In my opinion, there are some fair indications that Caylee’s remains may have been in the trunk. There also seems to be some fair indications that perhaps this isn’t so.
The strongest indication seems to be the statements made by many about the smell in that trunk. Many who have talked about the smell have had the opportunity to be around the smell of death. We know for certain the smell was horrendous. We know many who had the opportunity to smell the trunk thought it could be the smell of death. There was very little physical proof of human decomposition found in the trunk, in the evidence we know of.There was also a white trash bag with several food containers and maggots that had been in the trunk. Some (probably just me LOL) think that the contents in the white trash bag sitting in the trunk, for 2 ½ weeks may have caused the odor everyone talks about. So, it seems that the strongest circumstantial evidence that Caylee’s remains were in that trunk would be the smell in the trunk. I can agree on that.
The cadaver dog that hit on the drivers side rear fender seems to be a second strong indication that Caylee’s remains were in the trunk. Cadaver dogs have a very low percentage of false positives, but they do sometimes have a false positive.
The forensic reports, serological, entomology, dna, and air sample confirm the possibility that Caylee’s remains may have been in the trunk. In each of those reports the final conclusion is that there is decomp in the trunk that COULD be of human origin, and also the decomp COULD be from another decompositional event.
The white trash bag that had possibly been contaminated from sitting in a dumpster for 30 hours must be considered. Most of the entomology report stemmed from this bag.
Although Cindy’s 911 call alerted LE to the smell in the trunk, and one officer was in the car even before YM arrived on the scene, LE did not secure the car until around 7pm on the 16th. This could lead some (again probably only me LOL) to believe, that LE did not find the smell in the car important enough to deem it a crime scene and secure it. This is another reason I question the validity of the smell of death in the car. It would seem the proper protocol, to immediately secure a vehicle that had the unmistakable smell of death, when there was a missing child report.
So, if I’m on the jury, and the result of my decision could result in someone’s execution, the question is, am I certain beyond a reasonable doubt that Caylee’s remains were in this trunk.
1. The cadaver dog hit, but they occasionally have false positives.
2. A number of people thought the smell of death was in the car, but there was a trash bag in the trunk that may have caused the smell.
3. The forensic reports say its possible, but could be from something else.
4. The police didn’t seem to initially treat the smell of death as high priority.
For me, I think there is a strong possibility that Caylee’s remains were in the trunk, but I cannot condemn someone to be executed, while I still have what seem to me to be reasonable doubts. Therefore, I can’t agree beyond a reasonable doubt that Caylee’s remains were in the trunk. As always my entire post is moo
Your post, IMO, was written with much thought and great arguments...
But, I just wanted to add some things, IIRC and IMO and IME (in my experience), to your post.
#1 and #4 seem to go hand and hand in my response....just the meer fact that cadaver dogs were pretty much brought to the car and the back yard of the Anthony's from the get go, IMO, does prove LE DID, in fact, treat this "smell of death" as a high priority. And, yes, cadaver dogs have been known to hit false positively...yet, we haven't seen these particular dogs "track records", so to speak. Also...there were other tests done initially....collection of trunk evidence, etc.
Seems to me, the simple fact that LE was taking this as a homicide/dead body in the trunk couldn't be reported immediately, because the defense/Anthony's would be saying EXACTLY what they are accusing LE of doing now...that LE treated this case as a "homicide" from the beginning...and didn't do enough investigating. The "double edged sword", so to speak.
For #2 and # 3....for a garbage bag that size....with those contents...to creat such a LASTING stench is pretty slim to none. For one of my college courses in Food Chemistry, waaaay back in the '80's, we took a "class trip" to a garbage dump (LOL)....to collect samples to be analyzed for different chemical components....and put together the results for comparison between different "areas" in the dump....because, obviously, different areas would have diff garbage, and diff chemicals present. TRUST me, NOT chemically comparable to the stench of a decomposing body.
Another story...sorry, but humor me....this was verrrry illegal and could have gotten my friend in BEYOND serious trouble....he was training in the Homicide Division, of course back in those crazy '80's, for the police force in Northern NJ....part of the training was morgue/body examination....I've ALWAYS had this morbid curiosity with death and body decomp - I know, I'm a great date - ....so he took me into the area where the remains of a recently found decomposing body was being held and unzipped that body bag, and OMG!!! I truly, no lie, ran out of the room straight to the garbage and tossed my cookies. That smell seemed to follow me like those "wispy fingers" in the cartoons. I've worked with all the chemicals "seperately" that were ID'd in the trunk....a good majority of them are God awful by themselves, let alone all together, in the specific amount formed only during decomp. Although, some of the same chemicals in the correct proportion will/can be used to form a wonderful fruit flavor...LOL
IIRC, the car was sealed/considered evidence soon after LE arrived at the Anthony's.....no one called LE to the tow yard to do it, since I'm pretty positive GA KNEW what/who that smell was coming from. If any evidence was tampered with, it was done by the A's in their effort to remove the stench....AND wash the pants that "smelled like the car"....
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/5802646/Casey-Anthony-LIBS-report
PS...don't forget the LIBS data...LOL
And, again, you had a great post, IMO
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