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Read Newly Released DNA Test Results in Casey Anthony Case

By David Lohr

The Florida State Attorney's Office has released forensic test results related to the case of Casey Anthony and her missing 2-year-old daughter, Caylee Anthony. According to the 34 page report, scientists found a "Caucasian head hair" inside Anthony's white Pontiac Sunfire, which "exhibits characteristics of apparent decomposition at the end." That hair, according to the report, is "microscopically similar" to one found in Caylee's hair brush. The report also notes that chloroform residue was found on a spare tire cover inside the trunk of the car.Download the Forensic ReportIn regard to the air sample tests, conducted by Oak Ridge National Laboratory, an odor signature in the trunk was found to be "consistent with a decompositional event that could be a human origin...continue to full post

Full post as published by Criminal Report Daily on October 24, 2008 (boomark / email).