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Murder In Moscow: The Experts Behind The case Against Bryan Kohberger (Part 10) (9/2/26) · Beyond The Horizon

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  Speaker 1: What's up everyone and welcome back to the program. In
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  Speaker 1: this episode, we're going to start taking a look at
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  Speaker 1: the responses and rebuttals to the reports issued by the
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  Speaker 1: experts lined up against Brian Koberger. And the first response
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  Speaker 1: and rebuttal to report issued by Matthew Nodal on January 22nd, 2025.
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  Speaker 1: Responses to rebuttal items in a report by Matt Nodal,
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  Speaker 1: dated January 22nd, 2025. 1. Sutton Report, page 10. it
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  Speaker 1: should be noted that there were no drip trails of
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  Speaker 1: blood noted on the bedroom floor. Drip trails are indicative
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  Speaker 1: of movement by a bleeding individual. Nodal comment. Drip trails
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  Speaker 1: when present can represent movement of a bleeding person or
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  Speaker 1: movement of an object with wet blood of sufficient volume
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  Speaker 1: to continue to drip after blood acquisition, i.e. a bloody weapon,
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  Speaker 1: can create a drip trail from the weapon being carried
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  Speaker 1: away from a bloody source. Sutton response. Drip trails can
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  Speaker 1: certainly indicate movement of an object with enough wet blood
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  Speaker 1: to create drips, but this type of drip trail is
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  Speaker 1: typically characterized by a small number of drips due to
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  Speaker 1: the lack of a replenishing blood supply. In comparison, a
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  Speaker 1: bleeding individual can create a longer, more continuous drip trail.
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  Speaker 1: The comment made in my report was intended only to
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  Speaker 1: address whether or not a continuous drip trail indicative of
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  Speaker 1: bleeding individual was observed. 2. Sutton Report, page 22. A.
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  Speaker 1: Marker 42 in image DSC 4585 and DSC 4587 depicts
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  Speaker 1: a pattern transfer stain near the hinge side of the
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  Speaker 1: exterior surface of the third level bedroom door. B. A
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  Speaker 1: pattern transfer is created when a patterned object, which was
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  Speaker 1: wet with liquid blood, made contact with the surface. The
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  Speaker 1: appearance of this stain is consistent with diluted blood creating
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  Speaker 1: this pattern transfer. Diluted blood is created when blood is
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  Speaker 1: mixed with another liquid. C. Subsequent testing at marker 42
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  Speaker 1: showed the DNA of Kelly Gonsalves. Notal comment. A. This stain,
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  Speaker 1: as depicted in the Sutton report, image 4587, is an
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  Speaker 1: altered blood stain. The appearance depicted in this image represents
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  Speaker 1: what was left of the stain after the initial sampling
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  Speaker 1: conducted by Detective Talbott. B. Original images of this stain
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  Speaker 1: show it to be smaller spatter, black and white numbered
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  Speaker 1: placard 42 of Talbott. The sample was then collected, likely
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  Speaker 1: with excessive water applied to the swab, altering the original
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  Speaker 1: appearance of the stain. Days later, when ISPFS laboratory processed
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  Speaker 1: the scene, a yellow sticker, 42, was placed and the
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  Speaker 1: after-collection appearance photographed C-figure 26, C. The stain was never
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  Speaker 1: DNA tested and therefore it cannot be attributed as originating
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  Speaker 1: from any specific individual. The misidentification of this sample may
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  Speaker 1: be associated with with the renumbering system employed by Detective Payne.
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  Speaker 1: Sutton response. Regarding alteration of stain 42. My description of
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  Speaker 1: stain 42 was based on its appearance in image 4587. Mr.
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  Speaker 1: Nodal had the advantage of seeing stain 42 in SITU.
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  Speaker 1: If the original stain was in fact collected using excess water,
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  Speaker 1: I agree with Mr. Nodal's opinion of it being an
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  Speaker 1: altered spatter stain. Regarding the DNA profile of stain 42.
