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With reference to the lack of confirmation/clearance on the POI's vehicle inspections it was alarming to read that in Daniel Morcombe's case that Brett Cowan's vehicle was in fact tested (and Daniel had been in the car) and those tests were left sitting in a lab for YEARS.Not followed up as Brett was just one of a number of suspects. Brett admits in this same article that he hadn't even bothered to clean the vehicle after taking Daniel. How cocky!
There are are a number of similarities here in the circumstances surrounding the forensic testing
numerous POI's
huge amount of evidence to sort through etc
HOW BRETT COWAN ALMOST GOT AWAY WITH MURDER
On December 24, two detectives arrived at Alf’s Pinch Rd and asked Cowan if they could take his car for forensic examination. Of course, he agreed. He hadn’t even bothered to wash it. They covered the filthy white 4WD with fingerprint dust, checked for blood and took strip tests to collect hairs or anything else that might give them a DNA profile.
The samples were sent off to Queensland Health to await scientific testing. And there they stayed - for years.
With Cowan just one of many names on their list, nobody would check to see that the tests had been done. And they wouldn’t until 2011.
There are are a number of similarities here in the circumstances surrounding the forensic testing
numerous POI's
huge amount of evidence to sort through etc
HOW BRETT COWAN ALMOST GOT AWAY WITH MURDER
On December 24, two detectives arrived at Alf’s Pinch Rd and asked Cowan if they could take his car for forensic examination. Of course, he agreed. He hadn’t even bothered to wash it. They covered the filthy white 4WD with fingerprint dust, checked for blood and took strip tests to collect hairs or anything else that might give them a DNA profile.
The samples were sent off to Queensland Health to await scientific testing. And there they stayed - for years.
With Cowan just one of many names on their list, nobody would check to see that the tests had been done. And they wouldn’t until 2011.