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Caylee Anthony case: Chloroform in

Like finding manna on the ground, we receive a daily serving of justice from the Ninth Judicial Court of Florida in the form of a righteous ruling.  Yesterday’s serving came in the form of a denial to the defense’s motion … Continue reading

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Caylee Anthony case: An assist for Dr. Vass

Jose Baez spent about 8 hours yesterday painting by numbers to reveal the portrait he keeps hidden in his attic.  It was no surprise to find out it is a portrait of a red-assed baboon.  If anyone wants to take … Continue reading

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Caylee Anthony case: Magpie reports on 03/24/11 hearing

First I want to just thank the Central Florida media who have been so gracious and helpful to me.  Not that I would expect anything less from the more public representatives of our State.  But, citizen-reporters (i.e. blogging-reporters) are a … Continue reading

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Caylee Anthony case: Dr. Logan’s report

Dr. Barry Logan has been retained by the defense to render his expert opinion concerning Dr. Vass’s work at Oak Ridge.  More specifically, Dr. Logan is to speak toward Dr. Vass’s work with testing air samples taken from the trunk … Continue reading

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Caylee Anthony case: Chloroform and GC/MS

WHAT IS THE DEFENSE TEAM SMOKING!??? My apologies for that outburst because this is to discuss some scientific information, BUT WHAT IN SAM-HILL IS HAPPENING IN THE DEFENSE TEAM?  I’m getting skeered! The defense team has filed Defendant’s Memorandum Regarding … Continue reading

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A Million Times

I’ve noticed discussion around the trunk’s chloroform signature pop up here and there, most recently on the post speculating Casey deleted the Google searches minutes before taking Yuri on her initial wild-goose chase in search of Caylee and the mythical … Continue reading

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The Crystal Light bottle – Chemical Analysis

There’s been a significant amount of discussion on the net about the chemical analysis of the Crystal Light bottle found in the trash bag of Casey’s trunk. It appears in the past couple of days the talk has turned to … Continue reading

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The Trunk Liner – where some REAL Chloroform was found

So, we’ve discussed the Gatorade bottle and syringe. I think the claim it’s a “smoking gun” is a fair measure of hyperbole. As stated in my write up on the Entomology results, I think the bugs are far more problematic … Continue reading

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To-do list for today

My mission today is to get with a couple of chemists and a HS-GC-MSD expert to have them review my gross, “big hammer” approach to estimating the order of magnitude of concentration of chloroform in the Q238.1 Gatorade bottle and … Continue reading

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The Gatorade bottle and a Syringe – Chemical Analysis – Updated

I guess I’ll say up front that my opinion is the Gatorade bottle with the syringe inside doesn’t have anything to do with Caylee or Casey.  I thinks it’s discarded trash.  And I don’t believe we’ll ever see it entered … Continue reading

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