Schultz w/JA
the illium ....water area ...whole area flooded - silt and other suspensions in the water would have buried this bone....close to a big palmetto trunk....area F is lowest area...when whole trunk brought in there by carnivore....silt in suspension in water...process of water receeding would have buried this bone.....opinion as to taphonomy ...determine TOD we document all locations of bones ...disperal...bones were dry...not just tissue but have marrow in them.....they can still have decomp odor and moist to touch but these were dry.....leaf litter, root evidence, put in report 6 months could be possible.....dispersal of bones was primarily result of animal activity - when we find it directly on the bones there was some animal chewing on a couple of the ribs.....there are a couple of missing bones - taken away by animals - chewed and nothing left of the bone after that....
CM cross Schultz
Forensic anthropoligst - help direct location of bones and examine them youself....bones were xrayed - no evidence of any pre-mortem trauma - no evidence of peri-mortem trauma - anti-mortem trauma?
found no evidence of fractures.....twists or torqueing of bones....no evidence this child had ever had traumatic injury before her death paper copy of the map - print is too small for CM to read ....area A was how far from pavement of the road ...use scale on the mapping ...without having a ruler on me - 25' - 30' didn't participate in measurements....this map shows elevations...a 3D scanner was brought in....measurements were provided by Ronald Murdock....they both looked thru map of each of locations of flags and map was created...can't tell measurements? give me a ruler and I could....Fresh OUt ...
Cm - start w/area A primary site - skull,bags, arm, hand bone, lower leg bone located...originally they were in bags when deposited...plastic bags laundry bag and skull with bones in it...no bags in other other areas? no bags but parts of bags...not my job....all area A had majority skull, and other bones, were all in the bags....majority of A found .....in examine content of area a you discovered missing bones? don't agree with that ....other people processing the scene - people locating addtional bones in other areas....area A was primary area....go east ...whole crew there searching simulataneously.....did best to reassemble skeleton....don't have any scientific evidence when disperse from A...can't provide specific time period on any areas....nothing in work or this case....tells you how this child died...not a question he would answer - looked for peri-mortem trauma and didn't find it....didn't analyze duct tape....not covering nasal aperature? No....
redirect..
what is nasal aperature? hole on skull where nose would be...remove the nose the nasal apperature ....tape was covering mouth area...possibly could have covered the nose...based on what he saw...no way to say exactly because nose wasn't tehre.....kc talking to DS behind hand...DS not responding..
248 in evidence - publish...CM asked you question majority of bones found.in area A...refer to report ....not an exact - general - skull area, some of the bones were here general sense.....
area B - left humerus....closest to area A
area F - larger area on diagram....appears larger - dispersal out a little further, clavicles, pelvis, femor, femora, shaft, ribs, one vertebrae
area G - separation of bottom distal end of spinal column and couple ribs
area H - only had 1 part of vertebrae - bunch of ribs
area I - more ribs - have 20 vertebrae parts
no further questions...
recross to those issues? no
Dr. is excused
