I’ve been wondering if someone with knowledge could interpret the lividity that was found. We have no time on the report so I don’t know if normal to see when this report was done, but I would assume it was while Alex was outside on curb. So could only have been what 30 -45 min according to Alex’s story?
It's absolutely not relevant to whether AC could have moved Charles.
From the linked article -
lividity begins to work through the deceased within thirty minutes of their heart stopping
Only up to the first six hours of death can lividity be altered by moving the body. After the six hour mark lividity is fixed -
Rigor Mortis and Lividity
Let's look at the sentence in his report again and break it down -
Based on the lividity present and lack of blood spatter, there was no indication that Vallow was moved from the position in which he was found.
Based on the lividity present :
There is objective evidence that the very latest Charles could have been shot was approx. 8:15am, for Lori to be back after taking JJ to school. And the earliest about 7:30am. That is the time he said he would arrive to pick up JJ.
So lividity could be altered by moving the body as many times as he liked, before calling 911 at 8:37am (when he is probably not moving the body because the pool of blood underneath the body seems to have him in the location found) until 1:30pm to 2:15 pm when it would fix.
If it was present when medics first arrived, there is a serious problem with the story Alex gave of him being shot 5 minutes before he called 911, and the officer should have noted that glaring discrepancy.
Bottom line - lividity which must have developed after LE arrived (based on Charles' arrival time) is not going to show whether the body was moved in that first 45 minutes, because the blood inside his body could continue to move and resettle for up to six hours.
Lack of blood spatter:
Wowser. He sees blood in the sink and assumes it came from the shooter washing his hands before calling 911. Firstly, has this officer never heard of criminals cleaning up the scenes of their crimes? He cannot know the blood in the sink did not come from cleaning up blood smears from dragging, turning or moving the body. Alex has a very good reason for telling officers where they will find blood evidence. Secondly, absence or lack of anything is not proof of where a body fell. He should be citing evidence such as spatter to say that is where the shooting happened, not absence.
Moved from the position in which he was found:
Flawed statement. The question is whether he was moved
to the position in which he was found, not after he was found. Cox was outside when the body was found.
This officer is writing about matters outside the scope of his training and expertise, as a non medical expert, and imo, the effect of his report is to influence an investigation towards a certain outcome. It is mere confirmation bias and twaddle.
moo