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Is there something you are saying about the Darlie Routier case here? Because this seems like this post is all emotions on your part. Darlie Routier isn't guilty because she's female. She's guilty because she murdered her two children.

You know the other thing that bugs me about psychics? In most cases, there's no repercussions to them. If they even remotely predict something that comes true, then it obviously indicates they are an extraordinary psychic. If their claims are unverifiable, then they will claim they are...

I'd almost be tempted to tell any individuals or groups searching on their own, "Know what? Give us a call when you find a body Not a smell, not a hunch, not a suspicious looking beer can..... a body". Because you're absolutely right. Chasing after the psychics does pull resources away from...

I'm sure the psychic's heart is in the right place. But, preternatural abilities aren't going to replace a well laid out, coordinated search by skilled searchers in the right area. And just some dumb, blind luck to find what you are looking for. I worry that psychics searching and being...

It's a solvent. You pick your solvents because they DON'T damage the DNA you are hoping to isolate. I can't picture someone thinking it was a good way to clean out the trunk or degrade any DNA that may be in there.

I suppose it could. Unfortunately, Casey has lied like a flatfish since day 1. What are the chances of convincing a jury that she suddenly decided to tell the truth now?

Maybe someone is confusing it with amyl nitrite ("poppers")? I can't imagine liver damage and dead brain cells being all that for enhancing sexual experiences. :waitasec: Or, maybe I'm just an old fashioned kind of gal.

If my theory about a spill in the trunk not getting sufficiently cleaned up is right, the chloroform would have been there before Caylee. She could have been laying in the trunk and been killed by the chloroform vapors being slowly evolved from spilled liquid chloroform. Casey sees this and...

I googled "chloroform tablets" as a phrase, not the individual words. I don't see anything that looks like "chloroform tablets" other than a reference in a medical book from 1907. :confused: I've never heard of such a thing available in this century at least.

I can only imagine it at a tattoo place for just that reason, if someone is doing piercings or "body mods". And even then, I can't see chloroform being used. Ether would be what I could picture getting used for anesthesia. That, or there are body artists who (illegally, since they are not...

Dunno. I know if I were looking at a trunk where a body had been, I don't think the first thing thru my head would be, "Let's check if there is any chloroform!" Depending on the concentration, someone may have noticed a "solvent" sort of smell and said "hey, let's get some air samples out of...

That poor baby. :( If she drank it? Maybe. Significant amounts would have been in any vomitus. I imagine a good lab could detect trace amounts if it were inhaled. Again, based on what the reports were saying about lethal amounts of chemicals.... I don't think that you would find THAT...

Not on the scene. I imagine he's trying to imply that the samples could have been contaminated after they were taken into evidence. Chloroform could be used to try to extract other substances in a laboratory setting. The implication is, "Why, with all that chloroform sloshing around the lab...

Thermal decomposition of chloroform starts at around 340 degrees F. It's warm in Florida. But not that warm.

It decomposes, but it's not like..... leave for 5 min and come back and say "ZOMG! Where'd all my chloroform go???" Probably would be more appropriate to say it degrades when exposed to sun and air. Most commercial chloroform is "stabilized", meaning other chemicals are added to help it not...