GUILTY TX - Christina Morris, 23, Plano, 30 Aug 2014 - Enrique Arochi kidnapping trial #3

[SteveS]

Another instance where LP Phillips has gotten the testimony wrong.

Yeah, I've had the same reaction to him. He also tends to tell us what the attorneys are trying to do, his own pure conjecture stated as fact ...but imo he's often misleading or just flat out got it wrong, and I have come to the conclusion he doesn't actually have a working knowledge of either the case or of courtrooms.

 

[arkansasmimi]

L.P. Phillips ‏@lpphillips 2m2 minutes ago Manhattan, NY
Bradford: Was able to ID profile as a female #arochitrial

Plano Star Courier ‏@planonewspaper 2m2 minutes ago
Bradford: DNA profile matches female #arochitrial

 

[arkansasmimi]

Alice Barr ‏@AliceBarrNBC5 1m1 minute ago
Bradford analysed swab from rubber lining of Arochi's trunk, says there was "quite a bit" of DNA present, suggests bodily fluid #ArochiTrial

 

[arkansasmimi]

L.P. Phillips ‏@lpphillips 1m1 minute ago Manhattan, NY
Bradford: DNA they tested was only from one person. #arochitrial

Alice Barr ‏@AliceBarrNBC5 3m3 minutes ago
Bradford analysed swab from rubber lining of Arochi's trunk, says there was "quite a bit" of DNA present, suggests bodily fluid #ArochiTrial

Valerie WigglesworthVerified account ‏@vlwigg 54s54 seconds ago
DNA sample comes from just one person, Bradford testified. A different person from lab did DNA comparison #arochitrial

Alice Barr ‏@AliceBarrNBC5 57s57 seconds ago
Correction: Bradford did not test the samples himself, another expert from his lab who did the test will testify. #ArochiTrial @NBCDFW

Natalie Solis ‏@Fox4Natalie 2m2 minutes ago McKinney, TX
Bradford: determined a sample was female & that person was only contributor FOX4 #arochitrial

L.P. Phillips ‏@lpphillips 2m2 minutes ago Manhattan, NY
Bradford: He didn't make the comparision...another individual did. #arochitrial

Plano Star Courier ‏@planonewspaper 2m2 minutes ago
Bradford: DNA samples from weather stripping were from single source #arochitrial

 

[arkansasmimi]

L.P. Phillips ‏@lpphillips 51s52 seconds ago Manhattan, NY
Bradford: A picogram is one trillionth of what's in a packet of sugar. THAT I get #arochitrial

 

[arkansasmimi]

Hannah VanHuss Davis ‏@hannahdinhd 1m1 minute ago
Defense trying to show how small DNA samples are. Equating size of sample w 1 trillionth of a sugar packet #arochitrial #Christinamorris

Hannah VanHuss Davis ‏@hannahdinhd 38s39 seconds ago
Defense asking how many skin cells the typical person sheds a day.. trying to show DNA could come from other sources than blood #arochitrial

Alice Barr ‏@AliceBarrNBC5 47s48 seconds ago
Defense: “Are you aware that the human body continuously sheds skin cells?” Bradford: “That’s correct.” #ArochiTrial @NBCDFW

Valerie WigglesworthVerified account ‏@vlwigg 2m2 minutes ago
Defense asking about tiny amounts of DNA found. A picogram is 1 trillionth of 1 gram. Nanogram bigger, 1 billionth of a gram. #arochitrial

Plano Star Courier ‏@planonewspaper 58s59 seconds ago
Defense is asking whether or not DNA evidence was properly sealed during transport to laboratory #arochitrial

 

[arkansasmimi]

Alice Barr ‏@AliceBarrNBC5 49s50 seconds ago
Defense:“It’s a red flag to you if there’s some piece of evidence that’s not being sealed up for days?” Bradford:“Yes.” #ArochiTrial @NBCDFW

 

[arkansasmimi]

Valerie WigglesworthVerified account ‏@vlwigg 1m1 minute ago
Trunk swab 1=150 picograms per microliter; trunk swab 2=25.5 picograms per microliter; trunk edge=75 picograms per microliter #arochitrial

L.P. Phillips ‏@lpphillips 2m2 minutes ago Manhattan, NY
Gore once again skewing toward evidence contamination. Headed toward a bit of contamination (your picogram size) may occur #arochitrial

 

[arkansasmimi]

Natalie Solis ‏@Fox4Natalie 1m1 minute ago McKinney, TX
Bradford on cross: going back to same sample prosecutor focused on. Defense showing Bradford evidence list from 11/19/14 @FOX4 #arochitrial

 

[arkansasmimi]

Valerie WigglesworthVerified account ‏@vlwigg 52s53 seconds ago
BODE report brought by defense concludes no blood was detected in sample taken from edge of trunk opening #arochitrial

Plano Star Courier ‏@planonewspaper 1m1 minute ago
Defense presents report from Bradford's company saying no blood was found in the weather stripping swab sample #arochitrial
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Hannah VanHuss Davis ‏@hannahdinhd 1m1 minute ago
Defense exhibit 5 - supplemental report from Dec. 2014 where report says "no blood found in sample" #arochitrial #christinamorris

 

[arkansasmimi]

L.P. Phillips ‏@lpphillips 2m2 minutes ago Manhattan, NY
Bradford: Amounts may be small, but its what he routinely works with. #arochitrial

Valerie WigglesworthVerified account ‏@vlwigg 31s32 seconds ago
Bradford testifies lab test consumes swab sample; test to check for blood done after sample consumed "Not much left to test" #arochitrial :thinking: none for Def expert to test?

