See, no GSR on his shoes. He walked all over the crime scene around Maggie & Paul (to say the least)…imo this alone shows he changed his shoes
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But gsr lasts 4-6 hours.
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Handling evidence again no gloves, oh my. Ms Fletcher came prepared she wore her gloves
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From expert witness Fletcher, unlike human hands, GSR on inanimate objects can remain indefinitely until washed, cleaned, and/or rubbed off (i.e, "until it's actively removed").
In other words, that rain poncho could have had an accumulation of GSR over an extended period of time. JMO
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Apparently not so for inanimate objects per SLED expert Fletcher. It can remain indefinitely until it's actively removed.
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What a wonderful, confident, concise Expert GSR witness for the State. Her testimony is damning IMO. The women today (her and CFO of PMPED) have really brought it today.
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JMO.... that was excruciating to listen to. The prosecutor asking the questions was not as prepared as I wished he had been.... BUT AM seemed thoroughly ticked off over the line of questioning.
The next witness is expected to speak to gunshot residue.
State’s 35th witness is SLED forensic scientist Megan Fletcher.
Fletcher explains how she uses powerful microscopes magnify samples up to 50,000 times to view GSR particles on a molecular level. GSR particles contain three specific elements and are always rounded. Some look like spheres. Others, like footballs, she says.
Fletcher: There are a variety of ways GSR could get on someone. Picking up a gun. Or being in the vicinity when a gun is discharged. With GSR on hands, analysts can tell if the GSR came from a specific recent shooting. With GSR on clothes, analysts can't tell where it's from.
Fletcher is expected to be the last witness of the day, by the way.
Fletcher testifies she found GSR particles on Murdaugh’s white T-shirt from the night of the slayings. They could have come from being in the vicinity of a gunshot, or it could have been transferred from an object with GSR on it. She can’t say which.
Fletcher also found GSR particles on the shorts Murdaugh was wearing. Shirt: Two particles to the right of the chest. One particle on the left sleeve. Shorts: Two on the right side of the shorts, one on the left groin area.
Fletcher again says she can't say where the GSR particles came from, or when they got on the clothes. Murdaugh's lawyers will say the amounts are very small, consistent with picking up a gun that already had GSR on it.
Fletcher found one GSR particle in the sample collected from Murdaugh's hands. She can't say when/how the particle got on his hands.
Fletcher found no GSR particles on the kit collected from Murdaugh's shoes.
Fletcher also tested the seat belt of Murdaugh’s Chevy Suburban, which he drove on the night of the slayings. Found one GSR particle. Can’t say when it got there or where it came from.
I have to imagine the Murdaugh defense team will argue the Murdaugh family shot guns all the time, all over the property, likely discharging GSR onto everything, everywhere.
Now we are moving on to the blue rain jacket, which we have been told was coated in GSR on the inside. Waters thought that was important enough to mention in his opening statement.
Fletcher testifies she found GSR particles on the outside of the blue rain jacket. Didn't say the amount. Then she tested the inside of the jacket and found a "significant" amount of GSR particles. She stopped counting at 38. There were probably more.
Fletcher said she stopped counting because there were so many on the inside of the jacket. It would have taken her a week to count them all.
Fletcher testifies the amount of GSR on the inside of the coat is consistent with someone shooting a gun while wearing the coat inside-out, or wrapping the jacket around “objects with a high amount of GSR on them.” It was a large amount of particles, she said.
This is why Murdaugh's legal team fought so hard to tear apart any alleged link between this blue rain jacket and their client.
Prosecutor Meadors: How long would GSR particles stay on an inanimate object like this jacket? Fletcher: “Until it is actively removed.” By brushing, hosing, aggressive cleaning, etc.
Meadors closes by asking if the amount of GSR on the interior of the blue rain jacket is consistent with a recently-shot firearm being wrapped up in the jacket. Fletcher: Yes. Meadors finishes questioning Fletcher. Defense won't get to cross until tomorrow. Sheesh.
We are done for the day.
By continuing to watch L&C live stream you will see AM leaving courthouse to get in jail van.
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IMO, he took them off the property when he went to his parents' home.... JMO... moo.
I think he had time to disassemble the firearms, and dispose of them in any water way within a 100 mile area or further by the time this raincoat was collected.... JMO. moo
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