Before I get started with today’s post, I’d like to clarify one specific point which crops up in the comments from time to time.
Basically, in a retrial, new evidence can be introduced. It’s just like the first trial never happened. New evidence, new attorneys, new jury, new witnesses, new strategies, new everything can be used in a remanded case for retrial.
One of the very reasons a case can be overturned and remanded for new trial is new evidence.
For further specific clarification, click here to visit Legalmatch.com and read the section titled: “What is the Difference Between a Retrial and an Appeal?” It explains precisely and concisely what a retrial allows.
Following on from that, here’s an updated version of an early 2016 post — featuring 2 conflicting testimonies, the mysterious missing memory card evidence, and the equally mysterious missing photographs of someone “on the floor of the bathroom bleeding profusely” which Flores directly referenced in his report – even though nobody has ever seen them since.
Here goes…
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Check out this picture of the camera found in the washing machine. This was taken before the “official” crime scene pics & numbered evidence markers were added.
Note that the memory card is actually IN the camera, next to the battery, (indicated by the arrow):
And here’s the official crime scene photograph of the camera in the washing machine, from a different angle:
How cool is that? First you take an in-situ picture of how the evidence was originally found (i.e. the pic above with the arrow)… then you rearrange it a bit… make it look how you want it to look… then add the numbered evidence markers and take the “official” photograph.
Here’s where it gets even more interesting.
Heather Conner testified that the memory card was found separate to the camera at the bottom of the washing machine. Based solely on the photographs alone, that’s simply not the case. The memory card is clearly visible in the camera in the first photograph.
Watch the clip of Heather Conner’s testimony (below) where she clearly states: “There was a memory card inside the washing machine that was also collected”:
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Forward the video to the 1:33:20 mark and you’ll also see a picture of item #37, where Heather Conner states – “That is the memory card that was originally in the washing machine and then was collected as item #37.”
Moving on…
When Detective Melendez testified, he stated that the memory card was already IN the camera when he received it, and therefore it could have been protected from water. That ties in with the picture at the very top of this page – but it directly contradicts Heather Conner’s testimony.
Watch the clip (below) to see that part of the Melendez’ testimony:
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Now, if (as Heather Conner testified) there was a card found & collected separate to the card found in the camera which Melendez received… that would mean there were actually 2 cards found in the washing machine that day… although only the 1 card ever gets mentioned and/or brought into trial, namely Exhibit #215 as referenced in both video clips above — which is the blue SD card where all the “deleted images” were supposedly extracted from.
Here’s a photograph of the actual SD card produced during the Melendez testimony:
Now, I’m not saying either witness was lying per se. They were just testifying as to what they saw and/or received.
Heather Conner stated she found the SD card (or “a” SD card) loose in the bottom of the washing machine drum… and when Melendez got the camera from the washing machine, he stated the SD card (or “a” SD card) was already in the camera.
So if they are both telling the truth, that means there were 2 SD cards… which subsequently raises the questions — [1] what happened to the OTHER card, and (more importantly) [2] what exactly was on it?
Here’s what I think happened:
Someone at some point (most probably Flores) viewed images from both cards that were found in the washing machine. After that, selected images were put together (and date/time stamps ADDED), all prior to the camera being handed over to Melendez.
As far as I recall, back in 2008, the camera wasn’t technically able to add time & date stamps to the photographs, therefore any date/time stamps were added after the event. How convenient.
So what about the “missing” photographs?
By “missing” photographs I mean the ones that Flores saw (on one of the memory cards) but deliberately withheld from evidence — for reasons I’ll cover shortly.
Here’s an excerpt from Flores’ Probable Cause Report (from 2008):
Here’s what it says:
“On 6-19-08 I received the images located on the memory card found in Travis’ digital camera. The digital card had several pictures on it including some, which had been deleted. The deleted pictures were of Travis naked in the shower, just before his death. The first one was time stamped on 6-04-08 at 1722 hours. There were several pictures of Travis as he was clearly posing for the camera. The last picture taken of Travis alive was at 1730 hours. Some of the following pictures were of a subject on the floor of the bathroom bleeding profusely.”
Did anyone see any photographs of anyone on the floor of the bathroom bleeding profusely?
No we didn’t… and nor did anyone else.
Setting aside the fact that Flores is a lying POS at the best of times — (which is why he got demoted immediately after the trial) — he saw those bathroom pics, even though he couldn’t (for whatever reason) identify whoever was “bleeding profusely” on the bathroom floor. What’s more, he even made direct reference to the photographs in his Report. Therefore, the pics exist – or at least they did exist until Martinez got himself involved and had Flores lose them.
This is the way Martinez rolls apparently — and this is certainly not the first time that trial evidence has gone AWOL under his watch.
So WHAT exactly did those bathroom photographs depict?
More importantly, WHY did those specific photographs never get brought into evidence?
I could ask the same question about the now infamous “bathroom boot print” photograph that never even got discussed during the trial — but that can wait for another day.
Let me also clarify something here:
This post is not intended to contradict Jodi’s testimony or her account of TA’s unprovoked attack. It is solely intended to highlight the fact that Flores & Martinez saw the additional bathroom photographs, but then ultimately decided it would be in their best interests to exclude them from evidence as they didn’t quite “fit” with their M.O.
It’s not that Martinez ever had anything against Jodi… or that he ever really gave 2 shits about the worthless piece of abusive & retarded inbred Mormon pedo-scum MF he was representing. Not at all. He just likes to “win at all costs” regardless of all factors — as we know from all the ethics & misconduct complaints currently stacking up against him from all angles.
The thing is — those “missing” photographs probably validate Jodi’s testimony regarding the sequence of events — hence the exclusion. This of course is the same “sequence of events” that Flores gave 3 different versions of under oath. Go figure.
For anyone thinking the camera & memory card stuff is old hat, it’s not.
Why?
Because if there were 2 memory cards in the washing machine — and the photographs & testimonies certainly confirm that to be the case — that means the other (2nd) memory card (and all its contents) was deliberately concealed and/or disposed of… which is not too dissimilar to what happened to all the phone SIM cards, and all the child porn images found on TA’s laptop.
So while many people may think this case is over and done with… nothing could be further from the truth. There’s still a long way to go.
Let’s fucking do this.
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UPDATE: The JAA Appellate Fund total currently stands at $105,247.77 — so let’s be sure to keep the momentum rolling so the fund total can push on towards the ultimate target of $250,000. That in turn will help towards covering all the legal fees associated with appealing Jodi’s wrongful conviction.
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Remember… each day that passes takes us one day closer to Jodi’s release date.
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WE ARE TEAM JODI – AND WE WILL BE VICTORIOUS in our quest for JUSTICE FOR JODI.
Make no mistake.
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SJ
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