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OCT 12, 2021
Oct. 12, 2021 Gabby Petito's autopsy report (cnn.com)
Here's why the DNA samples from the Gabby Petito autopsy are important
The Teton County coroner who performed the autopsy on Gabby Petito said that DNA samples were taken from her body. CNN correspondent Jean Casarez said these samples could be "critically important" in the criminal investigation.
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Casey Jordan, criminologist and behavioral analyst, said that where the forensic investigators extracted the DNA from her body could yield a "more damning source" of DNA from her attacker.
"Skin under the nails, trying to fight off her attacker, then that is more damning source of DNA than just a hair or fiber that may have been found on something she was wearing," Jordan said.
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Petito's body was left in the wilderness for 3-4 weeks, coroner says
Teton County Coroner Dr. Brent Blue said there are many details about the condition of Gabby Petito's body he cannot yet reveal due to local rules.
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"All I can really comment on is that is that her body was outside in the wilderness for three to four weeks," said Blue, when asked by a reporter at a news conference today if he could describe any impact on the body from the natural surroundings.
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Gabby Petito's cause of death was strangulation, coroner says
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The coroner said that the body had been in the wilderness for three to four weeks before it had been discovered.
Blue explained that it took a month to reach a final autopsy because officials were very "exacting" in their examination of the details.
He noted that they were also waiting for other specialists to arrive to help with this investigation and for toxicology to be returned.
"It was just a matter of making sure we had everything right," he told reporters.
[...]
Oct. 12, 2021 Gabby Petito's autopsy report (cnn.com)
Here's why the DNA samples from the Gabby Petito autopsy are important
The Teton County coroner who performed the autopsy on Gabby Petito said that DNA samples were taken from her body. CNN correspondent Jean Casarez said these samples could be "critically important" in the criminal investigation.
[...]
Casey Jordan, criminologist and behavioral analyst, said that where the forensic investigators extracted the DNA from her body could yield a "more damning source" of DNA from her attacker.
"Skin under the nails, trying to fight off her attacker, then that is more damning source of DNA than just a hair or fiber that may have been found on something she was wearing," Jordan said.
[...]
Petito's body was left in the wilderness for 3-4 weeks, coroner says
Teton County Coroner Dr. Brent Blue said there are many details about the condition of Gabby Petito's body he cannot yet reveal due to local rules.
[...]
"All I can really comment on is that is that her body was outside in the wilderness for three to four weeks," said Blue, when asked by a reporter at a news conference today if he could describe any impact on the body from the natural surroundings.
[...]
Gabby Petito's cause of death was strangulation, coroner says
[...]
The coroner said that the body had been in the wilderness for three to four weeks before it had been discovered.
Blue explained that it took a month to reach a final autopsy because officials were very "exacting" in their examination of the details.
He noted that they were also waiting for other specialists to arrive to help with this investigation and for toxicology to be returned.
"It was just a matter of making sure we had everything right," he told reporters.
[...]