CROSS EXAMINATION OF HEATHER SEUBERT BY JA - Continued
HHJBP, JA and JB are at the court reporter's computer looking back on the prior testimony
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JB asking witness regarding the 17 allele at the D-3 marker on the sticky side of the tape, when she saw that, she attempted to eliminate others - she would have compared it to all of the lab personnel samples and known samples. There was only one marker. On the top side there were 6. On the other side there was only 1. She looked at the 5 known family samples, known lab personnel samples and 5 others in lab she did samples of. She did not draw any conclusions - her report indicated inconclusive.
Was there another individual who had a 17 at the D-3 marker. They had a 16-17. Was there a 16 on the duct tape?
OBJECTION BY JA - beyond - OVERRULED.
She thinks there was just a 17 on the tape at the level to create a peak.
This could be 2 things? A person could have 1 peak or 2 peaks. The lab person had 2 peaks. Only 1 peak was detected on the tape. This was inconclusive for reporting purposes based on the FBI lab thressholds.
CONTINUED CROSS EXAMINATION BY JA:
The results for this were inconclusive. At those low thresholds you can drop alleles out. That's why the scientific responsible response is that it is inconclusive. At that location, GA did not have a 17.
Caylee at D-3 is a 14-15 and ICA is a 15-19. This is a correction of her prior testimony.
She tests for blood.
OBJECTION BY JB - OVERRULED.
She tests for blood but can't testify as to why it would be there. Absence of blood does not....
OBJECTION BY JB - outside witness's expertise - OVERRULED.
She agreed the absence of blood does not speak to whether a crime happened or not.
Regarding the duct tape - she was not involved in the order of examination of the tape. The possible area she would expect to find DNA on the tape would be on the sticky side. For DNA to survive in swampy area.......
OBJECTION BY JB - SUSTAINED
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