impatientredhead
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Perhaps adipocere could have been formed due to the bag being partially buried underwater in a marshy area for a period of time. Remember there was a hurricane and the body was in a low land area.
However, regarding adipocere on the paper towels, if the paper towels were collected from Casey's TRUNK then the adipocere would logically have formed before Caylee was dumped at Suburban.
Adipocere: What you always wanted to know
[ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adipocere"]Adipocere[/ame], also known as grave wax or Mortuary wax, is the resulting decomposed state of flesh if left in a damp and sealed environment. The process of fatty and soft tissues converting to adipocere is called [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saponification"]saponification[/ame] which is the same process used to make soap.
My notes:
Option one it formed due to condensation (damp) inside the plastic bags (sealed environment). It forms in the first month, faster in children and the obese. It is more commonly found in cool environments. For this to be the reason I would have to seriously reconsider that she didn't dump the body until the day she was at Amscott to dump the car. But that doesn't mesh with the 2.5 days of decomp and I have always thought she dumped the body on the 18th.
Option two: The purge/basketball size stain contained enough fatty acids that it is the source and was what she was attempting to clean.