Pros. Welsh: "In regarding that mix under the right fingernails - how many different profiles please?"

Christine LeMire: "Actually so it's between SDR testing and YSDR testing there are at least five profiles in that sample - remember we had Christa Worthington as a major profile - Ava Worthington being included in that profile and then a minimum of three males including Christopher McCowen"

Pros. Welsh: "and with respect to that ah Christa Worthington's right fingernails - Jeremy Frazier was excluded is that correct?"

Christine LeMire: "Yes"

Pros. Welsh: "alright - and at the time that the YSDR testing was done of the fingernails - um - it is fair to say mam - that you didn't run that against Tim Arnold, Tony Jackett or Keith Amato - correct?"

Christine LeMire: "At the time the YSDR tests were run, which was performed, which is just a few months ago - Um - the standards to compare it to were Chris McCowen and Frazier"

Pros. Welsh: "Jeremy Frazier was excluded correct?"

Christine LeMire: "That's correct"

Pros. Welsh: "Now … how many items did you test?"

Christine LeMire: " In this case?"

Pros. Welsh: "What's that?"

Christine LeMire: "In this entire case?"

Pros. Welsh: "Yes - How many evidentiary samples did you test?"

Christine LeMire: "twenty-three"

Pros. Welsh: "and that deals with exempting profiles from individuals?"

Christine LeMire: "exempting those would be an additional forty-nine (49) to the twenty-three (23) …"

Pros. Welsh: "alright"

Christine LeMire: "what's that? so over seventy (70) …"

Pros. Welsh: "and"

Christine LeMire: "profiles"

Pros. Welsh: "and could you just go through what you did test in this case please?"

Pros. Welsh: "beyond - I tend to be very frank about the swabbing of the breast and the sperm fracture test"

Christine LeMire: "Yes other items that were tested in this case for DNA analysis were a um red-brown droplet stain on a cutting board, a red-brown stain on the right side of Ava Worthington's jumpsuit, a swabbing of keys found in the driveway passenger side of victims motor vehicle, a red-brown stain recovered from the right clog toe area - of shoes recovered from um the residence - a swabbing of a red-brown stain from a left clog collected from, at the left outside heel area - um - same clog as previously noted - or same set of the pair. Also, an apparent pubic hair from Christa Worthington's torso, a swabbing of eyeglasses - a swabbing of a stain on the vest - lower right waist area - of CW - another pubic hair from the vest of Christa Worthington - a stain on the left sleeve of Christa Worthington's shirt - another stain from Christa Worthington's shirt, at the rear center waist area - a swabbing of the left hand fingernails from Christa Worthington - a men's silver watch - and four (4) pairs of underwear"

Pros. Welsh: "and"

Christine LeMire: "and the stain from a blanket in the kitchen"

Pros. Welsh: "with respect to that blanket in the kitchen, ah was that a semen stain?"

Christine LeMire: "Yes"

Pros. Welsh: "alright and who did that come back to match?"

Christine LeMire: "Tim Arnold"

Pros. Welsh: "and with just being in respect to the DNA being on an item - how long does DNA last on an item?" How long does DNA last on an item?

Christine LeMire: "Um - We've been able to profile DNA recovery off of items as long as twenty (20) to thirty (30) years."

Pros. Welsh: "and is DNA something that is easily picked up … off the ground?"

Christine LeMire: "It is possible to um pick up trace amounts of DNA"

Pros. Welsh: "alright .. with respect to ah - there was a set of clogs that you tested is that correct?"

Christine LeMire: "Yes"

Pros. Welsh: "and on the heel area of the clog there was some unknown DNA in this case?"

Christine LeMire: "Yes"

Pros. Welsh: "Alright"

UPDATE: AS OF TODAY 5/24/2011 - NO SUCH TESTING EVER TOOK PLACE & THE DRUG SHIPMENTS & MURDERING CONTINUE AS ONE BIG US "NEW MOB" ORGANIZED RACKETEERING GOVERNMENT, WTH NO OVEERSIGHT NOR CHECKS & BALANCES ON ANYTHING, WHILE THEY  SUCK THE LIFE OUT OF OUR NATION. VOTE? RepubliCON or DemocRAT? Time to break up THE "PARTIES".

