Somebody is toying with someone. What is up with the ch 6 news saying that evidence from the remains site are connected to the Anthony home??? It is a headline but I cannot find the source of that information. If it is connected then isn't it pretty much a done deal. I mean who else who be connected to the Anthony home but Caylee???? I think they know darn well who these remains belong to and are stalling the defense. It sure wouldn't hurt anything to let them observe the scene.
Sure it would. A couple of points there.
Yes we all are pretty sure that this is Caylee. It all matches. BUT at this state of decomposition, and given that the remains are scattered, the only formal identification, in this day and age, is DNA. Until a formal identification is made it would be inappropriate, unethical and possibly illegal to allow defense anywhere near a childs body. Period! The Medical Examiner has certain statutory obligations in the handling of human remains. As was cited in court, she cannot simply allow an outsider to observe. Once a formal identification is made the remains will be released to next of kin, and the defense can bring on whatever experts they wish. Plus as part of the normal discovery process, that occurs in every other criminal case in the nation, they will be given all of the materials and findings from the formal autopsy.
As far as access to the crime scene. NO! HELL NO! noone is ever allowed in an active crime scene unless they are prought there deliberately as an expert or subcontractor of the forensics teams. This is an absolute. Once again this happens in every criminal case in the nation. And once again normal discovery process is available for the defense to get access to all evidence gleaned. The defense has the presumption of innocense, the state has the burden of investigation. And the defense may not interfere with the states investigation.
As far as what harm could it do to let them look. One of the defense "Dream Team" experts, Dr. H Lee, tampered with, removed, and apparently destroyed a key piece of evidence from the site of his last big media case. the Phil Specter case. He was observed to pick up a small white object from the crime scene and bottle it. This object is believed to be one of the victimes fake fingernails, and could have proved that the victim certainly did not kill herself. But alas the item was never seen again after it entered the esteemed Dr. Lee's pocket, and the case was deadlocked in a mistrial. He was admonished by the court for what he did, and it should have been a career destroying action. But here he is again, looking to get access to an active crime scene in the Caylee case. If you were LE would you let him near a crime scene? Or those he worked the Specter case with, such as Mrs. Baden?
All the defense experts and talking heads that are screaming on TV how outrageous this is, and how they have never been denied access to a crime scene before. They are Lying! point blank, they are lying! The most vocal voice is dr. Baden, who is obviously in the tank for his wife, who is a member of the "scheme team". They have only ever been allowed access to crime scenes when they were working for or consulting for LE. Once they put on the defense hat, or take money to be an advocate of the defense, they do not get that access. EVER.