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Defense could pin hopes on insect life..Westerfield Trial Breaking News: BUG EVIDENCE QUESTIONS!!
Union Tribune ^ | July 10, 2002 | Kristen Green

Posted on 07/10/2002 3:17:09 PM PDT by FresnoDA

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To: Southflanknorthpawsis
DUSEK: Discussing Santa Anna trends. How they affected weather.

For FEB. Feb 22. 95 degrees.

Only 2 days in Feb has rainfall.

What are winter insects, what are spring insects?

41 posted on 07/10/2002 4:03:33 PM PDT by UCANSEE2
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To: Politicalmom
The jury is going to be mad if they get brought in tomorrow when they are supposed to have a day off because of his rambling.
42 posted on 07/10/2002 4:03:44 PM PDT by Rheo
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To: John Jamieson
What about the forgive my spelling, santa ana winds..
43 posted on 07/10/2002 4:04:06 PM PDT by Freedom2specul8
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To: Southflanknorthpawsis
"He is one of the worst prosecutors I have ever watched."


ME, TOO!! And I've certainly seen a lot of attorneys in ten years. Dusek is the WORST prosecutor!!! He just goes on & on & on & says NOTHING!


44 posted on 07/10/2002 4:04:36 PM PDT by the Deejay
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To: Henrietta
Am I the only one that is confused by this earliest date/latest date thing?

This is only because Dusek is trying to confuse the jury with tedious questioning. During the direct examination by Feldman, Faulkner stated that based on the fly maggot/larva evidence, the latest date the body could have been placed at the scene was 10-12 days before it was discovered.

Based on the lack of beetle larva, Faulkner stated that the body could not have been placed there within a time-frame that could implicate DW a having disposed of the body. The body, based on the beetle evidence, was placed there well after DW's movements were being tracked.

Dusek is merely trying to raise scenarios that would strectch out the time-frame in which the beetles started their activity back to 2/4-5. I really don't think his efforts will work. Feldman should have a very easy time getting the jury back on track, assuming the jury is even giving any credence to Dusek in the first place.

45 posted on 07/10/2002 4:04:56 PM PDT by connectthedots
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To: KnutCase
In my best Lynn Samuels voice "It's just SO SUSPICIOUS!"

(She's the host on WABC NY just before Drudge's radio show.)

46 posted on 07/10/2002 4:05:14 PM PDT by bvw
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To: UCANSEE2
AH ..santa anna (SP) confuses insects and are stimiulated by temperatrue.
47 posted on 07/10/2002 4:06:10 PM PDT by Freedom2specul8
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To: Politicalmom
He probally is.
Okay slap the jury awake Feldmans back on!!
48 posted on 07/10/2002 4:07:09 PM PDT by gigi
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To: the Deejay; All
Dusek is very transparent. He is very worried about this insect talk and it shows.

He would have done better to not let it be so obvious. To me he was feebly grasping at straws and that says he fears the evidence.

49 posted on 07/10/2002 4:07:44 PM PDT by Southflanknorthpawsis
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To: gigi
"Note to Dusek -
You can't make chicken salad out of chicken s**t!"


Laughed so hard I was choking!!!


50 posted on 07/10/2002 4:08:05 PM PDT by the Deejay
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To: the Deejay
You mean it might have been placed in a root celler in a cabin in big bear ski resort? I believe a pizza partier owns just such a cabin.
And it appears DW was framed.
51 posted on 07/10/2002 4:08:19 PM PDT by winodog
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To: connectthedots; Henrietta
Dusek handled this appropriately by having him explain how bugs handle mummified bodies. Bugs reject dry bods.
52 posted on 07/10/2002 4:08:27 PM PDT by Freedom2specul8
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To: connectthedots; Henrietta
plus the jury gets to look at transcripts to clear up confusion
53 posted on 07/10/2002 4:08:50 PM PDT by Freedom2specul8
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To: connectthedots
He also stated that the body could have been there longer, but none of the indications of that were present. Which, to me, means it wasn't.
54 posted on 07/10/2002 4:09:02 PM PDT by Politicalmom
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To: connectthedots; Henrietta
or notes I mean
55 posted on 07/10/2002 4:09:09 PM PDT by Freedom2specul8
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To: ~Kim4VRWC's~
Westerfield didn't have time to let a body mummify. So he STILL couldn't have done it.
56 posted on 07/10/2002 4:10:33 PM PDT by Politicalmom
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Dusek's done..
57 posted on 07/10/2002 4:10:36 PM PDT by Freedom2specul8
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To: All
If body kept in a refrigerator, would dehydrate too. Once dumped, body would mummify more quickly.

ANYONE KNOW WHAT DAY DVD TRADED IN THE VAN ON THE BMW?????

It might be a little smelly and "need" gottin' rid of. Have gotten cars in ourselves that I am CONVINCED something was dead in at one time...like a forgotten steak or Happy Meal. ( a little ozone and citrus spray takes care of it.)
58 posted on 07/10/2002 4:10:47 PM PDT by Dasaji
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To: UCANSEE2
Rainfall on 17,18 could it stimulate flys? It could. Flys would stay in resting stage waiting for better conditions.

NOw going into how WIND affects this stuff.

CLosest to recovery time (mini)was 16th - 18th. YOu can't tell us maximum time? No.

DUSEK wrapping it up.

FELDMAN AGAIN.

Heat affected time. Make it look like it was there longer, but wasn't . YES

And you did find a maggot mass? YES, In utero-genital area? YES

Insects usually enter through whatever they find. YES

ANd if open wound they enter there? YES.

No beetle grubs found, No explanation found for why no beetle grubs.

This he was reading from ME report.

: the flys were first generation. YES. Explaining how he knows this and why.

59 posted on 07/10/2002 4:12:21 PM PDT by UCANSEE2
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To: ~Kim4VRWC's~
...particularly cold, arid areas, ice, and peat bogs.

I don't think that describes the desert outside of San Diego.

60 posted on 07/10/2002 4:12:24 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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