LA LA - Marcus Merritt, 37, Leonville, 4 Jan 2013

[Sabeteur1956]

Did his girlfriend report that your son used or abused drugs? Did she give a statement to law enforcement?

No she didn't tell anyone Marc used or abused drugs because, he didn't. Especially the type found in his system, he smoked weed as a teenager as some do. He was 37 years old, a Father and getting ready to start a job at the end of January in Houston where he was coming home. Yes, she spoke to the detective and me.

 

[Sabeteur1956]

Could you tell us how Mark Harper from MJA was selected to review pictures/reports of the crime scene? Is his speciality crime scene investigation?
If not, would it be helpful to have a private investigator with past crime scene investigation be hired?

Also, Mark was able to view the pictures because.. someone sent them to me. I have NO DESIRE to ever look at them.

 

[Teche]

Also, Mark was able to view the pictures because.. someone sent them to me. I have NO DESIRE to ever look at them.

I totally understand not viewing the photos. I was wondering how an engineer/patent attorney was giving an investigative opinion.

 

[Sabeteur1956]

I totally understand not viewing the photos. I was wondering how an engineer/patent attorney was giving an investigative opinion.

I never question his opinion nor who he sends information to. This person is also married to a police officer who took one look and said I can already tell u this isn't a suicide. This person also survived 911 so, I imagine he trusts what she knows and observes

 

[Sabeteur1956]

I never question his opinion nor who he sends information to. This person is also married to a police officer who took one look and said I can already tell u this isn't a suicide. This person also survived 911 so, I imagine he trusts what she knows and observes

Also, Mark has discovered numerous things in the pictures which don't match up. He told me about how the blood spatter doesn't match with what's being told. How it's already pooling which it shouldn't have been if the incident occurred soon before people started arriving. The fact the medical workers describing him as cool to the touch, the body doesn't cool that fast and all of this supposedly happened quicky. Blood dried on his arms and the list goes on.

 

[cherrymeg]

Also, Mark has discovered numerous things in the pictures which don't match up. He told me about how the blood spatter doesn't match with what's being told. How it's already pooling which it shouldn't have been if the incident occurred soon before people started arriving. The fact the medical workers describing him as cool to the touch, the body doesn't cool that fast and all of this supposedly happened quicky. Blood dried on his arms and the list goes on.

Did you ever find out if his wife was actually out like she claimed? I have to wonder if when she called you he had been dead for sometime. And she was just playing the concerned wife calling his mother.

 

[Sabeteur1956]

Did you ever find out if his wife was actually out like she claimed? I have to wonder if when she called you he had been dead for sometime. And she was just playing the concerned wife calling his mother.

Bingo, no I don't think she was at work as she claimed because, when she called me she said she was leaving and I heard no noise. No footsteps, keys jingling, car door closing, car starting up, driving noises NOTHING

 

[Sabeteur1956]

Did you ever find out if his wife was actually out like she claimed? I have to wonder if when she called you he had been dead for sometime. And she was just playing the concerned wife calling his mother.

One of the experts said in his report in his opinion this occurred earlier than reported and his body was staged

 

[cherrymeg]

Bingo, no I don't think she was at work as she claimed because, when she called me she said she was leaving and I heard no noise. No footsteps, keys jingling, car door closing, car starting up, driving noises NOTHING

Did you talk to her much before that? If you don't know if something is wrong you wouldn't call someone's mom and scare them if you weren't sure. Had she ever expressed concerns about your son before?

 

[Sabeteur1956]

Did you talk to her much before that? If you don't know if something is wrong you wouldn't call someone's mom and scare them if you weren't sure. Had she ever expressed concerns about your son before?

Sweetie, we talked daily, texted all thru the day, when she got off at ten at night, she called me to ride home with her. We were very close and she stopped talking to me immediately wtf. Her behaviour is how I knew something wasn't right. U see, I didn't understand why Marc would take his life but, I felt no need to question it because, why would they lie to me. Now I know why.

 

[coastal]

Also, Mark has discovered numerous things in the pictures which don't match up. He told me about how the blood spatter doesn't match with what's being told. How it's already pooling which it shouldn't have been if the incident occurred soon before people started arriving. The fact the medical workers describing him as cool to the touch, the body doesn't cool that fast and all of this supposedly happened quicky. Blood dried on his arms and the list goes on.

