What has my curiosity piqued with the ME in this case is how broad his range is--I believe that it is anywhere from 10 days to 6 weeks. In my experience, I have never come across an ME opinion with such a broad range when the body is found within four weeks of disappearance.
What has my curiosity piqued with the ME in this case is how broad his range is--I believe that it is anywhere from 10 days to 6 weeks. In my experience, I have never come across an ME opinion with such a broad range when the body is found within four weeks of disappearance.
You know, I thought the same thing when I read the first reports because there's no reason the ME shouldn't take into account the approximate time of disappearance when fixing his TOD. Unlike an expert witness who's supposed to limit his conclusions based on raw data, the ME knows in advance the latest possible date the victim (i.e., an innocent young girl) could have died. Or perhaps I'm just assuming that....
I am aware of that. I was pointing out this particular period of time cited by the ME to Spunky because he was saying today's witness using six weeks in particular discredited his testimony.