Tag Archives: death hair

Caylee Anthony case: Trial day 19 – 06/15/11

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Valhall

Yesterday’s proceedings began with Catherine Theison, Chief of quality assurance and control unit of the FBI.  She was the FBI expert who conducted the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) testing on various evidence.  Ms. Theison did a great job of explaining the … Continue reading →

Posted in Coverage of Trial, Criminal Cases | Tagged , , , , , , , , , |

Caylee Anthony case: Trial day 18 – 06/14/11

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Valhall

Yesterday was a short and fairly uneventful day in the murder trial of Casey Anthony.  It began with the State calling Stephen Shaw to the stand.  Mr. Shaw is a hair and fiber examiner for the FBI.  The state brought … Continue reading →

Posted in Coverage of Trial, Criminal Cases | Tagged , , , , , , , , , |

Caylee Anthony case: Heart, Hair, Hounds…in

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Valhall

Three orders were issued yesterday by Judge Belvin Perry in the Casey Anthony murder trial.  They address three of the defense motions heard and argued in the Frye hearings just a few weeks ago.  These particular issues concern the impression … Continue reading →

Posted in Caylee Marie Anthony Murder Trial, Criminal Cases | Tagged , , , , , , , , , |

Casey Anthony case: A review of the defense’s motion concerning State expert witness Lowe

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Valhall

The defense team has filed an Amended Motion in Limine for Hearing on the Unreliability of the Scientific Testimony by Karen Lowe on Post-Mortem Hair Banding.  This motion is two part and kind of works both ends against the middle.  … Continue reading →

Posted in Caylee Marie Anthony Murder Trial, Criminal Cases | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Caylee Anthony case: Magpie reports on 03/23/11 hearing

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Valhall

I think at this point it would be easier to tell you if and when Casey ever looks at her parents then that she didn’t every time.  No George again today?  Anyone else think Jose has lost some weight?  Maybe … Continue reading →

Posted in Caylee Marie Anthony Murder Trial, Criminal Cases | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , |

Caylee Anthony case: Ashton responds in a hairy argument

Posted on March 17, 2011 by Valhall

The State of Florida filed a Response to Motion to Exclude Unreliable Evidence (Post Mortem Banding) yesterday.  This response is to a motion in which the defense team is moving to have the “death hair” ruled to be unreliable evidence … Continue reading →

Posted in Caylee Marie Anthony Murder Trial, Criminal Cases | Tagged , , , , , , , , |

Caylee Anthony case: Hair today, gone tomorrow

Posted on December 21, 2010 by JWG

About the only surprise to come out of yesterday’s hearing in the Casey Anthony case was that Dr. Henry “Will Work for Food” Lee may not end up participating in Casey’s defense after all. Despite Cheney Mason’s bombastic pronouncement earlier … Continue reading →

Posted in Caylee Marie Anthony Murder Trial, Criminal Cases | Tagged , , , , , , |

The ‘Letter-Writer’s’ claims about the Death Hair

Posted on January 17, 2010 by Valhall

This article is in response to a portion of the recently released letter written to Judge Strickland by a self-ascribed “researcher and scientist”.  In particular, we will address the errant statements made in this letter concerning the forensics associated with … Continue reading →

Posted in Caylee Marie Anthony Murder Trial, Criminal Cases, The Science behind Forensics | Tagged , , , , , , , | 214 Comments