smelled that car, when the trunk was opened, he said to himself, whoa, i know what that is. mr. burch has no reason to lie about any of that. could have stopped there. he was very, very persuasive i submit to you. we didn t. we went further. you heard from professional witnesses, crime scene technicians who smelled it, unfortunately, on many occasions, unforgettable, unforgettable. the defendant s own father even at the time said i ve smelled that before and i know what it smells like. but we didn t stop there. we got help from the one person who has studied the odor of
all the setup, jose baez, the lead defense attorney, will take over and present his case for claiming her innocence, that she did not intentionally kill her daughter. before we get into the actual discussion from mr. baez, and judge belvin perry is giving instructions. let s go to little yeah luis an know outside the courtroom. what has been the tenor inside the courtroom this morning? can you hear a pin drop? is it very, very serious, business kind of thing? is there any circus atmosphere either inside or outside the courtroom? i think everywhere around this courtroom people are paying attention to exactly everything that s being said. i think most important out of everything that jeff ashton just laid out is the fact that he s telling, before the defense has an opportunity to present closing arguments, he s telling the jurors that the defense is asking them to completely disregard their common sense. as we heard before, he has been underlining everything regarding the mot
states exhibit 264. i d rather not take it out because it s not in very good condition. that bag was caylee s coffin. could i have photo state s exhibit 233? this is the photograph of the shorts that were found with the remains of caylee anthony. you ll recall from the medical examiner s testimony, it s very, very tattered from decomposition. state s exhibit 314. this is a photograph of caylee anthony wearing those very same shorts. could i have state s exhibit 237? this is a photograph of the lettering that was found in the bag with the remains of caylee anthony. the last remnant of a shirt. remember the testimony was all that was left of the shirt was the stitching around the collar and these letters. could i have state s exhibit 13 please? there s a photograph of caylee marie anthony wearing the shirt in which she died, with not a strange er, but casey anthony. could i have 255 please? photo in evidence, and i ll need exhibit 288. this is a photograph of the blanket that w
be following and another case we are following and you are follow is this rm casey anthony mucase trial in florida. what is going on there? well, good day for the prosecution, and one word, two words simon burch. he is witness 20. he is the person who has testified that he smelled death emanating from casey anthony s trunk from her car. this is very, very crucial to the prosecution, because they are claiming under their theory that casey anthony killed her daughter intentionally and then placed her body in the trunk of her car and abandoned that car. this is the first witness, drew, who testified to the smell of death in the car. what is so very interesting about this witness is that he has experience with the smell of death versus the smell of garbage which is what the defense theory is, that this was not death but garbage.
courthouse getting the latest. today, a lot of bombshells in the courtroom. you mentioned a half a dozen, but there were 11 surveillance videos of tot mom on shopping sprees and jcpenney and ikea and the grocery store and you name it, she was there, and sometimes hitting stores two times in one day in different outfits. yeah, one of the witnesses did break up on the stand describing what she thought to be a loving relationship between tot mom and little caylee, but what really broke my heart was when george anthony, father george anthony, was called back to the stand today. a tow truck operator simon burch took the stand previously and said that tot mom s car quote wreaked of a dead body. the odor of death, he said, describing it as the odor of death. yes. why was that significant? well, the state s theory is that tot mom murdered caylee and