Also, Mark was able to view the pictures because.. someone sent them to me. I have NO DESIRE to ever look at them.[/QUOTE

One of the experts said in his report in his opinion this occurred earlier than reported and his body was staged

That list of found drugs is very interesting, IMO. It reads like a checklist for "drugs of abuse", or what to look for, when drug testing. Curious to see how its 'ng/g' measurements would translate to real-world quantities, I googled a couple of drugs, and soon discovered a chart with all of the same substances listed, but the measurements were for a urine test. That's as far as I got before RL called, but already I have more questions about this drug test result. What are the odds a person would check all the boxes?

I can feel your frustration through the screen.

 

[Sabeteur1956]

That list of found drugs is very interesting, IMO. It reads like a checklist for "drugs of abuse", or what to look for, when drug testing. Curious to see how its 'ng/g' measurements would translate to real-world quantities, I googled a couple of drugs, and soon discovered a chart with all of the same substances listed, but the measurements were for a urine test. That's as far as I got before RL called, but already I have more questions about this drug test result. What are the odds a person would check all the boxes?

I can feel your frustration through the screen.

In very frustrated and angry. My son was killed for no reason other than he no longer wanted her and was moving on. Yes Fentanyl confirmed in his liver tissue. For some reason, these people think I'm stupid and shame on them I'm not. Google became my constant companion and I've found out so much it boggles my mind.

 

[rob525]

That list of found drugs is very interesting, IMO. It reads like a checklist for "drugs of abuse", or what to look for, when drug testing. Curious to see how its 'ng/g' measurements would translate to real-world quantities, I googled a couple of drugs, and soon discovered a chart with all of the same substances listed, but the measurements were for a urine test. That's as far as I got before RL called, but already I have more questions about this drug test result. What are the odds a person would check all the boxes?

I can feel your frustration through the screen.

I started reading this and also found it odd. It is almost as if someone made a list of all the drugs they could think of and wrote them down. Many of the drug test results seem to be referenced differently than they are on the posted list i.e. ng/ml. I can only assume that's what this list means but find it strange that it is not spelled out exactly as the test results would indicate ( for instance if a test for a drug returned a result measured in nanograms to milliliter, why would this report not specify the exact unit of measure? I may be wrong in how I am reading this list also.)

 

[coastal]

I started reading this and also found it odd. It is almost as if someone made a list of all the drugs they could think of and wrote them down. Many of the drug test results seem to be referenced differently than they are on the posted list i.e. ng/ml. I can only assume that's what this list means but find it strange that it is not spelled out exactly as the test results would indicate ( for instance if a test for a drug returned a result measured in nanograms to milliliter, why would this report not specify the exact unit of measure? I may be wrong in how I am reading this list also.)

Thanks for your reply, rob525. It's all the encouragement I need to look a little harder at this tiny part of the big picture. I'll report back what I find. Hope you'll do the same!

 

[Sabeteur1956]

Thanks for your reply, rob525. It's all the encouragement I need to look a little harder at this tiny part of the big picture. I'll report back what I find. Hope you'll do the same!

Y'all please let me know what u find out. Thank u

 

[Sabeteur1956]

Y'all please let me know what u find out. Thank u

Thanks for your reply, rob525. It's all the encouragement I need to look a little harder at this tiny part of the big picture. I'll report back what I find. Hope you'll do the same!

Wtf did they do to my child

 

[rob525]

So, just reading through the list of compounds listed in the toxicology report and decided to look at the methanol. I suppose there are ways to get trace amounts of methanol in ones system naturally and hopefully someone with more knowledge than I may be able to shed more light on the subject, because I am certainly no authority on the matter. That aside, I assume that the report is stating that he had a concentration of 20 mg per 100 grams of body weight ( methanol is typically measured in litres but once in the blood stream maybe they have to measure in concentrations)? I don't know if I figured this right but assuming Marcus weighed 200 lbs ( not sure of actual weight just using that as a reference) that would equal approximately 91 KG and if there are 1000 grams to a KG per the report he would have a total body weight concentration of 18,200 mg (which if I am reading correctly is way above the reference dose of 0.5 mg/kg per day),which seems to equal about about 17-18 milliliters. According to wikipedia: "As little as 10 mL (0.34 US fl oz) of pure methanol can cause permanent blindness by destruction of the optic nerve. 30 mL (1.0 US fl oz) is potentially fatal." So it would seem that level of Methanol is kinda high. Maybe I am totally off base here and I hope someone with more knowledge looks at this and can let me know. If not, how did he get that much methanol in his system? It is usually found in fuels and formaldehyde etc. I have heard of folks with severe alcoholism consuming other forms of alcohol ( hand sanitizer, rubbing alcohol etc.) Also ethanol ( not sure about methanol but I would assume it to be similar) leaves the body rather quickly so it would seem that the methanol would have been ingested shortly before death occurred, no?

