Deceased/Not Found Canada - Alvin, 66, & Kathy Liknes, 53, Nathan O'Brien, 5, Calgary, 30 Jun 2014 - #24

[dogmatica]

Can they not DNA a tooth root? Anyway - that's promising testimony.

 

[JadeSLeuth]

Valerie Fortney ‏@ValFortney 29s29 seconds ago
Video screen in courtroom showing the sample Dr. Blair determined to be a baby tooth. #Garland

Bill GravelandVerified account ‏@BillGraveland 40s40 seconds ago
MoreDr. Blair looking at photos to tooth fragments - said one appeared to be a baby tooth from the lower jaw. #Garland

 

[dogmatica]

This makes me seethe with rage. Poor JO, having to hear that.

 

[JadeSLeuth]

Kevin MartinVerified account ‏@KMartinCourts 32s33 seconds ago
Photo of burned fragment shown in court. "In my opinion that is ... a baby tooth from the lower jaw," says Blair. #Garland

Lucas MeyerVerified account ‏@meyer_lucas 38s39 seconds ago
Jury sees picture that Blair says in his opinion is a baby tooth, too difficult to tell if it's left or right side of the jaw #Garland #yyc

[video=twitter;827205227837276160]https://twitter.com/CBCMeg/status/827205227837276160[/video]

 

[PrincessButtercup]

This makes me seethe with rage. Poor JO, having to hear that.

The tooth fairy should have had that tooth 😠😠😠

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[Bravo]

Oh man :tantrum:

 

[olivebpa1]

Kevin MartinVerified account ‏@KMartinCourts 32s33 seconds ago
Photo of burned fragment shown in court. "In my opinion that is ... a baby tooth from the lower jaw," says Blair. #Garland

Lucas MeyerVerified account ‏@meyer_lucas 38s39 seconds ago
Jury sees picture that Blair says in his opinion is a baby tooth, too difficult to tell if it's left or right side of the jaw #Garland #yyc

[video=twitter;827205227837276160]https://twitter.com/CBCMeg/status/827205227837276160[/video]

Even though we are expecting this testimony it so hard to read these things about Nathan. All that is left of that sweet boy is a burned tooth.

 

[JadeSLeuth]

SAD ALERT


[video=twitter;827205607786549248]https://twitter.com/NancyHixt/status/827205607786549248[/video]

 

[dogmatica]

The tooth fairy should have had that tooth 

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Heartbreaking.

 

[JadeSLeuth]

Kevin MartinVerified account ‏@KMartinCourts 34s35 seconds ago
Baby tooth found in ashes on #Garland farm only had one root, says Dr. Blair.

Lucie Edwardson ‏@MetroLucie 50s51 seconds ago
"notching" (little dip) in tooth and size is an indication it's a baby tooth, says Dr. Blair #Garland #yyc

Valerie Fortney ‏@ValFortney 1m1 minute ago
Size of the tooth also helped Dr. Blair factor in the assessment that it was a baby tooth. #Garland

Nancy HixtVerified account ‏@NancyHixt 1m1 minute ago
Dr. Blair is explaining how he came to the determination that it was a "baby tooth" --size and features of the tooth #Garland

 

[JadeSLeuth]

Bill GravelandVerified account ‏@BillGraveland 2m2 minutes ago
Dr. Blair estimates that "half or a little less" was remaining of the crown found in the ashes at the #Garland farm.

 

[musicaljoke]

I can visualise DG writing to his lawyer, "it could be anyone's tooth."

Not a chance. People don't throw their little one's baby teeth into the burn pile. They are kept in wee little jars in the bottom drawer of the cedar chest.

 

[JadeSLeuth]

Nancy HixtVerified account ‏@NancyHixt 2m2 minutes ago
Dr. Blair explains "would be erupted into the mouth by 30 months-2.5 years, and both of them would be lost 10-12 years" #Garland

Lucas MeyerVerified account ‏@meyer_lucas 1m1 minute ago
In a report Blair authored in October 2016, he said it was 'very likely' it was a baby tooth #Garland #yyc

Valerie Fortney ‏@ValFortney 1m1 minute ago
Blair says he used the words "very likely" it was a baby tooth in his report, because it's "more likely than not." #Garland

Bill GravelandVerified account ‏@BillGraveland 59s59 seconds ago
The Crown is done with the examination of Dr. Blair. Defence will now have a chance to cross-examine. #Garland

??? thats it? What about the tooth/teeth from the Liknes' home? Is that a different Dentist? Why?
-JS

 

[olivebpa1]

Ok i'm confused. Did the dentist examine the tooth found in the home? Is that the tooth he said could be Alvin's? And out of all of the teeth found in the burn pit he was only able to identify one as possibly being human?

 

[JadeSLeuth]

Lucas MeyerVerified account ‏@meyer_lucas 2m2 minutes ago
Dr. Blair now being cross-examined #Garland #yyc

Valerie Fortney ‏@ValFortney 1m1 minute ago
Defence x-examination now: Blair says he wasn't able to confidently connect one "virgin" tooth with either Kathy or Alvin Liknes. #Garland



Lucie Edwardson ‏@MetroLucie 1m1 minute ago
another sample "had no crown on it... and Kathryn Liknes records indicated she had root canal...plus crowns on those teeth" #Garland

Bill GravelandVerified account ‏@BillGraveland 1m1 minute ago
Blair said there were "consistencies enough" that meant you could not rule out the tooth being that of Alvin Liknes. #Garland

 

[JadeSLeuth]

Kevin MartinVerified account ‏@KMartinCourts 56s56 seconds ago
Wasn't really difficult to determine burned fragment was a tooth, Dr. Blair says of item sifted from ashes on #Garland farm.

Lucie Edwardson ‏@MetroLucie 1m1 minute ago
Another sample had "consistencies enough" with Alvin Liknes that Dr. Blair said he couldn't rule him out. #Garland #yyc


These reporters tweets are all mixed up and out of order.

 

[JadeSLeuth]

Bill GravelandVerified account ‏@BillGraveland 1m1 minute ago
Defence now asking about the baby tooth. He said it could be one of two different deciduous molars that a child has. #Garland

Valerie Fortney ‏@ValFortney 1m1 minute ago
Blair: the "virgin" tooth meant no work had been done on it; could not rule out possibility it was from Alvin Liknes. #Garland

Lucas MeyerVerified account ‏@meyer_lucas 47s48 seconds ago
On sample given in July 2014, Blair ruled out it was a tooth of Kathy Liknes. Couldn't completely rule out it being Alvin's #Garland #yyc

 

[JadeSLeuth]

Bill GravelandVerified account ‏@BillGraveland 2m2 minutes ago
Dr. Blair's testimony is over. He once again said it was "very likely" that fragment was a baby tooth. #Garland

Lucie Edwardson ‏@MetroLucie 2m2 minutes ago
Morning break in #Garland trial #yyc

Lucie Edwardson ‏@MetroLucie 2m2 minutes ago
Cross-x of Dr. Blair has ended. #Garland #yyc

 

[olivebpa1]

I went back and read the tweets and it appears the dentist was first given two vials of tooth structure which he said were enamel. So that must be the teeth that were found in the home. From that vile of teeth he was able to rule out Kathy but not Alvin.

 

[JadeSLeuth]

Could the tooth/teeth/ from the L home testimony come from a DNA person rather than a Dental person? I mean this guy had the dental records so determining whose it/they were should be 101.

-Irritable JS