GUILTY TN - Chris Newsom, 23, & Channon Christian, 21, murdered, Knoxville, 6 Jan 2007 #17

[SuziQ]

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Channon's best friend Kara is weeping

 

[SuziQ]

VC's head is down now.

 

[SuziQ]

At the mention of skin slippage, VC holds her head and starts rocking.

 

[William N]

VC's head is down now.

Her attorneys told her it was time to put her head down and start crying.

David From TN

 

[SuziQ]

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Channon's hand tilted at 90 degree angle from being pressed against trash can

 

[SuziQ]

Despite VC's claim that Davidson tried to break Channon's neck.....the ME says there is no injury to the neck.

 

[MCDRAW]

At the mention of skin slippage, VC holds her head and starts rocking.

I'm thinking she was coached. She sat and was completely unmoved through all the previous testimony.

 

[SuziQ]

No sign of strangulation.

 

[SuziQ]

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ME - "We don't have signs of strangulation." Coleman claims Davidson choked her

This is the worst 1 - close up of her face, here eyes half open showing she was alive inside can

 

[SuziQ]

Body had a strange odor. Not typical of decomp. Chemical smell but could not tell what it was.

 

[SuziQ]

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ME - "there was unusual smell I can't really tell what it was, a chemical smell" from Channon's body

 

[SuziQ]

Bruising on arms indicative of being dragged. Carpet burns on lower back.

 

[SuziQ]

Comotion, someone passed out and others ran outside.

 

[SuziQ]

TK continues? Not sure what's going on.

 

[William N]

I'm thinking she was coached. She sat and was completely unmoved through all the previous testimony.

Yes, I saw her for three days last week. I was in the courtroom. She was always unemotional.

David From TN

 

[MCDRAW]

What happened?

 

[SuziQ]

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It's spectator, older guy in glasses carrying folders. Deputies came to his aid

That should be arm, not atm. Someone just collapsed

ME - "fingertip" bruises on Channon's atm from being dragged

Most jurors unemotional, tho one cupped hands over mouth

 

[SuziQ]

Channon lived for some time after the beating to her genital area.

 

[SuziQ]

Trauma to Channon's body is not the COD. COD is positional asphyxiation. Compression in trashcan prevented her lungs from expanding and taking in oxygen.

 

[SuziQ]

White trash bag also could have played a role ME says.