09-23-2010, 06:38 PM
komisarjevsky has a little daughter who was 5 at the time. he had custody of her and took good care of her. how could he do this??
semen was found in little 11-year-old Michaela's anus.
Under cross-examination by defense attorney Patrick Culligan, Farmhand said he found eight photographs on Komisarjevsky's cell phone.
Farnham described the photos, which were not shown to the courtroom. He looked and sounded uncomfortable as he described them. Dr. William Petit Jr., who was beaten in the attack but escaped, was pale and braced himself, putting his hand on a bench in front of him.
The first two photos, at 9:41 p.m. and 9:43 p.m. on July 22, showed Komisarjevsky touching his erect penis.
The third, taken at 7:27 a.m. on July 23, showed a young female, a cloth over her face, dressed in a skirt and a sleeveless shirt lying on a bed with her arms up above her head. The next photo showed a close-up of the girl's private area at 7:51 a.m.. The next showed the same girl lying on her back. Then one, at 7:52 a.m., showed the girl on a bed with her legs tied. The last showed an older female lying on her back, her private areas exposed, at 9:14 a.m.
Earlier, Dr. H. Wayne Carver II, the state medical examiner, started yet another somber day of testimony.
When 17-year-old Hayley Petit's body was found face down at the top of a stairway July 23, 2007, the ropes on her ankles were burned and her clothes were in tatters from the flames that consumed her. Her skin was destroyed. She died of smoke inhalation, Carver said, but burns to the front of her body suggested she was exposed to flames while still alive.
Dr. William Petit Jr., the only person to survive the home invasion, had left the courtroom when the 6-foot-6-inch-tall Carver hobbled with his cane to the witness stand.
As they did Wednesday, jurors again viewed autopsy photographs, this time of Hayley, a gifted scholar and athlete who was supposed to attend Dartmouth in the fall of 2007.
The courtroom was silent as the jurors passed the photos of Hayley's body across the jury box. The rest of the courtroom — including Hayes — was spared from viewing the photos.
One photo was of Hayley's voice box and trachea, cut open to show the soot inside. After viewing, three jurors looked over at members of the Petit and Hawke families.
Under cross-examination, Thomas J. Ullmann, one of Hayes' attorneys, focused on Carver's testimony about the autopsy of Michaela.
He suggested to Carver that his testimony that Michaela's body showed no signs of trauma in the genital area did not preclude a sexual assault. When Ullmann asked him about swabs he took of the girl's anal area, Carver said the area tested positive for both enzymes for semen and sperm cells.
semen was found in little 11-year-old Michaela's anus.
Under cross-examination by defense attorney Patrick Culligan, Farmhand said he found eight photographs on Komisarjevsky's cell phone.
Farnham described the photos, which were not shown to the courtroom. He looked and sounded uncomfortable as he described them. Dr. William Petit Jr., who was beaten in the attack but escaped, was pale and braced himself, putting his hand on a bench in front of him.
The first two photos, at 9:41 p.m. and 9:43 p.m. on July 22, showed Komisarjevsky touching his erect penis.
The third, taken at 7:27 a.m. on July 23, showed a young female, a cloth over her face, dressed in a skirt and a sleeveless shirt lying on a bed with her arms up above her head. The next photo showed a close-up of the girl's private area at 7:51 a.m.. The next showed the same girl lying on her back. Then one, at 7:52 a.m., showed the girl on a bed with her legs tied. The last showed an older female lying on her back, her private areas exposed, at 9:14 a.m.
Earlier, Dr. H. Wayne Carver II, the state medical examiner, started yet another somber day of testimony.
When 17-year-old Hayley Petit's body was found face down at the top of a stairway July 23, 2007, the ropes on her ankles were burned and her clothes were in tatters from the flames that consumed her. Her skin was destroyed. She died of smoke inhalation, Carver said, but burns to the front of her body suggested she was exposed to flames while still alive.
Dr. William Petit Jr., the only person to survive the home invasion, had left the courtroom when the 6-foot-6-inch-tall Carver hobbled with his cane to the witness stand.
As they did Wednesday, jurors again viewed autopsy photographs, this time of Hayley, a gifted scholar and athlete who was supposed to attend Dartmouth in the fall of 2007.
The courtroom was silent as the jurors passed the photos of Hayley's body across the jury box. The rest of the courtroom — including Hayes — was spared from viewing the photos.
One photo was of Hayley's voice box and trachea, cut open to show the soot inside. After viewing, three jurors looked over at members of the Petit and Hawke families.
Under cross-examination, Thomas J. Ullmann, one of Hayes' attorneys, focused on Carver's testimony about the autopsy of Michaela.
He suggested to Carver that his testimony that Michaela's body showed no signs of trauma in the genital area did not preclude a sexual assault. When Ullmann asked him about swabs he took of the girl's anal area, Carver said the area tested positive for both enzymes for semen and sperm cells.