 

[arkansasmimi]

Yep what I thought:

Plano Star Courier ‏@planonewspaper 37s37 seconds ago
Bradford: test consumes the swab sample, the test to check for blood was done on a sample without much left #arochitrial

Natalie Solis ‏@Fox4Natalie 44s44 seconds ago McKinney, TX
Bradford on cross: sample wz so small &nothing left aftr testing for prosecution for defense to test on behalf of Arochi @FOX4 #arochitrial

Alice Barr ‏@AliceBarrNBC5 54s54 seconds ago
Defense re. cotton swab used on Arochi's trunk lining:"There was nothing left over for me to test on behalf of Enrique" #ArochiTrial @NBCDFW

 

[arkansasmimi]

Hannah VanHuss Davis ‏@hannahdinhd 2m2 minutes ago
Lots of technical questions regarding DNA testing - basic mission to establish whether sample came from blood or something else #arochitrial

L.P. Phillips ‏@lpphillips 38s39 seconds ago Manhattan, NY
Bradford: His lab (Bode) did a lot of testing done on hairs from the shop vac. #arochitrial

Natalie Solis ‏@Fox4Natalie 1m1 minute ago McKinney, TX
Bradford on cross: test sample was noted as "gray" - not color normally associated with blood sample @FOX4 #arochitrial

 

[arkansasmimi]

Ok now we know where dna on mat was: Thanks twitterland!

@vlwigg where in the trunk was the sample located? inside toward the back or near the opening? #arochitrial


Valerie WigglesworthVerified account
‏@vlwigg
.@XXXX Area on mat toward back. Edge of trunk opening was not on lid but the part where lid closes on the car #arochitrial

 

[arkansasmimi]

Valerie Wigglesworth ‏@vlwigg 13m13 minutes ago
Trunk swab 1=150 picograms per microliter; trunk swab 2=25.5 picograms per microliter; trunk edge=75 picograms per microliter #arochitrial


@vlwigg & that was only n t areas they tested? So, n a trunk that size, w/ things that small it would b like finding a needle in a haystack?


Valerie WigglesworthVerified account ‏@vlwigg 2m2 minutes ago
.@XXXX Entire trunk sprayed with Blue Star but they only took swabs to test for DNA on areas that reacted positive #arochitrial

 

[arkansasmimi]

Alice Barr ‏@AliceBarrNBC5 2m2 minutes ago
Prosecutor points out test for blood was done after cotton on swab "consumed" for other testing, leaving not much more to test #ArochiTrial

 

[CookieM]

Yep what I thought:

Plano Star Courier ‏@planonewspaper 37s37 seconds ago
Bradford: test consumes the swab sample, the test to check for blood was done on a sample without much left #arochitrial

Natalie Solis ‏@Fox4Natalie 44s44 seconds ago McKinney, TX
Bradford on cross: sample wz so small &nothing left aftr testing for prosecution for defense to test on behalf of Arochi @FOX4 #arochitrial

Alice Barr ‏@AliceBarrNBC5 54s54 seconds ago
Defense re. cotton swab used on Arochi's trunk lining:"There was nothing left over for me to test on behalf of Enrique" #ArochiTrial @NBCDFW

Oh for goodness sake. We were led to believe that there was so much blood in the trunk that she had to have been killed. I know that some of us questioned whether this was fact, but.....
I always felt that "significant amount of DNA" did not mean a giant amount of blood in lab terms. DNA is beyond minuscule so a significant amount of it is NOT a lot. This is not great to hear because in opening the state said the DNA was a major point in their case. I'm not seeing it yet. They better come up with more.

 

[arkansasmimi]

Natalie Solis ‏@Fox4Natalie 43s43 seconds ago McKinney, TX
Defense asking Bradford abt testing on trunk mat. Prosecutor objecting to doc being shown. Judge taking a look @FOX4 #arochitrial

L.P. Phillips ‏@lpphillips 49s49 seconds ago Manhattan, NY
Defense and prosecution sparring over a Bode lab document. Defense want to use, State says it's not part of report. #arochitrial

 

[SteveS]

The injury with car may be the aggravating factor they are going for.

5-99 years. But he has poss of probation with NO priors. :-(

I can't imagine the prosecution recommending probation for this, or the jury giving it. This was not a "whoops, I didn't mean to" kind of thing, he's clearly been the polar opposite of helpful to her family finding her, the abduction is still ongoing to this day (since she has never been seen again), and Collin County citizens have a vested interested in keeping this predator off the streets and away from their young women. I'm cautiously confident that he'll get 99 years.

 

[arkansasmimi]

Oh for goodness sake. We were led to believe that there was so much blood in the trunk that she had to have been killed. I know that some of us questioned whether this was fact, but.....
I always felt that "significant amount of DNA" did not mean a giant amount of blood in lab terms. DNA is beyond minuscule so a significant amount of it is NOT a lot. This is not great to hear because in opening the state said the DNA was a major point in their case. I'm not seeing it yet. They better come up with more.

Agree and then had the Det admit that EA could have been home when cell data happened :facepalm: still keeping open mind here lol