to a spatter event. on dr. hamilton s shoes were tiny blood droplets, almost invisible to the naked eye. these were suspicious, not only the shape, but the angle at which the blood landed on the shoes. there was some coming down on the toe from above 40, 50 degrees. and there s no possible way that someone had lifted mrs. hamilton s head, dropped her head down, and created additional spatter, and somehow dr. hamilton s shoes were exposed to that. you could not explain it from that. the blood on dr. hamilton s shoes were caused by medium-impact splatter, the kind resulted from a beating. tom bevel, a blood spatter expert hired by dr. hamilton, agreed with gardner s assessment. the spatter places the shoe within an area capable of receiving spatter, and the spatter is being generated by
of david s shirt. finding the spatter on the back of mr. duyst s sleeve i think is rather telling because it suggests that his arm is not just down, but rather it s extended and up at the moment of that spatter event. which is consistent with the position that one would have to be in if they re firing a weapon into mrs. duyst. david duyst was arrested and charged with first degree murder. he continued to maintain his innocence. he said when he found sandy, she was coughing, which explained how her blood got on to his shirt. it would be up to a jury to decide if david duyst was lying or telling the truth.
asked blood spatter expert ross gardner for his opinion. in this case, it is what the suspect says is ultimately going to be tested against the crime scene. when emergency workers arrived, dr. hamilton was covered in his wife s blood. dr. hamilton s presence at the crime scene, the fact that he s bloody is completely expected. he has come home and found his wife dead. he s cradled her, taken action. but not all of the blood on dr. hamilton s shirt could be explained away. dr. hamilton s claims presented some major contradictions. i don t expect to find spatter. the spatter i observed were present on the front of his shirt, below his neck, on both sleeves at the cuff, and this suggested that his arms and his body had been in close proximity to a spatter event.