08-23-2016, 10:07 PM
(08-23-2016, 04:59 PM)HairOfTheDog Wrote: The defense forensic expert witness testified that the blood sample his team tested from the car was positive for EDTA.
The FBI forensic expert witness testified that the blood sample his team tested from the car was negative for EDTA.
He also testified that Avery's blood which had been stored in a purple vial were positive for EDTA presence (as expected).
Correction to the bolded text:
It was the defense attorneys, not a defense expert witness, who suggested that blood drawn from Avery in his rape trial was removed from the storage vial and planted in Teresa's car. The rest is accurate. The FBI tested blood from the scene after the blood planting allegation was made by the defense attorneys and concluded that Avery's blood found in Teresa's car did not contain EDTA like blood in the vial did, which the prosecution used to quash the planting allegation.
Defense Update:
As of March, Kathleen Zellner was focusing on alleged pings from Teresa's cell phone 12 miles from the Avery property, which she claims proves that Teresa left the property before she was killed (and also proves that Avery had insufficient representation from Strang and Buting). In addition, she said that she was focusing on alternate suspects, one sex offender in particular, along with the limited DNA testing in the case. Ref: http://www.newsweek.com/2016/04/08/kathl...41470.html