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From: Miss Marple
Date: 6/17/03
Time: 12:47:45 PM
Remote Name: 24.80.69.157
Jasper,
On the first day of the Preliminary hearing, June 30, Michele Kestler testified about the hairs and fibers from the glove. She was not prepped for the detailed questsions by Shapiro that the judge allowed. Clark was "outraged".
20 THE WITNESS: And item number 19 were items removed 21 from number 9. 22 Just let me make sure of that before I say 23 something wrong here. 24 Yes. Item number 19 contained hairs and 25 fibers removed from item number 9. So this report 26 here, the first report, is referring to item number 19. 27 And in that item there were three human head hairs, 28 blond in color, and they ranged in length from 3.5 0009 01 to 29.5 centimeters, and exhibited predominantly 02 Caucasian characteristics. They also exhibited 03 indications of possible chemical treatment, bleaching. 04 And none of them had roots. 05 And then there were also several fibers and 06 animal hairs which we haven't had time to characterize 07 further at this time.
There is NO mention of any limb hair. So you have to wonder where those came from. It also doesn't seem like Deedrik was given all they found on the cap that was on the floor in the Bronco.
Kestler,June 30 09 Q Would you be able to give us the same summary, 10 please, for item number 27, the cap that was found on 11 the driver's floor of the Bronco. 12 A Surely. Item number 111 contained -- the new 13 item number 111 is the hairs and fibers removed from 14 item number 27, the cap. 15 and that contains among the hairs was six 16 human head hairs ranging in color from brown to black, 17 ranging in length from 1.1 to 2.2 centimeters, and 18 exhibiting predominantly Negroid characteristics. 19 Two of these hairs have intact roots and the 20 remaining four hairs do not have intact roots.
And then there were the "redish brown" hairs in the knit cap.
Scheck said last week that hair comparison is "junk sience", after the release of the three guys who had spent 18 years in prison. The only physical evidence against them was three hairs found in a truck.
Miss Marple