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  Speaker 1: I was unaware of the change in numbering system as
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  Speaker 1: it correlated to the description of the agency number in
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  Speaker 1: the ISPFS worksheet described by Mr. Nodal. Bates 003289 The
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  Speaker 1: misidentification of this sample may be associated with the renumbering
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  Speaker 1: system employed by Detective Payne. After further investigation, I removed
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  Speaker 1: any DNA results from stain 42, as it appears not
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  Speaker 1: to have been tested. 3. Sutton Report, page 16 ISP
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  Speaker 1: 5149 depicts the underside of the shelf above the headboard
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  Speaker 1: of the bed. Spatter associated with impact are noted on
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  Speaker 1: the underside of the shelf. These spatters represent the termination
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  Speaker 1: of the spatters associated with impact seen on the wall
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  Speaker 1: above the bed over the head. Notal comment. This part
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  Speaker 1: of the assessment should also be considered cast off from
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  Speaker 1: a body object being swung upward and towards the northeast
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  Speaker 1: corner of the bed. Sutton response. While I agree that
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  Speaker 1: a cast-off pattern may be intermingled with the impact spatters
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  Speaker 1: on the underside of the shelf above Mogan's bed, it's
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  Speaker 1: my opinion that a simple call of impact spatter is
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  Speaker 1: more conservative. Sutton report page 30. Zanaker Nodal was injured
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  Speaker 1: in proximity to this table. Nodal comment. As a single
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  Speaker 1: drop deposited with potential dilution, it cannot be determined when
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  Speaker 1: this drop arrived or what specific mechanism generated it. The
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  Speaker 1: Sutton Report incorrectly reported that stain F revealed the DNA
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  Speaker 1: of Xanakernodal. However, no record of this stain having been
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  Speaker 1: tested for source DNA was located in the provided data.
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  Speaker 1: No additional or accompanying blood stains, patterns, or transfers from
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  Speaker 1: Kernodal are demonstrated in this area, so there is no
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  Speaker 1: data to suggest Kernodal was injured at or near this table.
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  Speaker 1: Bates 003291 Sutton Response The incorrect data profile Originally attributed
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  Speaker 1: to Stain F has been corrected in the body of
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  Speaker 1: this amended report. The conclusion stating that the finding of
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  Speaker 1: Kernodle's blood on the table in the living room was
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  Speaker 1: the basis for my conclusion and that she suffered an
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  Speaker 1: injury at or near this table. My original reporting of
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  Speaker 1: DNA from Stain F as being blood from Xanakernodle was
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  Speaker 1: the result of my mistaken belief that the description of
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  Speaker 1: a stain as being collected from the second floor study table.
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  Speaker 1: ISPFS 22 Wilth with an alternative description of what I
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  Speaker 1: referred to as the beer pong table in the living room.
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  Speaker 1: This error has been corrected, and the conclusion drawn as
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  Speaker 1: a result of this error has been deleted. Sutton Report,
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  Speaker 1: page 56. The appearance of the stains indicated by the
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  Speaker 1: yellow oval in DSC 4562 is consistent with diluted blood.
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  Speaker 1: Diluted blood is created when blood is mixed with another liquid.
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  Speaker 1: The mouth and nose injuries of Xanacranodal As noted in
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  Speaker 1: the autopsy report are potential sources of diluted blood. Nodal comment.
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  Speaker 1: As occurred with the stain on the third floor door,
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  Speaker 1: item 42, this stain was also diluted through the collection
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  Speaker 1: process after it had been documented by Detective Talbot. The
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  Speaker 1: original deposit was not diluted and therefore does not fit
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  Speaker 1: with the source from any mouth or nose injury to
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  Speaker 1: occur nodal. The dilution of this stain is an artificial
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  Speaker 1: remnant of sampling. Bates 003291. Sutton response. Regarding the alteration
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  Speaker 1: of stain depicted in DSC 4562. As occurred with the
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  Speaker 1: stain on the third floor door, item 42, my description
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  Speaker 1: of this stain was based on its appearance in image
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  Speaker 1: DSC 4562. Mr. Nodal had the advantage of seeing this
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  Speaker 1: stain in SITU. If it's confirmed that the original stain
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  Speaker 1: was collected using excess water, I agree with Mr. Nodal's
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  Speaker 1: opinion of it being altered spattered stain. Regarding the conclusion
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  Speaker 1: that the mouth and nose injuries of Xenocernodal, as noted
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  Speaker 1: in the autopsy report, are potential sources of diluted blood,
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  Speaker 1: this statement does not imply a substitute for DNA testing.
