How was the autopsy botched? All that was to be examined was bones sifted out of a drying swamp after the scavengers cleaned the bones. And that duct tape that kept the mandible affixed to the rest of the skull. The defense sure made no attempt to make sure an pristine autopsy was done, all they did was drag in some old guy that made claims about some imagined protocol about sawing a skull in two to examine the inside of the skull. A skull that had NO tissue left to examine.
Reasonable people would NEVER put duct tape around the head of their child having just died from an accident.
Exactly. Everyone's saying that without a "CSI smoking gun piece of evidence" the jury couldn't decide and the prosecution case failed. But the duct tape IS the smoking gun! There is NO NEED for duct tape on a dead body otherwise wrapped up and buried! Duct tape is only useful for someone who is ALIVE.
Bah.
That is what I think too. If the child died an accidental death by drowning or something else, there would be no reason to put duct tape around her head and face. If the child is missing and probably kidnapped, you call the police immediately. None of this makes sense and she can’t be tried again.