[John Jamieson]

THE BUGS DON'T LIE!

[Politicalmom]

Which bugs are you referring to? The Pizza cockroaches lied their pincers off. : )

[the Deejay]

"THE BUGS DON'T LIE!"

Unlike a good deal of the prosecution witnesses have done.
(Just an observation.)

[CyberAnt]

You're almost right - "bugs don't lie"

However, when the guy finished his testimony, he finally admitted to the prosecutor that he really didn't know how long the body had been there!! And ... the body could have been there for 2 or 3 weeks longer than he had suggested; which means, Westerfield could have dumped the body BEFORE the police started following him.

W H A T?? This is the solid testimony which will prove Westerfield didn't do it?? I don't think so.

The weather is a variable which is very unpredictable. In a house or apartment, where the atmosphere is somewhat regulated, it may bring on the "dead" bugs sooner. But ... with the body being outside, it could have been very cold and very warm within the same day, causing a variance which really hinders the accuracy of the dateline.

I don't think this exonerates Mr. Westerfield at all - in fact, the fiber evidence was much more compelling.

[bimbo]

THE BUGS DON'T LIE!

Maybe they will in this case. The forensic use of bugs has to be VERY imprecise. Flies don’t just lay eggs on day one which hatch on day two, etc. etc. Other flies also lay eggs on day two, day three, day four … they are probably still laying eggs on day twenty-one, when the flies from the first eggs are matured. By day 25, the first generation flies are laying their own eggs.

Pick a maggot off the dead body … you can say when the egg was laid. You cannot say it was among the first eggs laid on the body after death.