A LOT OF THE BODY WAS DESTROYED BY 13 ANIMALS. 14 Q HOW COULD YOU TELL? 15 A WELL, THE SKIN AND THE SUBCUTANEOUS MUSCLES 16 AND ALL THE FAT WAS ABSENT FROM ABOUT THREE-QUARTERS 17 OF THE FRONT OF THE BODY. 18 Q WHAT PARTS? 19 A FROM BELOW THE COLLAR BONES, DOWN THE 20 ENTIRE TRUNK, THE EXTREMITIES, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 21 THE RIGHT FOREARM AND THE LEFT LOWER LEG. THE 22 FEMURS OR THE THIGHS WERE JUST BARE FEMURS, BARE 23 BONES, ALMOST SKELETONIZED. AND THE LEFT FOOT WAS 24 ACTUALLY TOTALLY ABSENT. 25 Q HOW CLOSE DID YOU GET TO THE BODY? 26 A I WAS RIGHT TOUCHING THE BODY. 27 Q DID YOU DO ANYTHING WITH REGARD TO THE 28 EXAMINATION WHILE YOU WERE AT THE SCENE? 79 1 A JUST REALLY A VISUAL EXAMINATION. 2 Q THEN WHAT DID YOU DO? 3 A I PLACED THE BODY IN A WHITE SHEET AND A 4 WHITE BODY BAG, AND OUR TRANSPORT CREW TRANSPORTED 5 HER BACK TO THE OFFICE. 6 Q DID YOU BAG ANYTHING BEFORE YOU DID THAT? 7 A YES, I'M SORRY. I DID BAG BOTH HANDS, BOTH 8 FEET, OR THE ANKLE ON THE LEFT, AND THE HEAD. 9 Q WHAT DOES BAGGING MEAN? 10 A WELL, IT JUST MEANS IF THERE'S ANY TRACE 11 EVIDENCE THAT'S ON THE HANDS OR FEET, OR THE HEAD, 12 IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING THE BODY AND TRANSPORTING 13 IT WON'T BE DISLODGED. SO IF IT IS DISLODGED, IT'S 14 DISLODGED INTO THIS WHITE PAPER BAG WHICH THE 15 CRIMINALIST CAN LATER EXAMINE AND RECOVER. 3 A YES. THE SKIN OF THE FACE WAS INTACT, BUT 4 MUMMIFIED.
Oh, I thought you said "suspect has repeatedly been shot".
Funny thing. The media calls the guy CAUGHT WITH HIS PANTS DOWN the "SUSPECT", and DW they called THE CHILD RAPIST KILLER.
Why the difference?
Where as in this trial......
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