Post-trial: DNA tests, appeal in works

November 18, 2006
Post-trial: DNA tests, appeal in works
By HILARY RUSS
STAFF WRITER

Cape and Islands District Attorney Michael O'Keefe said yesterday he would test some of the DNA samples in the state police crime lab that were not previously tested, but not because he expected to gain any new information.
''I have asked that certain testing be done only because it became such a large issue at the trial,'' O'Keefe said. ''I want to see that those who have questions, even though we may not feel that they are persuasive at all, attain some level of satisfaction.'' (NOTE: AS THIS DAY 8-24-2012 - THIS HAS NEVER BEEN SATISFIED TO THE PUBLIC THAT HAVE LOTS OF QUESTIONS and NO CONFIDANCE!)
One piece of evidence in particular - the external vaginal swab collected from Worthington's body - came up in trial when an expert for the defense, Richard Saferstein, pointed out that though it tested positive for semen, it had never been DNA tested for a match to McCowen or anyone else.
''We have a big question mark here that could have readily been solved with that one specimen,'' Saferstein testified.
O'Keefe said the issue is a red herring and that protocol at the crime lab is to test only internal vaginal samples, which can prove penetration and hence rape charges. ''The laboratory's experience is that what comes out is a seepage or a drainage,'' O'Keefe said.
''If it results in a change of (crime lab) protocol in some cases, that's a perfectly appropriate thing,'' he said.
O'Keefe said his office will not investigate or charge anyone else in the murder, including Jeremy Frazier. McCowen told state troopers that after he had consensual sex with Worthington, Frazier was the one who actually grabbed a knife and stabbed her through the lung, killing her.
During the trial, Saferstein also said that blue and white fibers found on Worthington's genital area were not tested by the crime lab. Frazier was seen on video wearing a blue and white sweater the night prosecutors believe Worthington was killed.
But O'Keefe said he had no intention of testing those fibers. ''I don't find those persuasive,'' he said. ''Fibers are very generic. Many people have sweaters with blue and green or whatever the colors were. You can conjure up any kind of expert these days to say anything.''

CBS News website - Forensics 101

HAIR AND FIBERS

"Hair deteriorates slowly, and so can be particularly useful as evidence. Hair can reveal race, as well as whether the strand was removed by force. Lab tests on hair can show whether a person took certain drugs or ingested chemicals. Fibers are often even more useful evidence than hair, because it is much easier to precisely identify them."

Exculpatory Motion

Exculpatory Motion filed 11-26-07! The motion/document speaks loud and clear about DA O'keefe and his office (See link above), ADA-Prosecutor Welsh ( Welsh was then given a District Court Judicial Appointment, by Mitt Romney on 12-7-2006, right after this trial.) His Dad, a former Chief Magistrate ("Man of the People" - See link above) of the Orleans District Court, handled the dispostions in all these cases! Certifying to the Court and Defense that they had handed everything over when in fact they knowingly hadn't - is a VERY BIG DEAL and fits right into the rest of the conspiracy that has been the major part of this crime and case from the onset! See the Exculpatory Motion filed (Link Above)11-26-2007 and the author Peter Manso who has been writing a book about this crime and case discovered much of this exculpatory material was then setup a month later by an errant home alarm going off and then arrested for guns that were out of registration!

A few excerpts:

"In the aftermath of these filings, this court held several discovery conferences on February 10, 2006, April 7, 2006 and October 11, 2006 resulting in the Commonwealth’s filing of a Discovery Compliance Certificate on October 11, 2006. However, despite these procedures and specific discovery requests, all of the evidence listed in the following paragraphs was known to the Commonwealth about its own witnesses and still withheld from the defendant, bringing us to this point."

