Start with our recovery-timeline assessment, then inspect the underlying observations and comparisons.
Read the observations in time order. A description of damage is not a timestamp for when each fragment separated.
- E10 / Investigation testimony
The taillight recovery timeline
The Dighton observations, Canton arrival, and first SERT recovery, with our assessment of the sallyport planting allegation.
- E09 / Disputed witness testimony
The taillight before towing
Witnesses described damage in Dighton before the Lexus was towed to Canton.
- E07 / Video with expert analysis
The driveway contact on Ring video
Trial reporting describes Ring footage of Read reversing beside O'Keefe's parked Traverse and Welcher's contact analysis.
- E29 / Video and witness testimony
Sallyport video orientation and custody testimony
The jury examined mirrored surveillance footage and a corrected orientation.
- E28 / Witness testimony
Later searches and evidence-bag documentation
Additional material was recovered at Fairview after the initial SERT search.
- E11 / Laboratory testimony
The reconstructed taillight
Vallier described physical fits connecting recovered plastic to the damaged taillight.
- E12 / Laboratory testimony
Clothing debris and glass comparisons
Hanley described comparisons involving plastic particles and separate groups of glass fragments.
- E13 / Laboratory testimony
DNA and the hair from the Lexus
Laboratory witnesses described DNA results associated with a taillight sample and a hair.
- E30 / Laboratory testimony
Vehicle and garment examination
Hartnett described collecting material, examining clothing, and testing sampled vehicle areas for blood.
