Maybe if it is said enough times, the myth of the multiple knives will be put to rest:
In the Report of Crime Sceneon in the latest document dump Page 2:
7/15 Detective Beasley handed a black trash to the CSI tech. the black bag contained the following items:
Doll (art. #3, item # H-51975)
Backpack (art. #4, item #H-51975)
childs toothbrush (art #5 item #H-51975)
Black Leather Bag (art# 6 item # H-51975)
Various papers (art #7 item # H-51975)
Dinner Knife (art #8 item # H-51975)
Blue Plastic Crate (art #9 item #H-51975)
Plastic Clothes Hanger (art #10 item #H-51975)
Please note that these items were given the evidence Number H-51975 and listed as #3 - 10.
On Page 42 of the same CSI report the following is noted:
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
At approximately 1511 hours I arrived at the Evidence section and had a meeting with Detectives Melich and Allen regarding the inspection of the following piece of evidence:
Art #1 Item H-51975 (Sealed Box)
From the evidence mentioned above I collected the following items: (He is talking about the Sealed Box with the number H-51975)
Black plastic bag with yellow pull handles
Pull-ups "with flowers design" collected from back pack "Adorable"
Stainless Steel Knife.
Two different occasions - same black plastic bag. I think the problem occurred because the CSI tech put the black plastic bag in a sealed box. He then referred to the sealed box as Art. #1. the second time the CSI tech was more 'descriptive' about the items than when he initially logged them in.
If anyone can find any other evidence that was given the SAME EVIDENCE NUMBER and was collected on two different occasions, and two different locations, please let me know. I have never heard of any LE agency giving the same Evidence Number to evidence collected on two different occasions from two different crime scenes.
I am hoping that by revisiting this particular myth, it will be even more evidence that there was only one knife discussed in this Report of Crime Scene Investigation