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  Speaker 1: It is only stated as a potential source and was
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  Speaker 1: not intended to exclude other mechanisms. Other evidence demonstrated that
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  Speaker 1: only Cernodal and the perpetrator were moving about her bedroom.
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  Speaker 1: This statement was meant simply to caution the reader that
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  Speaker 1: in this particular instance, An innocuous explanation for diluted blood
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  Speaker 1: should be considered in comparison to the dilution of blood
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  Speaker 1: discovered in the adjacent living room. I am in complete
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  Speaker 1: agreement with Mr. Nodal that potential mechanism other than blood
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  Speaker 1: originating from the mouth and nose of the victims should
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  Speaker 1: be considered and never intended to imply otherwise. 6. Sutton Report,
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  Speaker 1: page 58. The appearance of these spatters is consistent with
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  Speaker 1: diluted blood, see DSC 4892 cropped. The mouth and nose
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  Speaker 1: injuries of Xanacronodon, as noted in the autopsy report, are
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  Speaker 1: potential sources of diluted blood. These spatter stains originated from
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  Speaker 1: an impact to a source of exposed blood located approximately
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  Speaker 1: 3 feet and 7 inches above the floor. As indicated
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  Speaker 1: by the scale, an image DSC 4892 cropped. Nodal comment.
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  Speaker 1: This pattern of diluted blood, sample number 29, is consistent
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  Speaker 1: in color and appearance to the diluted blood seen on
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  Speaker 1: the pony, half wall, and adjacent areas, without source testing.
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  Speaker 1: This spatter cannot be assigned as originating from kernodal, nor
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  Speaker 1: can it be associated with injuries to kernodal without DNA
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  Speaker 1: source testing. Sutton response. The pattern of diluted blood, sample 29,
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  Speaker 1: may indeed have been created by the same source as
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  Speaker 1: the diluted blood seen on the half wall and adjacent
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  Speaker 1: areas in the living room. As is stated in my
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  Speaker 1: original report, though, the mouth and nose injuries of Zanacur
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  Speaker 1: Notal should also be considered. Sutton Report, page 61. The
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  Speaker 1: appearance of these stains indicates that the blood has been
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  Speaker 1: diluted with another liquid altering their appearance. The mouth and
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  Speaker 1: nose injuries of Zanacur Notal, as noted in the autopsy report,
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  Speaker 1: are potential sources of diluted blood. Notal comment. The proximity, height,
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  Speaker 1: and location of the deposit is similar to the deposit
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  Speaker 1: at position number 29. This is a pattern similar to
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  Speaker 1: what was deposited onto the pony half wall and that
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  Speaker 1: already diluted blood was deposited onto the door at this location.
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  Speaker 1: Without further testing of sample number 29 or area Q,
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  Speaker 1: no specific assignment of source or mechanism can be identified.
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  Speaker 1: Bates number 003292 Sutton response. My statement that the diluted
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  Speaker 1: blood is potentially attributable to the mouth and nose injuries
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  Speaker 1: of Xanacarnotl was not meant to imply a substitute for
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  Speaker 1: DNA testing. This statement was meant simply to caution the
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  Speaker 1: reader that an innocuous explanation for diluted blood should be considered.
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  Speaker 1: I'm in complete agreement with Mr. Nodal. that potential mechanisms
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  Speaker 1: other than blood originating from the mouth and nose of
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  Speaker 1: the victim should be considered and never intended to imply otherwise.
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  Speaker 1: All right, folks, we're going to wrap up right there.
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  Speaker 1: And in the next episode, we're going to pick up
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  Speaker 1: with rebuttal Matthew Nodal report. All the information that goes
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  Speaker 1: with this episode can be found in the description box.