TN - Chris Newsom, 23, & Channon Christian, 21, murdered, Knoxville, 6 Jan 2007 #3

[SuziQ]

CSI tech talking about finding cloth, broken dog leash, it had rained earlier, took photos.

 

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http://twitter.com/jamiescoop

CSI Knoxville airing now w/ CSI Russ Whitfield on stand. He photographed Chris body scene #cntrial3 minutes ago

 

[SuziQ]

He's identifying items he collected from scene.

 

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Some strips of cloth, dog leash used 2 bind Chris found draped round tree and big rock. Forced 2 walk thru it? #cntrialless than 20 seconds ago

 

[SuziQ]

Showing jury evidence after CSI ID's it.

 

[Muffet]

Interesting info in this article:

Torture-slaying trial, Day 1: Judge warns families about commenting to/on lawyers
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2009/oct/19/torture-slaying-trial-day-1-gang-kentucky-did-it-l/

KNOXVILLE - A Knox County judge this afternoon threatened to remove from the courtroom relatives of a couple at the center of a torture slaying if they make any more derogatory comments to or about attorneys representing alleged ringleader Lemaricus Davidson.

"I understand that during the recess one of the Newsom family (members) addressed themselves to Mr. (Doug) Trant in a derogatory manner," Judge Richard Baumgartner said.

"Ladies and gentelmen, I will not tolerate that. They are officers of the court. This is their obligation." { :no: They aren't obligated to gratuitously trash victims. }

-snip-

The incident came after Trant asked witness Josh Anderson, who was a friend of Newsom's, what he removed from Newsom's truck after the 23-year-old went missing.

"We had gotten his weed, his marijuana," Anderson said.

That testimony has never been aired publicly, despite the fact that there have now been two trials related to the January 2007 torture slayings.

Defense attorney Scott Green, who represented Davidson's brother, Letalvis Cobbins in August, made it a point to say throughout the trial that he did not intend to sully the reputations of either victim.

Trant's question shows that Davidson's defenders are not so squeamish.​

 

[SuziQ]

Defense cross. Exhibit 204...broken dog leash. Pointing out CSI holding leash in his hand in pick. Witness excused.

 

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Attorneys at the bench.

 

[Muffet]

Defense points out that the CSI guy is holding the leash with his bare hand.

 

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http://twitter.com/jamiescoop

Ouch - Eldridge dinged our CSI for taking pic of him holding dog leash w/ bare hand Maybe Price had all gloves #cntrialless than 20 seconds ago

 

[SuziQ]

The answer to jury question about gas or blood on piece of cloth. Not tested.

Was the fabric found already tied in knots. Didn't hear answer.

Witness excused.

 

[SuziQ]

Next witness Laurel Hodge. Special agent CSI TBI. Fiber analysis and GSR.

 

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Stating her credentials.

 

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http://twitter.com/jamiescoop

Jury ? Was DNA on cloth strips. State - didn't test it. Huh? These really r lean times if didn't test bindings #cntrial2 minutes ago

 

[SuziQ]

Be right back.

 

[Muffet]

Hodge accepted as expert witness in fire debris analysis.

 

[dgfred]

Thanks for the updates, following you closely.

 

[Muffet]

In this case, she was asked to analyze a couple pieces of evidence for presence of ignitable liquids.

 

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She's explaining that they use paint cans because they keep things from evaporating.

 

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Talking about the variety of chemicals used as ignitable liquids and the technology she uses to detect them.