Dr. Vincent Di Maio, a forensic pathologist testified, and swayed things for the defense today. Di Maio stated that Trayvon Martin was on top of George Zimmerman when the fatal shot to his chest killed him. “If you lean over someone, you notice the clothing tends to fall away from the chest,” Di Maio said. “If instead you’re lying on your back and someone shoots you, the clothing is going to be against your chest.”
During this testimony, Martin’s mother, Sybrina Fulton left the court, which seems to mean that she could not take it. Who stuck first still remains to be the question.
If someone has been following you, proceed to attack your, and then you see a gun – what would you do?! Zimmerman was losing the ol’ one-on-one and shot his weapon. To add insult to injury, attorneys are saying that clothes from the crime were NOT packaged properly, so…Hit the jump for more details.
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Di Maio also explained that if clothes taken into evidence are wet and packaged in plastic bags, and not paper bags, it can ruin the samples since “bacteria multiplies and you get mold and it stinks to high heaven.” Defense attorneys believe DNA evidence found on Martin’s hooded sweatshirt and undershirt was degraded since the clothing wasn’t packaged properly.
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