It isn’t really that difficult. I believe the terrible odor in the trunk was caused from whatever food residue the maggots were thriving on inside the white trash bag. I believe the odor from the white trash bag permeated the entire trunk area, as well as causing the interior of the car to reek. I believe that the white trash bag sat in or near a dumpster for 30 hours, and this altered the odor emitting from the bag enough that detective YM believed the smell of the white trash bag was different than the smell in the car. (Also at that time, YM had reason to believe there was a blood stain in the trunk, which could have influenced what he thought he was smelling.) I do not believe that scrapings of vfa, and a single hair consistant with decomposition could possibly cause the atrocious odor within the trunk. The cadaver dog hit in the back yard of the Anthony house, and the results were negative, so I believe it is possible that the cadaver dog could also hit on the vehicle with negative results. The air sample produced a result that proves it may be possible that there was a decomposing human body, however, with the lack of anything other than vfa scrapings and a single hair consistant with decomposition, I think the possibility of a decomposing human in the trunk is extremely slim. The vfa could have come from a number of sources other than a decomposing human. The single hair consistant with decomposition does not emit an odor. I do not believe the single hair is a smoking gun, I think there is another reasonable explanation for it, because it just seems very unlikely that only a single hair consistant with decomposition would end up in the trunk had Caylee’s body been in there.
I do not believe that the pizza box caused a decomp odor. I also do not believe the napkins, or the cans, or the soap container, or the crystal lite, or the cheese wrappers, or the white trash bag itself gave off an odor of decomposition. Containers in general do not give off decompositional odors. However, the contents of the food and beverage containers can give off foul odors after they sit in a hot trunk for weeks, even if those contents are only residue from the foods and beverages that were originally in the containers.
I believe Dr. Vass was asked to prove a possible scenario, but I believe he was inadvertently given misleading information. For example, I think Dr. Vass was unaware that the white trash bag sat in or near a dumpster for 30 hours. Dr. Vass was told there was no food in the white trash bag. I think if Dr. Vass had known that the white trash bag had sat in or near a dumpster for 30 hours, his results may have been different, or he may have opted not to do any testing since the white trash bag may have been contaminated. The maggots had to be thriving on something from within the white trash bag, and the csi may have believed there was no food in the white trash bag, but to an expert who deals with microscopic amounts, Dr. Vass may have a different opinion of whether or not there was any food for the maggots in the white trash bag. Based on the information and items he was given, Dr. Vass proved a possible scenario. He was not asked what the likelihood of that possible scenario was. He covered himself by stating that the decompositional event could have come from something other than human origin. He also did not tell what the likelihood of the decompositional event being from something other than human origin was. For all we know, the likelihood of his scenario could be 1 percent, 10 percent 50 percent, 95 percent, or 95 other possible percentages, as could the something other than human origin percentages.
The smell was awful, it seems everyone agrees on that point. The cause of the odor is where the difference of opinions arise. Yet it really is very, very simple.
One belief is that Caylee’s dead body was at one time in the trunk, and that is what caused the terrible smell.
The other belief is that the odor originated from the contents within the white trash bag.
I am aware that some have said you never forget that smell, etc.
What I believe will be a problem for the prosecution, should they elect to go down the trunk road during trial, is that I think there is enough evidence or lack of evidence to give the jurors reasonable doubt about the trunk. So I will be very surprised if the SA even brings in the trunk evidence at trial, especially if the air sample is not allowed in as evidence. As always my entire post is moo.
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