Stacy Jones processed the Cadillac Escalade and testified on Day 13 about the vehicle evidence she photographed, collected, and packaged. Her cross-examination addressed the scope of that search and limits in reading some handwritten notes.
Expert witness
Stacy Jones
Former Mississippi Bureau of Investigation employee who later became a deputy circuit clerk in Simpson County.
Appeared2019 Murder Trial
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Stacy Jones, a former Mississippi Bureau of Investigation forensic scientist, testified on Day 13 about processing the Cadillac Escalade after it was secured in Mississippi. She described an odor she characterized as decomposition and old blood combined with a bleach-type smell, photographed and collected items from the vehicle, and identified suspected blood samples, a pillow, a bucket, and a cell phone.
Jones resumed direct examination after the court qualified her as an expert in crime scene analysis. She described collecting an object near the cargo-area tailgate that appeared to be dehydrated tissue with hair, cataloguing cleaning products, clothing, documents, electronic devices, and personal effects, and packaging the recovered items into 12 large boxes for release to Keith Sprinkle. She also testified that samples sent for testing were positive for human blood.
During an in-trial exhibit discussion, counsel arranged for Jones to identify a jump drive containing her photographs; Defense Exhibit 79 was marked for identification only. On cross-examination, defense counsel examined the approximately 12-hour vehicle search, whether non-evidentiary trash might have been discarded, and her uncertainty in reading portions of handwritten notes.
Key Points
Jones described processing the Cadillac Escalade and collecting suspected blood samples, a pillow, a bucket, a cell phone, and other items. [1]
After the court qualified her in crime scene analysis, Jones described collecting material appearing to be tissue with hair from the cargo area and cataloguing items recovered throughout the vehicle. [1]
Defense questioning examined the scope of the vehicle search, the handling of possible non-evidentiary trash, and Jones's uncertainty about some handwritten words. [1]
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