2011.06.06 TRIAL Day Eleven (Afternoon Session)

[fifteen89]

O. M. G.

 

[mitzi]

If JB has to "huddle" with DCS all the time, why isn't she doing the cross?...

Oh, wait, I know, JB wants his "moment" UGH!!!

 

[Searchfortruth]

JB: "If I could have just a minute Judge"...Jose you need much more than a minute.

 

[reeseeva]

OMG, Dr. Vass, saying, "Thank God I don't find a lot of children wrapped in blankets in the trunks of cars"

 

[Sleuths4Me]

Love that when the Dr said thank God he doesn't get many with kids in trunks JB tried to object and strike it but HHJP overruled...or did I hear that incorrectly.

 

[MissJames]

Look at the edit history for the Dr. Vass wiki article. The fly information had some editing done to it also....today, if I'm not mistaken.

 

[Linda7NJ]

BBM,
just the next coolest,state of the art forensic tool used to find bodies.
Think tracking dog ,but faster and even MORE singleminded.

unless they are devirted by a steaming pile:floorlaugh:

 

[lib's mom]

He has climbed Mount McKinley in search of UV-resistant bacteria with unique proteins of possible use in the film industry. He has dived to the bottom of ice-covered lakes in Antarctica to study life there and better understand how micro-organisms adapt to Mars and other extreme environments. "It was like diving in an inkwell," Vass said. "But there are all sorts of things living there. It's amazing."

He has ideas for ultra-efficient vehicles and a mass spectrometer that prospects for gold in the ocean. He thinks he could create a super-duper video game. (His current favorite is "Portal," which he plays with his sons, Evan and Eric.)

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2008/dec/14/death-detector/

Big deal. Still doesn't make him chemist.

 

[ziggy]

Baez getting Vass to agree that he doesn't know the history of the cars or the samples and didn't personally collect them. This is the very first time he's conducted a test on a carpet sample from a car (although he did on a blanket that a deceased child was wrapped in).

State will set this all straight on re-direct. Baez is FLAILING in open water with no lifeboat in sight.

And LKB is on InSession talking about how she would do this and that...well why did you quit you fame *****?

 

[tragco]

Baez really should have let DCS do this cross. I think she's an expert in crossing these types of witnesses and would have known some questions not to ask to avoid all the objections. All those sustained objections do not look good. This Cyrano De Bergerac thing is not working well for him.

 

[MissDiva]

"My background is so diverse that I wouldn't even know which one (professional org) to possibly join."

 

[mombomb]

Continued Cross examination of Dr. Vass by JB.

He knows what divining rods are. They are an antannae used to locate specific properties of specific materials. It could be made of a coat hanger. He has taught on this subject. It is a hobby of his that teaches wonderful scientific principals.

Has he been offered a million dollars to prove this? JA objection - sustained.

HHBP - Mr. Baez - get to the points I said you could get to.

You also put electronic leashes on flies? JA objection - sustained.

This is the first time he has given this type of testimony in a court of law.

There is a paper by Dr. Staphalopolis (sp LOL) that looked at whole bodies who also identified 4 components, but not chloroform. He is the only other person who has used entire bodies. Others have only used pieces of tissues which he would not feel compatible. Dr. S was looking at single time point - Oakridge did a 4 to 5 year study.

To him, the smell of human decomp is unique. 12/14/08 - statement to Knoxville newspaper - smells like a potato going bad - amazingly similar.

JB conferring with DS.

Key marker of human decomp - halogenated fluoride compounds. They did not find this in the car or in the positive control. The positive control was of a blanket of a body of a child that had been in the trunk of a car for three months, but he did not know any other history of the control. Nevertheless, they found the 3 primary sulfur compounds. The purpose was to determine if the compounds found in the ICA car, could be formed in the trunk.

Of the 30 compounds found, once the eliminations are made for overlaps or duplicates, 10 remain - and of those 10, 8 were found in this car.

He did not personally collect the samples. He agrees he does not know the history of the samples. He did not know the history of the junk yard samples, the Montana car, blanket from that case. He did not take a carpet sample from that car.

He agreed this is the first time he collected a car trunk carpet sample and stated the wonderful thing about forensic science is that every sample is unique.

JB conferring with DS.

Is he a member of the Academy of Forensic Sciences? No, not currently.

He is not a member of the American Board of Anthropology.

He is not a member of any professional organizations. He said his background is so diverse that he didn't know which to join.

He is being paid to be creative and to think outside of the box.

No further questions by JB.

 

[luv]

 

[sleutherontheside]

I'm being paid to be creative and think outside the box. AV

 

[Oakley]

Ah Jeff Ashton! Back to sanity.

 

[CementPond]

Dang! Dr. Vaas just b*tch slapped JB!!!!! (with his words)

 

[Softail]

SLAM- Dr. Vass - My background is so diverse, I wouldn't know which one to join!

 

[dog.gone.cute]

RE-DIRECT !!!

AMEN !!

:great:

 

[logicalgirl]

Praise Be! Re-direct....

 

[BigFatMommyDog]

So was Vass' statement thanking g-d he didn't find more children in trunks of cars allowed?

Yeppers