BCA ~ I have been looking for the "flakes" and have not been able to find a photo. I have googled trying to find more information about how the 'flakes' could get there. I have gone back to the transcripts, and in Culhane's testimony she calls them 'crusts', but they are still labelled 'flakes' elsewhere. Whatever it is, it must be small because in the recent order, they have agreed that if splitting it would not be sufficient, the defense can have the whole sample. Interestingly, Zellner describes A7 in her 8/26 motion 'blood scrapings', but I haven't been able to find anywhere that they were 'scraped'. She also said that 1 uL is needed, this is 0.001ml, which is pretty small, right? lol
My thought process right now is.... that the flakes had to have fallen off/taken off of something, but what? Doing some googling, I have seen where dried blood could 'flake' off of say a jacket (found a case where a jacket was put into an evidence bag and when the jacket was taken out, they saw something in the bag, tested it and nailed the guy for murder lol) I also read that a drop of blood can flake from the middle and leave a ring around the outside of the drop (called a perimeter stain). Anyone remember the drop of blood that was photographed in SA's trailer?
http://www.stevenaverycase.org/wp-c.../Exhibit-186-Blood-Spot-In-Avery-Bathroom.jpg
Looking at all the photo's again, I realized again just how bad they all are LOL A lot of what you are seeing in the photo's BCA are IMO shadows/flashes. The 'white' you are seeing beside the stereo/heater controls are from the flash on the plastic. If you look at the photo's that show the controls from right in front and not angled, you will see how the control's are recessed and it's just the sides you are seeing.
You also can't see the blood by the ignition on the angled photo's because it's recessed as well. I have seen other photo's where the things in the middle thing above the pepsi can are not even there, so undisturbed my butt! ;-)
I've been looking into this 'flake' thing and really, I have just come to the conclusion that there is almost nothing natural about any of these blood stains/spots/flakes. The CD case had smears, yet after smearing it, there is no blood anywhere else? not even on the door as it is being closed? huh? no bloody fingerprints, no bloody glove prints.
