Documents proving contamination, mishandling and tampering available for download.
Recent events have made me realize
the importance of proving the unreliable nature of the physical evidence
in this case. Words are not enough. Over the next few weeks I will post several
updates summarizing every piece of physical evidence used to convict me and
will make available the reports, logs and statements that corroborate the
problems with each.
Please also refer to the original June 18, 2013 blog post for an entire case history.
Please also refer to the original June 18, 2013 blog post for an entire case history.
Due to the enormous size of the
case file, it is impossible to upload every document in this case so I have
focused on only pertinent material facts. However, should any reader want a
specific or entire document not available, please email
a request and every effort will be made to provide it. Because I am in prison
this may be a slow process since all requests will be handled by a third party.
Requests for crime scene photos, medical examiner files, and any documents
relating to personal information of the victim, victims family or my family
will be denied.
Beginning with what many might
consider as the most damaging evidence against me, I offer the following proof
that the #19 blood sample was contaminated and / or tampered with.
1. Jacksonville Beach Police Department Evidence
Technician, James Choate, collected 4 presumptive blood samples from, in and or
around the kitchen area at the crime scene. They were labeled:
a.
18A scrapping from outside kitchen window
b.
18B swabbing from outside kitchen window
c.
18C swabbing from outside kitchen window
d. 19 scrapping from inside kitchen cabinet
2. Although #19 was labeled “inside kitchen
cabinet”, E.T. Choate testified at trial that he actually collected it from the
lip of the kitchen counter near the sink but did not photograph the collection.
3. Sample #19 was collected by Choate November 28,
1998, the second day of processing the scene, after the sample was covered in
fingerprinting chemicals and powder, and was exposed to outside elements from
the open kitchen window for over 24 hours.
4. E.T. Choate scrapped samples 18A and 19 from
their surfaces using an exacto-type scalpel that was not sterile and had been
used at other crime scenes.
5. Samples 18B and 18C were swabbed using distilled
water, but packaged wet, molding the specimens into mold.
6. On April 12, 1999; before I became a suspect,
all four samples were tested by FDLE DNA analyst Jeffery Fletcher. 18A matched
Corey Parker’s DNA. 18B, 18C and #19
gave “no reaction”.
7. In November 2000, after I became a suspect and
police collected my spit out of a rain puddle; FDLE DNA examiner, Timothy
Petree, agreed to “re-test” the 4 samples using the PCR-STR method of testing.
8. On November 27, 2000 Petree reported that, all
of the sudden #19 produced a full, unmixed profile that matched my DNA. 18A
still matched Corey Parkers’ DNA. 18B still contained no DNA.
9. In a pretrial deposition, Petree reluctantly
admitted that although 18A matched the victims DNA, it contained a mixture that
excluded
me!
10.
The sample was described by analyst Petree as a
minute amount of flakes that resembled paint chips. Samples #19 was
destroyed/consumed during testing without Petree gaining permission to consume
it. In a pre-trial deposition Petree arrogantly stated that it did not concern
him if the sample was destroyed, or if anyone can verify his results.
11. There are no pictures of #19 and the defense was
unable to retest the original sample. #19 was the only specimen consumed.
12. It was also discovered that Petree tested my
spit sample 3 times over a 72 day period, during which time the #19 sample was
also tested. This is a violation of laboratory protocol which states that known
DNA standards should never be tested at the same time or place as unidentified
crime scene samples. Also, crime scene samples should always be tested before
known standards to prevent the known DNA from contaminating the unknown
specimen. That was not done in this case.
13. Amazingly, at trial analyst Petree committed
perjury by stating that he got results from my spit standard (Q28) after just a
couple of days, instead of testing it 3 times in a 72 day period.
14.
Finally, former FDLE analyst John Fitzpatrick
was one of several analysts who double checked the work performed by Petree. In
2002 Fitzpatrick was forced to resign from FDLE after it was discovered he
faked test results in unrelated work.
These are unrefuted facts, brought to your attention by myself, that were not substantiated proof by the prosecution to warrant my incarceration; surrounding arguably the strongest evidence against me. The evidence speaks for itself.
Next post …Q4.1 hair root.
