By Walter Pacheco and Bianca Prieto
A computer forensic detective from the Orange County Sheriff’s Office is testifying this morning about text messages, videos and other digital media pulled from the cellphone, laptops and digital cameras of accused child killer Casey Anthony.
Detective Sandra Osborne said she received a Nokia cellphone from detectives for the purpose of locating clues to alleged nanny Zenaida Fernández-González from Casey Anthony’s phone.
She also received a desktop and two digital cameras from detectives after the suspect’s arrest in June 2008.
Casey Anthony, 25, is charged with first-degree murder in the 2008 death of her daughter, Caylee Marie Anthony. She alleged that Fernández-González had kidnapped Caylee.
The child’s remains were found near the home of grandparents George and Cindy Anthony.
While examining the phone’s contact list, Osborne said she was unable to fully extract the data. She could not recall if Casey Anthony’s cellphone had a SIM card, a memory chip that stores personal data.
Osborne said some of the videos on the Nikon Cool Pix digital camera included a video from the nursing home of Caylee’s great-grandfather.
Cadaver dog Bones detected human remains
Earlier today, a second dog handler involved in a search of Casey Anthony’s back yard testified this about a cadaver dog named Bones detecting possible human remains in the east Orange County property nearly three year ago.
Sgt. Kristin Brewer’s K-9 partner, Bones, swept Anthony’s backyard in July 2008 to look for evidence of a dead body.
Brewer said Bones gave a “trained final alert,” indicating possible human remains in the back yard of the home Casey Anthony shared with her parents on July 17, 2008.
The location where Bones alerted was within six to eight feet where Orange County Deputy Jason Forgey’s dog had earlier alerted. It was also near Caylee Marie’s play house in the backyard.
A second search by Bones on the next day did not result in an alert. Brewer said this may have been caused by some digging and processing done at the location since the search was done.
No remains were ever found at that location in the back yard of the Anthony home.
Earlier, Brewer went through Bones’ history of searches and success at finding human remains in unrelated cases.
Defense attorney Jose Baez briefly cross-examined Brewer about details of the search in the back yard. The attorney pointed out that just because a dog alerted on something, doesn’t mean Caylee’s dead body was in the area.
He noted that the dog may have been reacted from human tissue or fluid, possibly from a contaminated tissue, from someone who is still alive today.
Baez said such dogs are ‘more of a tool than conclusive indicator of human decomposition, especially when you don’t have a body.”
Tuesday focused on chloroform, Gerus and car trash
On Tuesday, jurors heard about a variety of evidence from several state witnesses, ranging from chloroform residue detected on items in her car to garbage found in the trunk.
Baez said suchdogs are ‘more of a tool than conclusive indicator of human decomposition, especially when you don’t have a body.”
Tuesday focused on chloroform, Gerus and car trash
On Tuesday, jurors heard about a variety of evidence from several state witnesses, ranging from chloroform residue detected on items in her car to garbage found in the trunk.
Dr. Michael Rickenbach, a forensic chemist examiner with the FBI, told jurors he tested items from Casey Anthony’s Pontiac Sunfire for chloroform, including fabric from a spare-tire cover.
Chloroform can be deadly if inhaled, and investigators said someone at the Anthony’s home searched the Internet for the term on the family computer.
Forgey testified for several hours Tuesday about how his cadaver dog was used in the investigation.
He explained in great detail how cadaver dogs are trained, and specifically, how he trained his dog Gerus. Forgey reviewed dozens of documents confirming the K-9 dog’s certification, as well as his own in handling the specialized dog.
Orange County Sheriff’s Office Crime Scene Investigator Gerardo Bloise talked about the garbage bag that was found in the trunk of Casey Anthony’s Pontiac Sunfire.
He identified 37 different items, including a package of Velveeta, napkins, a container of laundry detergent, a receipt from Fusion nightclub where witnesses testified Anthony frequented, and a paper from Full Sail University, among other things. Anthony’s boyfriend attended Full Sail.
Anthony’s defense attorney said Caylee drowned in the family swimming pool on June 16, 2008.
But the state believes Casey Anthony killed her child, using duct tape as a murder weapon. The child’s skeletal remains were recovered from a wooded lot near the Anthony family home in December 2008.
Duct tape was found wrapped around the skull.
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