Posted on 07/24/2002 10:44:59 PM PDT by FresnoDA
Actually, I just found out about the 4th. The blood on the jacket. I thought the jacket just had some fibers on it. What contradicts that ?
It looks to me like Wecht agreed with the others, 10 days to 4 weeks and suggested that a Forensic Entomologist be used to narrow the time frame.
Wouldn't you think there would be VHS tapes, Magazines, beside the computer zipdisks up on a shelf?
I know people will say, HE HAD xxxxxx images on those disks. Well, that is because they hold that much. It just seems to me that all men have a sexual drive throughout their life. They also have a sexual curiousity starting when their hormones go on the rampage.
They can be interested in just 'seeing' something. People SLOW DOWN to GAWK at a car wreck, at the dead bodies. Does that mean they want to see car wrecks with dead bodies every day, for hours at a time. No, don't think so.
A man could download porn onto disks, view them once or twice, out of curiousity, out of being without female companionship, many reasons. But after awhile, he must get bored with them.
I imagine DW rarely looked at or spent the time it would take to UNZIP the files and look at them.
That his son did is no surprise, and there are those that think Neal didn't look at pictures X or Y. Well, He probably did, but to admit it, to admit downloading it, would be prosecutable if it is found to be ILLEGAL (minors) PORN.
SO he admits to viewing the BIGBOOBS ones, and doesn't admit to the others.
From what I understood of the later cross (I couldn't get the trial on today, too congested) the passwords used to download the suspicious porn was not DW's.
Alexandria's #967 answers this well.
That isn't what I heard him say. I heard him say that the condition of the remains when it was found was consistant with a body that was dead 4 to 6 weeks. That is not the same as 'died in middle of January".
And yes, the prosecutor would know what his report was before he testified.
Very few men desire to see pre-pubescent females in provocative sexual poses.
Keep digging.
Isn't there a post a few up that says this came from someone speculating that a RV wouldn't stop on main road ?
Both are true. The Press stated an RV would stop on the main road, due to lack of room, being a curved road, etc. I don't believe they were aware of the determination that her body had been drug from the NORTH instead of the road side of the hill.
Isn't there a post a few up that says this came from someone speculating that a RV wouldn't stop on main road ?
Both are true. The Press stated an RV would stop on the main road, due to lack of room, being a curved road, etc. I don't believe they were aware of the determination that her body had been drug from the NORTH instead of the road side of the hill.
Oh, by the way. I was shocked to see that (my) blood pressure is soaring in the morning when I awake. I would have thought the opposite.
I am not a medical doctor but I did take some courses to be a medical assistant. I remember reading average BP is 120/70. But that is when you are still 20 to 40, 50 years old. As you get older that (top number) systolic usually goes up. 140 was still in a normal range. The dyastolic (bottom range) if it gets over 80 it is beginning to get high. I think doctors have lowered these numbers recently and I thinks its because the pharmacutical compaines want more people on BP medication. (more sales)
If my blood pressure only ranged 140/80 or a little more for a couple of times a day and the rest was lower than that I wouldn't take medicine. When I go into the doctor it is always high and they immediately want me to start medication. I tell them its only like that at times. They don't push then.
You say your pressure is soaring in the morning when you wake. What is soaring? You also say that surprises you. Remember your body has been at rest and now all of a sudden it is waking up so it will naturally go higher.
Do I have any recommendations for HBP? Pet your cat and think nice thoughts.;-)
Just a side note. I read statistically more people die in the morning just as they are waking.
Some reading material for the forensically challenged amoung us
"Several factors affect the decay of the body, which occurs in four stages: fresh, bloating, decaying, and dry (skeletal). A rule of thumb holds that "one week in air equals two weeks in water equals eight weeks buried in the ground." If the body is exposed to heat or the deceased had a fever, decomposition will progress more rapidly. Warm temperatures also hasten autolysis, the destruction of tissues by the body's natural enzymes. A body exposed in the winter will decay more quickly from within, and the skin is more likely to stain, mold, and discolor because it does not slough off as quickly. Clothing or shrouds speed up decay of the body. Thin people and those who died suddenly and in good health decompose more slowly than others. Deep burial also retards decomposition. Bodies that have been buried three to four feet deep may take many years to skeletonize. Corpses that have been embalmed may decay more slowly over the first six months, depending on the amount of body fat. Embalming may also retard larval activity and disintegration, as a group of researchers found. - The Corpse: A History, Christine Quigley
RIGOR MORTIS
PUTREFACTION
Putrefaction is a slow decomposition of the body. It is a chemical and bacterial change. It starts at death and continues until all soft tissue of the body is consumed. Temperature is important to the speed with which it happens. Heat speeds bacterial growth and action, while cold slows it. One of the first signs of putrefaction is a greenish staining in the lower abdomen. The change slowly spreads and takes on a brownish look. Sometimes the skin gets so dark, it may be hard to determine race. The condition called marbling comes from bacterial action on blood in the veins. They become dark red or purple and stand out lightly on the skin. And as bacteria acts on inner organs, gases form. They bloat the body, and facial features become vague. Putrefaction goes on until the body is consumed, unless adipocere or mummification begins.
ADIPOCERE Adipocere is a yellowish-white substance composed of fatty acids and soaps developed in post mortem changes of the fatty parts of the body like cheeks, abdomen wall, and buttocks. The chemical process is induced by enzymes and water in moist anaerobic conditions in which bacteria need no oxygen to survive. Adipocere has a greasy feel and a strong and musty odor. Although adipocere may cover wounds, the wounds can be seen in a close examination even when the process has advanced.
MUMMIFICATION
Mummification occurs when body tissue dehydrates. The skin takes on a leathery look. The process only occurs in hot, dry climates, free from the moisture needed by bacteria. Mummification is more likely to occur in infancy than at later ages. The bodies of infants who die soon afterbirth are sterile. They do not have internal bacteria. Thus bacterial action is slowed because all bacteria must enter the body from outside. And, because of their size, the drying process can be completed faster in infants than in adults.
CONSUMPTION BY INSECTS AND ANIMALS
Insects and animals may begin to consume a body soon after death. Flies, maggots, and beetles attack open areas of the body. They gather on soft body tissues. Sometimes an entomologist's study of insect larvae on a body can help estimate time of death. Cats and dogs locked in a room with a body eventually will eat a human body. A body buried in a shallow grave often is dug up by animals for food. It is not unusual for bodies left in woods to have their parts scattered over a large area by animals. -Forensic Pathology Ed Uthman, MD
Thanks. I was wondering how they knew because someone said there wasn't any tire marks etc. Are you sure they said "drug" because it wouldn't be too hard to carry a small child ?
Is there some picture I could look at ?
Had to eat dinner. LOL
We don't do a lot of fast food, but our favorite Mexican restaurant is family-operated and is called Casa Molina's. Cheese crisps with guacamole that are exquisite.
I don't recall him mentioning anything about the date she went missing but there were sometimes I couldn;t listen. Maybe your right.
Not much. Thanks.
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