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This article was written by Dr Arpad A. Vass, who recently testified in the Casey Anthony Murder Trial by using a experimental practice of "Capturing the smell of the death". The method was too novel, it caused a lot of doubts. Basically, he has been collecting the chemicals in the odor of decomposed human bodies in his "body farm" lab for 4 years. Based on the analysis of the chemicals, he has built a database of the "smell of the death". During this trial, he collected the air (or chemicals rather) samples in the murdering mom's car, and compared them to his "smell of death" database. He found many matches. Therefore, the conclusion is the mom has hidden the dead body of her daughter in her car. I found this interesting, although it might be too experimental for the current court, but I don't see why this can not be used in the future. The link is http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/06/15/did-prosecutors-in-case...
thenewgreen · 5109 days ago · link ·
Very interesting. I think it could become more acceptable in a court setting if the word "smell" wasn't used. The word smell invokes subjectivity. "smell the oak in the Chardonnay"? -No, smells like wine to me.
But if it is described purely on the level of science it may have a fighting chance in our judicial process. Very cool process.