Wheres the blood?
No one disputes that the bullet that severed Lana Clarksons spine propelled tiny droplets of blood flying from her mouth, but just how far this blood spatter traveled is the key scientific dispute at the trial.
Steve Renteria, a veteran criminalist for the sheriffs department, is testifying about where he found blood in Spectors foyer and where he didnt and his account might cause some problems for the defense.
As youll recall, Spectors expert, Dr. Henry Lee, maintains that the blood could have gone six feet, and the defense has suggested that the small amount of blood on the defendants white dinner jacket indicates he was across the room near the staircase when Clarkson killed herself.
Renteria tells jurors that he found Lana Clarksons blood on the handrail of the staircase, but it was a smear, not spatter.
Could it have been left by a bloody human hand? asks prosecutor Jackson.
Thats a possibility, the criminalist replies.
Renteria says Luminol tests did not turn up blood spatter on the carpet that stretched from Clarksons body to the staircase or on the wall by the banister.
Had there been blood spray that went as far as that wood paneled wall ... would Luminol have detected it? Jackson asks.
Yes, Renteria replies.
Is one explanation for the fact that there is no Luminol ... that something was standing between Ms. Clarkson and the wall blocking it? Jackson presses.
That would be one explanation, yes, Renteria answers.
Its clear that Jackson thinks that something was Spector. --
Harriet Ryan
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