Kevin Neal
Date of Death
Combining the information — the disappearance of P. regina, which appears almost immediately upon death, the lack of secondary screwworms, which should have been present in the area in mid-to-late July, but who would not have laid eggs in a body in an advanced state of decay, and the third-instar cheese skippers that require a minimum of 45 days and advanced decay to thrive — Haskell explained to the jury that the earliest the children could have died was July 9 and the latest was July 14.
After discussing the foliage and the stream around the crime scene to determine if Haskell took that into account when he came up with his time frame, Selvaggio returned to the main point he wanted to make.
"Can you give us an opinion based on a reasonable degree of scientific certainty about how long India and Cody Smith had been located where they were subsequently found on September 6, 1997?" he asked.
"Yes, I can," Haskell replied. "And I believe it was between the 14th of July and the 9th of July."
- Messages from the Dead
- 700 Years Later
- The Children are Missing
- Unhealthy Family Dynamic
- Complex Relationships & Conflicts
- Search for Children Called Off
- Behind the Scenes
- Neal's Criminal Past
- Lies
- Sexual Predator
- Bodies in the Cemetery
- A Ghastly Find
- Physical Laws of Death
- The Stages of Death
- The Bureau of Criminal Identification
- Working the Crime Scene
- Manner of Death
- Not Much to Work With
- Cause of Death
- More Forensic Clues
- "We Are Not in a Rush"
- No Smoking Gun
- "Hurt Someone They Love"
- Incriminating Statements
- The Physical Evidence
- Forensic Botany
- Bug Collecting
- Forensic Entomolgy
- How Flies Tell Time
- After the Blow Flies Flew Away
- Enter the Cheese Skipper
- Date of Death
- The Secondary Screwworm in Court
- Battle over Bug Evidence
- Cheese Skippers for the Defense
- Counterpoint
- The Body Farmer
- Dr. Bass for the Defense
- "The Liver Bothers Me"
- The Jury Decides
- Bibliography
