science. there s a lot of nonforensic science. martha: one of the things that crossed my mind. is it possible that the body was there for a very short time and none of the decomposition happened during that period of time? also the body was wrapped in a blanket inside two trash bags. when they did this study with a pig, you know, that wasn t the case in terms of the way that experiment was done. that s right. you are right. if a body, wrapped in plastic bags and other bags was in the trunk of the car for a day or so, it could maybe leave no decomposition fluid, no odors, no bugs. and we can t tell, one way or the other. since they are claiming there s decomposition fluid and maggots in the garbage the easiest thing is do a dna
there was evidence of a bed being in the car. decomposition fluid, maggots. what surprised me most of all was that apparently, nobody did dna on what was thought to be decomposition fluid, to see whether it where it came from. martha: why would that be? and they didn t do dna on the maggots which also could tell you if it had been feeding on the baby. now, that surprised me. i would have assumed by this time, that if they had done the dna, in those areas they would know whether or not, for sure, whether or not casey was in the car. and there was a big dispute with the judge inside bars about a clear spot on the trunk decomposition from the baby. decomposition fluid is not clear, it is dark, it is black, it is mixed with muscle fluid
science. there s a lot of nonforensic science. martha: one of the things that crossed my mind. is it possible that the body was there for a very short time and none of the decomposition happened during that period of time? also the body was wrapped in a blanket inside two trash bags. when they did this study with a pig, you know, that wasn t the case in terms of the way that experiment was done. that s right. you are right. if a body, wrapped in plastic bags and other bags was in the trunk of the car for a day or so, it could maybe leave no decomposition fluid, no odors, no bugs. and we can t tell, one way or the other. since they are claiming there s decomposition fluid and maggots in the garbage the easiest thing is do a dna
there was evidence of a bed being in the car. decomposition fluid, maggots. what surprised me most of all was that apparently, nobody did dna on what was thought to be decomposition fluid, to see whether it where it came from. martha: why would that be? and they didn t do dna on the maggots which also could tell you if it had been feeding on the baby. now, that surprised me. i would have assumed by this time, that if they had done the dna, in those areas they would know whether or not, for sure, whether or not casey was in the car. and there was a big dispute with the judge inside bars about a clear spot on the trunk decomposition from the baby. decomposition fluid is not clear, it is dark, it is black, it is mixed with muscle fluid
was placed in the trunk with duct tape, possibly chloroform as well and it was probably done by her mother. the defense s job is to destroy that theory to the extent they can. michael baden hit it on the head. you have decomposition fluid. how in the world you re talking kids out of law school now how to do this stuff. the defense and the state should be ashamed this wasn t done. to me that doesn t make sense. martha: jim, with regard to what we learned today, this discussion about whether or not there was ever a bed in the back of the trunk. how potentially damaging was this for the prosecution? again, the one thing that is never going away and sticks, witnesses, lay people testifying they had the smell of death. former cop, d.a., prosecution, walked in the i will never forget the smell that testimony is powerful. what is most shocking what