In Session The sidebar ends. Dr. DiMaio: I concluded that the death was an accident, due to slipping in the bathtub and hitting the back of the head. This stunned Ms. Savio or rendered her unconscious. She slipped under the water, and she drowned. Did she have a pattern of injuries? Yes . . . theyre consistent with the pattern of injuries one would see if one fell on the left side of ones body. Theyre the injuries consistent with a fall and striking ones head on a hard surface. Did you see any signs of a struggle? No, Sir . . . these injuries were up and down the left side of the body . . .those you see when see when somebody falls on their side, not with an assault. The injuries are of a fall, not an assault, the pattern of injuries. Is there any evidence at all about a struggle or an assault? You can look at any one injury and give multiple explanations. What youre looking for is a pattern of injuries . . . the pattern of injuries are up and down the left side of the body, the left side of the back of the head. And this is the pattern of a fall, not of assault.
Prosecutor Connor continues to ask Dr. Jentzen about the injuries suffered by Kathleen Savio, one by one. #DrewPeterson
KaraOko: Connor continues to get into discrepancies between Jentzen's testimony today, and in the pre-trial hearings. #DrewPeterson
bjlutz: Jentzen says his opinion is that Savio hit hips first, then head. Head injury rendered her unconscious.
In Session Can you age or date a bruise? You can say its recent or its old; thats about it. The methods use to age bruises are color and microscopic examinations. The problem with color is if you bang yourself and get a purple bruise, its usually purple for a day or two or three. Sometimes, for some people, a purple bruise just fades, and theres never a color change. If you examine microscopically, its not reliable; you could look at a bruise thats two hours old and see a microscopic change. You can look at a bruise thats a day old, and theres no microscopic changes at all . . . its just not reliable. So, the most you can say about a bruise is to say it looks recent or it looks old. The science is just not there.
DiMaio: There were no signs of a struggle....
[ this ticks me off that the judge called the 'choke hold' testimony not relevant...]
In Session The sidebar ends. Dr. DiMaio: I concluded that the death was an accident, due to slipping in the bathtub and hitting the back of the head. This stunned Ms. Savio or rendered her unconscious. She slipped under the water, and she drowned. Did she have a pattern of injuries? Yes . . . theyre consistent with the pattern of injuries one would see if one fell on the left side of ones body. Theyre the injuries consistent with a fall and striking ones head on a hard surface. Did you see any signs of a struggle? No, Sir . . . these injuries were up and down the left side of the body . . .those you see when see when somebody falls on their side, not with an assault. The injuries are of a fall, not an assault, the pattern of injuries. Is there any evidence at all about a struggle or an assault? You can look at any one injury and give multiple explanations. What youre looking for is a pattern of injuries . . . the pattern of injuries are up and down the left side of the body, the left side of the back of the head. And this is the pattern of a fall, not of assault.