AZlawyer
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I am copying AZ's post from the "Pool" thread over here because I want to expound and not drive the other thread OT.
ITA, AZ and I cannot believe an intentional drowning has never occurred to me before now. :doh:
Please expound on your statement re: the adipocre on the paper towels making more sense with a drowning scenario. Also, help me explain the high chloroform levels in the trunk. All I can come up with is maybe she had used it previously or else maybe she doused the WTP blanket with chloroform?
Not sure about the chloroform. I think we're still stuck with the same mystery on that one. I know there was a lot of discussion early on about pool chlorine, and then IIRC someone pointed out that all the pool chemicals confiscated from the A. house were non-chlorine...but I don't know if pool chlorine could account for the chloroform test results from the trunk carpet in any event. And it wouldn't explain the Google searches, of course!
I think we have a whole thread somewhere on adipocere. Jolynna did some great research. Here's one article, though, about how adipocere forms more quickly if the body is damp (among other things) (starting on p. 2):
http://www.dundee.ac.uk/forensicmedicine/notes/timedeath.pdf
Here, it would be nice to be able to explain a quick formation of adipocere, because Caylee died probably June 16
Just found this also--looks like Valhall wrote over a year ago about the possibility of a drowning, including an intentional drowning, and the fact that the Baquacil product used by the As would increasing the calcium hardness in the pool. The increase of calcium apparently also fuels the formation of adipocere.
http://www.thehinkymeter.com/2010/01/22/adipocere-formation-and-the-stain-in-the-trunk/