Gallagher described clearing snow and collecting apparently bloodstained snow in plastic cups.
What the record shows
Questioning addressed the leaf blower, containers, packaging, documentation, and the initial absence of recovered taillight fragments.
Limits and disputed context
The collection method is documented here without treating it as proof either of fabrication or of an unbroken chain of custody.
S18: Gallagher: initial search; McLaughlin: reported statements
Scene collection and first-responder testimony
Open publisher sourceS05: O'Hara: SERT search; Guarino: calls and voicemails
3:45 p.m. update: Kevin O'Hara; search call, arrival, first recovery, scene security, and suspension of search.
Open publisher sourceS50: Additional 2024 scene and evidence-packaging photographs
Visible first-trial exhibit labels 18, 20A and 328.
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