TN - Chris Newsom, 23, & Channon Christian, 21, murdered, Knoxville, 6 Jan 2007 #1

[SuziQ]

Defense cross.

 

[christee]

ok here's the explanation of CNs rectal swab...

did contain semen

Oh, CN's own semen found on his rectal swab?

Ystr is for females

 

[SuziQ]

Defense Chris rectal swab. Discussing semen being Chris or someone else. Could have been submitted for ystr. But victims dna could have overwhelmed the testing. Contribitor may have been id'd in this testing.

 

[SuziQ]

Basically could be Chris semen through cross contamination from outside the body. My interpretation.

 

[christee]

OK, a graphic question...was swab an external or internal rectal swab?

 

[lizzybeth]

Okay, got it now. Could be Chris' if cross contaminated. Also could have been someone else's. Even further testing might not have been able to determine who's other than Chris'.

So the ME must have found other evidence to suggest that Chris had been raped.

 

[lizzybeth]

OK, a graphic question...was swab an external or internal rectal swab?

My understanding (for what it's worth) is that it would be an internal swab.

 

[raindrops300]

About the Chris semen - I'm thinking she's speaking technically - that it could not be ruled out to be his own. Could not technically rule out anyone.

 

[christee]

Okay, got it now. Could be Chris' if cross contaminated. Also could have been someone else's. Even further testing might not have been able to determine who's other than Chris'.

So the ME must have found other evidence to suggest that Chris had been raped.

a foreign object was used?

 

[SuziQ]

Getting technical and down to the nitty gritty of Sperm testing.

 

[christee]

My understanding (for what it's worth) is that it would be an internal swab.

They weren't designating rectal or anal at first. thought they might be referring to both areas using one term.

 

[lizzybeth]

The defense attorney is really getting on my nerves.

 

[SuziQ]

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Doesn't mean they don't suspect Boyd but points out just whose DNA was all over place - Cobbins

Prosecution seems to be honing in on key issues - finally - pointed out no DNA matches of Boyd for instance

Floral fabric, strips of which used to bind Channon, shows DNA of Channon, Coleman, Cobbins

Rectal swab of Chris shows semen but no sperm, couldn't make DNA match

Channon's mom gripping her hands as DNA expert clinically talks about swabs from Channon's body

Swab from Channon's mouth consistent with Cobbins' DNA

Even brothers have distinct DNA profiles, Agent Millsaps says

 

[lizzybeth]

They weren't designating rectal or anal. thought they might be referring to both areas using one term.

Oh, I was thought they were using rectal and anal interchangeably.

 

[SuziQ]

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He's using the science of sperm to try to put hours of distance between oral rape of Channon and other rapes, death

Now I get where Green is going with this icky sperm count discussion

 

[christee]

Is he trying to say CC had consentual sex with those pervs?

 

[SuziQ]

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Green pointing out Coleman, Cobbins might have had sex on that floral bedding days b4 carjacking to explain DNA

 

[SuziQ]

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Creepy but cool - TBI uses substance to make semen glow

 

[raindrops300]

Did they find Davidson's DNA? I don't remember hearing it mentioned.

 

[christee]

But there would be different degrees of degradation of DNA