Detective Gidding

PROSECUTION:
Can you tell me about picture 1086, of inside McClish's truck?
It is of the right side (passenger) door, looking into the cab from outside, door open. Visible are tin snips, and a box with chimney sweeping brushes. On the floor are jumper cables, wood chips, fox tails, debris and hair.

1088 is a similar picture?
It is a lower orientation, more focused on the floor.

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close up picture of the door jam/molding - passenger side.

What processing do you do before photo 1088?
None, I had only looked inside the car from outside of it.


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Photo 1089 - Pic of the passenger door open, floor visible.

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Photo 1096 - Pic of rear bench seat from the drivers side door, yellow toolbox behind passenger seat clearly visible.

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Photo 1096 - Photo of rear bench seat from the front of the cab, between driver/passenger seat, looking back.

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Photo 1114 - Pic of back seat and ground from the outside, passenger side, with the passenger seat fully forward.

Shows a leather portfolio, nylon bag, postal man's bag, and nylon rope (black and red).

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Photo 1079 - Pic of driver's door with marker from investigation scene, case, date, etc. Taken September 23rd, red cutters in driver door pocket.

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Photo 1099 - Picture after hands on processing

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Photo 1101 - Pic of foxtails on passenger seat.
Fox tails and other trace evidence were vacuumed up (how they collect trace evidence). Labelled REG15#6

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Photo 1081 - Pic of front part of cab from driver's side door.

Hanging item is a bottle opener found on the key chain.

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Photo 1084 - Pic of driver seat and door from the open door.

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Diagram of MM's Ford truck.


~~Investigator colors/shades in REG15#6, locations of vacuuming done to collect evidence.

~~Gidding notes: Separate location for storing evidence from the CSI garage. Separate lab for looking at collected Evidence.

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DEFENSE:
**They spent a lot of time going over the CSI lab, and CSI garage protocalls, and security, Defense trying to shed reasonable doubt on how the evidence was collected/examined/stored/transported. Nothing I heard was of valid concern, just the Defense trying to downplay the legitimacy of any evidence collected. I understand it is his job to cast as much reasonable doubt on anything he can, but this came off as more pathetic than enlightening. I am sure others felt differently about it, but after the 10th question about which shoes Gidding was wearing at different locations, how he cleaned them (industrial cleanser/bleach, and sterilized them regularly).**


Were the keys in the truck, and were they left like that?
Yes and yes.

When you removed any items from the cars, what did you do with them?
They were placed on fresh, clean butcher paper.

**They then went over the procedure from moving cars into/out of the CSI garage, as Melissa's van was there for a short time.**

**And Defense Attorney is up to his usual BS - counted 3 separate times during this testimony he messed up dates, exactly as he had during past testimonies, obvious pattern is obvious Mr. W.**

**They then went over which shoes he was wearing when he went to Love Creek, Zayante, Ben Lomond Market and while accepting the cars.

**From noon to 9:00PM he collected/examined evidence and material from the exterior of the truck.

**Yellow tin snips didn't have any fluids on them (tested via light and chemical testing).

**The red cutters located in the driver's door tested positive for blood.**

Were you with Dr. Mason during the autopsy?
Yes.

How many times were you around Asha's body after September 16th?
16th was the general autopsy, 17th was continued, 18th was the autopsy of the fetus, 18th also took more photos, 19th brushed hair for trace evidence.

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PROSECUTION:
Can you tell us about your CSI training?
I have over 500 hours of training. 100 hours on finger prints, 80 hours on footwear identification, and hours of photography and videography training.

Tell me about cleaning the CSI Garage?
It was completely cleaned out between investigations, floors blown off, only cleaned when it was empty.


Leather gloves were found in the truck?
Yes.

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Picture of 2 hairs on the carpet of the truck, taken before they were vacuumed up and placed into evidence.