"THE WITHHELD EVIDENCE
The following evidence, uncovered through the efforts of journalist Peter Manso during his research for his upcoming novel on the Worthington homicide case, was deliberately withheld from the defense by the prosecution prior to and during the defendant’s trial. This critical information was known to the government, was clearly discoverable, was requested by the defendant yet still withheld from the Court and the defendant by the prosecution.
In what appears to be an unsettling pattern of uncanny commonality, the same investigators, arresting officers, defendants/witnesses and prosecutors thread through all of the withheld evidence. At the very least, this data was undisclosed and was likely deliberately withheld by the same District Attorney’s Office that handled most of the challenged cases. In other words, the District Attorney’s Office must have known about the evidence and there is no possible reason that the Commonwealth would fail to produce such evidence other than with the intent to deliberately suppress it."

"CONCLUSION
The importance of these witness’ backgrounds and the related laboratory evidence to the defense in this case is clear. Frazier and his associates, not McCowen, were the suggested culprits in this homicide as part of the defense and almost all were present at the Thomas Bilbo party in Eastham on January 4, 2002, only a short time before the alleged stabbing of Christa Worthington. The Commonwealth claimed at trial that it also was at this party that Frazier, Mulvey and others, including most of these witnesses, engaged in a violent brawl and then allegedly went home to bed rather than to Worthington’s house, a place well known to Frazier due to his employment at Magnum Movers."

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Author Outlines Worthington Case Controversies
http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/10099038/detail.html
Fashion Writer's Murder Trial Set To Begin
POSTED: 6:13 pm EDT October 17, 2006
UPDATED: 7:43 pm EDT October 17, 2006

BOSTON -- Controversies connected to the Christa Worthington murder case and trial could affect the outcome, according to a local author.

NewsCenter 5's Amalia Barreda (She's the wife of Mob Defense Lawyer Joseph Balliro who the defense attorney Robert A. George in this heinous trial had worked for Joe for six years and the reason for their appearance in this case, crime and trial) reported that testimony in the Worthington murder case could begin on Wednesday. Christopher McCowen is accused of killing the fashion writer in her Truro home almost four years ago.

Three of 14 seats on the jury remained unfilled Tuesday after two days of jury selection.

"The bottom line is this is going to be one hell of a trial," said author Peter Manso.
For the past year, Manso has been doing research for a book on the murder of Worthington, 46, and the trial of McCowen, 34.
"I don't have a precise number, but I'm sure it's 20 to 30 people if not more -- their phones were tapped," Manso said.
Manso said investigators subpoenaed people's phone records, went through people's mail and surreptitiously obtained DNA by going through people's garbage. Manso said his book will not lavish praise on the murder investigation.

"At least 90 percent of the people I've talked to have raised questions about the arrest of Chris McCowen. Many people come right out and say this guy's a patsy. They had to arrest someone, and they arrested this, forgive me, dumb, uneducated garbage man who's black," Manso said.

Manso said McCowen was a drug snitch who talked to police 36 hours after the murder. A year later, he voluntarily submitted a DNA sample that eventually came back as a match. District Attorney Michael O'Keefe announced the charges and they included aggravated rape.

"All the DNA shows is that Chris McCowen had sex with Christa Worthington. Was it consensual sex? Was it rape? I don't know. From what I'm told, the autopsy does not indicate rape," Manso said.

Once arrested, Manso said investigators grilled McCowen for more than six hours while the defendant was high on marijuana and Percocet, and they didn't record a word of it.

"He's an infinitely suggestible guy. He's a guy who has a low IQ. From what I understand, this guy would confess to owning the Brooklyn Bridge if you leaned on him long enough," Manso said.

Manso, who authored the controversial book entitled "Provincetown: Art, Sex and Money on the Outer Cape," also won't be writing flattering things about the victim's family, especially Worthington's cousin, Jan.

"Jan had not seen Christa for six months. She lived across the street. Six months prior to the killing," Manso said.
In response to Manso's criticisms of the investigation, O'Keefe said, "These were normal complaints from the defendant that were heard by a judge during pretrial motions and they were denied. That's why we have courtrooms and judges who are more experienced at handling these kinds of issues than writers are."

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