 

[cherrymeg]

So, just reading through the list of compounds listed in the toxicology report and decided to look at the methanol. I suppose there are ways to get trace amounts of methanol in ones system naturally and hopefully someone with more knowledge than I may be able to shed more light on the subject, because I am certainly no authority on the matter. That aside, I assume that the report is stating that he had a concentration of 20 mg per 100 grams of body weight ( methanol is typically measured in litres but once in the blood stream maybe they have to measure in concentrations)? I don't know if I figured this right but assuming Marcus weighed 200 lbs ( not sure of actual weight just using that as a reference) that would equal approximately 91 KG and if there are 1000 grams to a KG per the report he would have a total body weight concentration of 18,200 mg (which if I am reading correctly is way above the reference dose of 0.5 mg/kg per day),which seems to equal about about 17-18 milliliters. According to wikipedia: "As little as 10 mL (0.34 US fl oz) of pure methanol can cause permanent blindness by destruction of the optic nerve. 30 mL (1.0 US fl oz) is potentially fatal." So it would seem that level of Methanol is kinda high. Maybe I am totally off base here and I hope someone with more knowledge looks at this and can let me know. If not, how did he get that much methanol in his system? It is usually found in fuels and formaldehyde etc. I have heard of folks with severe alcoholism consuming other forms of alcohol ( hand sanitizer, rubbing alcohol etc.) Also ethanol ( not sure about methanol but I would assume it to be similar) leaves the body rather quickly so it would seem that the methanol would have been ingested shortly before death occurred, no?

You are better at math than I am. Methanol is in antifreeze. The toxicology report mentions it separately. It could be a sign of poisoning.

 

[Sabeteur1956]

So, just reading through the list of compounds listed in the toxicology report and decided to look at the methanol. I suppose there are ways to get trace amounts of methanol in ones system naturally and hopefully someone with more knowledge than I may be able to shed more light on the subject, because I am certainly no authority on the matter. That aside, I assume that the report is stating that he had a concentration of 20 mg per 100 grams of body weight ( methanol is typically measured in litres but once in the blood stream maybe they have to measure in concentrations)? I don't know if I figured this right but assuming Marcus weighed 200 lbs ( not sure of actual weight just using that as a reference) that would equal approximately 91 KG and if there are 1000 grams to a KG per the report he would have a total body weight concentration of 18,200 mg (which if I am reading correctly is way above the reference dose of 0.5 mg/kg per day),which seems to equal about about 17-18 milliliters. According to wikipedia: "As little as 10 mL (0.34 US fl oz) of pure methanol can cause permanent blindness by destruction of the optic nerve. 30 mL (1.0 US fl oz) is potentially fatal." So it would seem that level of Methanol is kinda high. Maybe I am totally off base here and I hope someone with more knowledge looks at this and can let me know. If not, how did he get that much methanol in his system? It is usually found in fuels and formaldehyde etc. I have heard of folks with severe alcoholism consuming other forms of alcohol ( hand sanitizer, rubbing alcohol etc.) Also ethanol ( not sure about methanol but I would assume it to be similar) leaves the body rather quickly so it would seem that the methanol would have been ingested shortly before death occurred, no?

Marc weighed about 225 pounds and he wouldn't drink anything that would poison him. When he drank, it was Paul Masson and I seriously doubt that would kill him. He wasn't an alcoholic nor drug user. Also the amphetamine and Fentanyl confirmation in liver tissue puzzles me. Something else that gets me is, if they only tested for these drugs and they weren't present, how are there levels of them? Wtf for real

 

[Sabeteur1956]

You are better at math than I am. Methanol is in antifreeze. The toxicology report mentions it separately. It could be a sign of poisoning.

Antifreeze he surely wouldn't ingest murderers