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http://www.cbsnews.com/news/american-charged-in-husbands-costa-rica-death-experts-question-case/
this was update of Aug 22, 2014
""48 Hours" hired Richard and Selma Eikelenboom, a married forensics team known around the world for crime scene analysis. In June, we furnished them with court documents and police photos for review at their Colorado lab. And we brought them to Costa Rica to conduct tests and reconstruct the shooting in the room where John Bender died."
".... a month of review, the Eikelenbooms identified serious flaws in the initial police investigation. Most importantly, they told us, the documents suggest authorities assumed from the start that Bender had been murdered -- and set out to prove it. Investigators also failed to photograph the scene correctly, test the blood stains on the bed sheets or even fingerprint the gun, they said.
And according to the Eikelenbooms, investigators also misinterpreted the evidence they did collect. Contrary to the government's theory, they told us the gunshot wound at the back right of John's head could easily have been self-inflicted. His eyes could have been open at the time of the shot even though they were closed when he was found. And though a bullet cartridge was found about 15 feet behind the bed, it doesn't mean the shooter stood nearby because -- as Richard and Selma showed us -- different ways of firing a pistol can eject the cartridge in different directions, and it could have easily skidded after hitting the smooth granite floor."
Am adding this to the thread simply as it is the ''latest'' I can find on this story.
this was update of Aug 22, 2014
""48 Hours" hired Richard and Selma Eikelenboom, a married forensics team known around the world for crime scene analysis. In June, we furnished them with court documents and police photos for review at their Colorado lab. And we brought them to Costa Rica to conduct tests and reconstruct the shooting in the room where John Bender died."
".... a month of review, the Eikelenbooms identified serious flaws in the initial police investigation. Most importantly, they told us, the documents suggest authorities assumed from the start that Bender had been murdered -- and set out to prove it. Investigators also failed to photograph the scene correctly, test the blood stains on the bed sheets or even fingerprint the gun, they said.
And according to the Eikelenbooms, investigators also misinterpreted the evidence they did collect. Contrary to the government's theory, they told us the gunshot wound at the back right of John's head could easily have been self-inflicted. His eyes could have been open at the time of the shot even though they were closed when he was found. And though a bullet cartridge was found about 15 feet behind the bed, it doesn't mean the shooter stood nearby because -- as Richard and Selma showed us -- different ways of firing a pistol can eject the cartridge in different directions, and it could have easily skidded after hitting the smooth granite floor."
Am adding this to the thread simply as it is the ''latest'' I can find on this story.
