trial thread: 04/03/2012

[Sailor Bug]

Items are shown to the jury

Pollanen also found earrings with three butterflies with #ToriStafford body. One earring was still attached to right ear; other was loose

 

[Wondergirl]

1:03
RaffertyLFP:


No other objects found. [via Twitter]

 

[Wondergirl]

Items are shown to the jury

Pollanen also found earrings with three butterflies with #ToriStafford body. One earring was still attached to right ear; other was loose

 

[~n/t~]

Melanie Nagy‏@NagyCBC
Tori's teacher testified that the little girl ran inside to fetch her earrings before heading out for the day. #sl #rafferty

Melanie Nagy‏@NagyCBC
We know from earlier testimony that on the day Tori was abducted she almost forgot her butterfly earings at school. #sl #rafferty

Avery Moore‏@AveryFreeFMNews

Two black butterfly earrings were found with the body, Dr. Pollanen says. 3 butterflies dangle from each earring. #Rafferty

 

[Oldsoul2]

Melanie Nagy ‏ @NagyCBC

The bottle caps look like they would have been from water bottles. #sl #rafferty

Water to down the pills they took?

 

[Wondergirl]

Avery Moore ‏ @AveryFreeFMNews

A small, plastic piece of a hair barrette also found with the body. #Rafferty

 

[Wondergirl]

1:06
RaffertyLFP:


Decomposition limited findings, Pollanen said. [via Twitter]


1:05
RaffertyLFP:


No stab or gunshot wounds on torso. Lower areas lost to decomposition. [via Twitter]

 

[nettie_82]

Water to down the pills they took?

TLM testified they used water bottles to clean up after the fact.

 

[nettie_82]

London Free Press ‏ @RaffertyLFP
No stab or gunshot wounds on torso. Lower areas lost to decomposition.

 

[Hello_Kitty]

strange he didn't notice the garbage bags or the odour of decay...JMO

At that point the smell may not have been that strong, it was still either April or May that he put those rocks on the pile so probably still a bit cool at night, and also since he is a farmer, he probably has seen/smelled his fair share of dead animals, so would not be able to tell the difference... I'm not even sure there is a difference between animal decomp smell and human decomp smell?

 

[Wondergirl]

1:07
RaffertyLFP:
Court on break until 2:30 p.m. [via Twitter]

 

[Hello_Kitty]

maybe all of the rocks protecting Tori's body will have enabled the coroner to gain more information...let's hope.:twocents:

And I hope they dusted the bottle caps found in the bag for fingerprints!!

 

[~n/t~]

Linda Nguyen‏@LindaNguyenPN

The trial is now on a lunch break until 2:30 pm. Pollanen's evidence will continue then #ToriStafford #Rafferty

 

[~n/t~]

Overwhelming sense of sadness. I'll never understand why anyone would hurt an innocent child. Never. :cry:

 

[Sailor Bug]

According to Pollanen, there is no forensic evidence #ToriStafford was wearing pants or underpants

Lnd. Community News ‏ @LCNews1
Jury warned of disturbing images to come as autopsy testimony begins: http://wp.me/p1i3yb-fc6 #RaffertyTrial

Torso well preserved, compared to the rest of the body. Pollanen says Tori's genitals and anus were decomposed. Biological samples taken.

Due to the decomposition, there were no signs of sexual assault. Also not reasonable to expect to find any.

RaffertyLFP: Court on break until 2:30 p.m

 

[Oldsoul2]

TLM testified they used water bottles to clean up after the fact.

Good catch!

 

[Macright]

Water to down the pills they took?

hope there were traces of fingerprints on those caps..

 

[Sillybilly]

Thank you to all our tweethearts for your hard work

:gthanks:

 

[Sailor Bug]

Heeney asked the jury not to get emotional on Tuesday. “Because emotions distort judgment, emotion distorts reason,” he said grimly.

Tori’s family, including her mother Tara McDonald and father Rodney Stafford, were present in the court. Many members of her family were wearing purple in some way: a shirt, a tie or ribbon. Purple was Tori’s favourite colour, a fact that has come up again and again.

Rafferty, too, was wearing purple: a purple shirt, grey suit and striped purple tie.

http://www.londoncommunitynews.com/...ial-jury-warned-of-disturbing-images-to-come/

 

[maxfactor]

According to Pollanen, there is no forensic evidence #ToriStafford was wearing pants or underpants

Lnd. Community News ‏ @LCNews1
Jury warned of disturbing images to come as autopsy testimony begins: http://wp.me/p1i3yb-fc6 #RaffertyTrial

Torso well preserved, compared to the rest of the body. Pollanen says Tori's genitals and anus were decomposed. Biological samples taken.

Due to the decomposition, there were no signs of sexual assault. Also not reasonable to expect to find any.

RaffertyLFP: Court on break until 2:30 p.m

I'm assuming that he is saying there weren't any visual signs of sexual assault, possibly signs when the biological samples were processed???