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ADDENDUM

See “BLOOD NOTES”, below for the earlier testimony today.  In the late afternoon, these additional points emerged.

·        Nina’s disreputable boyfriend, Mr. Sturgeon, gave a DNA sample and there was no forensic trace of his presence at the Exeter house or in the CRX.

·        The blood on the sleeping bag cover that matched Nina’s DNA was hard to see at first. As OPD criminalist, Shannon Cavness, observed: “It was really hard to see without high-intensity lighting.”

·        That blood trace was six inches long, more  a smear than a drop or speck, it would seem.  Reportedly the jury gave this evidence their intense attention.

But the blood on the post near the entryway in the Exeter house was obvious. “It's very bright red” said Cavness said. DNA confirmed that blood came from both Hans and Nina.  When challenged whether the recovered DNA came from blood, the criminalist responded: "I doubt that someone licked this pillar."