BondJamesBond
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*bold by me*I'm trying to formulate in my mind exactly what happened when and where.
Can I take the 2.6 day trunk decomposition statement to mean that the body was in its 2.6 day state of decomp -- meaning that it could have been in the trunk 2.6 days and was removed at that stage. A good bit of the discussion seems to focus on placing Caylee in the trunk at that point, whereas to me, it seems that's when she was probably removed.
Sorry if this is a silly question, but a few of the threads confused me a bit
I really like the way you framed up the question, themadawg. :clap:
The short answer is that the body was in its ~2.6th day of decomposition when it was either:
a) removed from the trunk for the last time after being there and not being in a leak-proof bag for any period, etc., or
b) removed from the trunk for the last time after being in a leak-proof bag that breached (i.e. tore or disolved due to chloroform) at some time before, or even during, the removal process resulting in decomp products coming into contact w/ the trunk mat, or
3) placed in a bag that served as an effective barrier to prevent the decomp products from coming into contact w/ the trunk mat and returned to the trunk for some period after ~2.6 days until the ultimate disposal
b) removed from the trunk for the last time after being in a leak-proof bag that breached (i.e. tore or disolved due to chloroform) at some time before, or even during, the removal process resulting in decomp products coming into contact w/ the trunk mat, or
3) placed in a bag that served as an effective barrier to prevent the decomp products from coming into contact w/ the trunk mat and returned to the trunk for some period after ~2.6 days until the ultimate disposal
The slightly longer answer...
Note that the 2.6 days number is an approximation based on some assumptions (so some + or - is allowable). A key assumption in arriving at a # of days is what temperature the body was exposed to during decomposition. There is a thread in the Case Analysis forum where we go into detail using a spreadsheet crafted by JWG with the actual local weather conditions for 6/15/08=> and some available information from scientific studies to both approximate the actual temperature in the trunk (a difference that changes throughout the day mind you), as well as allow different scenarios for when the body was first placed into the trunk (e.g. cooler temps during night time make a difference) and time when the body may have been taken out of the trunk temporarily (e.g. possibly for an hour or so during the shovel-exercise 6/18). IIRC, the 2.6 days released in the docs is based on the average ambient Orlando temperature during the week of 6/16, w/ no adjustment for a higher temp delta of the trunk).
Hope that helps.