January 10, 2013
Afternoon testimony
Biology expert still on the stand
#94 Photo of the bathroom wall, tiled floor, bloodstains. Unable to determine if they are passive or active bloodstains. More blood droplets and unable to determine if they are related to the other droplets. These particular droplets...not able to tell if they are active or passive drops, they aren't "as pretty". Expert does not want to offer an opinion.
#95, bathroom scale, has blood on top of and underneath. Scale was observed at the scene and then tested at the lab. The bottom of the scale was not tested, the reddish substance was on the floor and the scale over top of it. This scale is made from a clear material so that you can see the floor through it. The scale had been moved onto the bloodstain.
#96, corner of bathroom, waste basket in corner. Paper towl and two empty toilet paper tubles. Tests indicate blood on objects found in waste paper basket. Unknown how many events are involved in all of these blood stains.
#93, larger photo of bathroom showing double sink area.
#98, Sink to the north, has a lot of blood spatter on it. The coloration on the edge is different than other blood stains on the sink. Blood may be diluted with water.
#100, another photo of the sink. Blood is dripping down the front edge of the sink. Blood is from a transfer from a blood source to a non blood source. At some point something came by and swiped/wiped it.
#102 & #105. photos of the blood on/in the sink. Blood source would be above the sink. The blood source was moving over the sink. Blood drops are a function of gravity.
Blood on the ledge of the sink would be "movement oriented".
#103 & #104, Inside the bowl of the sink, the blood source would have been above the sink. There are droplets and some of them have merged together due to the curvature of the sink. The blood source would have been moving.
--The swiping pattern on the edge of the sink could have happened concurrently with the drops in the sink.
#98, photo of sink, area near the mirror, there is blood spatter on the mirror. The pattern is categorized as being active blood.
#100, photo of sink, blood stains in an area on the left side of the mirror, pattern is spatter. The expert witness circled the area where the blood on the mirror was.
#103, Heavier drops in sink, could be part of the passive drops that are found in the bottom of the sink.
#101, How come some drops are dripping and some aren't. Due to some drops being larger and gravity pulls them down. A mechanism could be coughing or sneezing or air forcing blood from the wound. A wound or a laceration to the head could have caused the stain or a gunshot wound.
#114, Gun casing laying in a blood stain. Blood stain was there then the casing landed on the blood. Blood source was already bleeding prior to the gunshot. Prosecution: "Was the blood source already bleeding before the casing found it's way onto the blood?" Expert: "Yes"