a Jenny Dreaster® tt wi wv @KHOAJenny - 6h The defense Is calling its 5th witness- Dr. William Oliver. #LovelaceTrial Jenny Dreasier® o 1 v @KHGAJenny - 6h Dr. William Oliver is a forensic pathologist. Got his education from Vanderbilt among other places. z Jenny Dreasier® G w2 iv @KHOAJenny - Gh Oliver is the assistant medical examiner in Knox County Tennessee. Right now defense working to establish him as an expert. zg Jenny Dreasier& Waivi -v @KHOAJenny - 6h Media learning today jury could get their instructions tonight and closing arguments could be tomorrow (Friday) #LovelaceTrial & Jenny Dreasiar® a 72 v 3 @KHGAJenny - Gh As always- this is subject to change depending on how long people are on the stand today. #LovelaceTrial Jenny Dreasler® @KHOAJenny Media leaming today jury could get their instructions tonight and closing arguments could be tomorrow (Friday) #LovelaceTrial g Jenny Dreasier® a ow2v @KHGAJenny - Gh Dr. William Oliver testifying he has published over 45 peer reviewed articles. #LavelaceTrial £ Jenny Dreasier® mo 72 w @KHGAJenny - Gh Oliver says he specializes in imagery analysis. & Jenny Dreasler® a wi wv @KHOAJenny - 6h Oliver says he was involved in the Rodney King case, Daniel Pearl case, and the OJ Simpson case #1 ovelace Trial Jenny Dreasler a w2 wv ‘ @KHOAJenny - 6h Oliver also testifying he did some of the autopsies of the Pentagon attack during 9/11. #Lovelace Trial gz Jenny Dreasler@ G w2 v @KHOAJenny - 6h Oliver talking about 15 min about his background. Still waiting for him to be certified as an expert by court of law in field of pathology. g Jenny Dreasler® - @KHOAJenny - 5h “forensic pathology Jenny Dreasler® @KHOAJenny Oliver talking about 15 min about his background. Still waiting for him to be certified as an expert by court of law in field of pathology. z Jenny Dreasler@ @KHOAJenny - 5h Oliver explaining how he figures out someone's COD. A few jurors nodding their head in agreement with him. z Jenny Dreasler@ @KHOAJenny - 5h Oliver talking in layman's terms for most of his explanation of how he finds a person's COD and giving examples. z Jenny Dreasier® @KHOAJenny - 5h Oliver going on 20 minutes now talking about his medical background. Still hasn't mentioned exact # of autopsies he has done. z Jenny Dreasler@ @KHOAJenny - 5h Oliver said there are a number of things that could have happened to Cory Lovelace- including suffocation. zg Jenny Dreasier® @KHGAJenny - Sh Oliver says it's also possible Cory could have died of fatty liver or complications of alcohol use. z Jenny Dreasler®@ @KHOAJenny - 5h Oliver saying that an alcoholic can have withdrawals and have a seizure. #Lovelace Inal zg Jenny Dreasier®@ @KHGAJenny - 5h Oliver says people can die suddenly from this- and a seizure would not show up on an autopsy. Jenny Dreasler® @KHOAJenny Oliver saying thatan alcoholic can have withdrawals and have a seizure. #Lovelace Trial gE Jenny Dreasier® @KHGAJenny - 5h Oliver says alcohol withdrawal changes a lot of things about the body including affecting the liver. z Jenny Dreasler @KHOAJenny - 5h Oliver says he believes fatty liver syndrome is at the "top of the list" of what he believes killed Cory Lovelace. #LovelaceTrial zg Jenny Dreasler@ @KHOAJenny - 5h Oliver saying it's also possible Cory died of sepsis. (Sepsis is an infection of the blood) gz Jenny Dreasler& @KHOAJenny - 5h Oliver says when people vomit sometimes they can inhale the vomit and aspirate into the lungs- causing pneumonia. gz Jenny Dreasler® @KHGAJenny - Sh Loevy says this can cause bacteria to go into bloodstream called bacteremia. Jenny Dreasler® @KHOAJenny Oliver says when people vomit sometimes they can inhale the vomitand aspirate into the lungs- causing pneumonia. & Jenny Dreasier® @KHGAJenny - 5h Oliver telling defense attorney Loevy that SIRS could have killed Cory too. (Systemic inflammatory reaction syndrome) g Jenny Dreasler® @KHGAJenny - Sh Oliver testifying you wouldn't see some heart issues that can cause sudden death on an autopsy either. gz Jenny Dreasier® @KHGAJenny - Sh Looking at the jurors. A few of them taking notes on what Oliver is saying right now about various GOD. #Lovelace Trial z Jenny Dreasler®@ ® @KHOAJenny - 5h Oliver testifying he believes Cory Lovelace was dehydrated at the time of her death. He called that a big "clue" in helping determine COD. gz Jenny Dreasler @KHQAJenny - 5h Oliver says there was no obvious evidence of "traumatic" death in Cory Lovelace. Oliver sticking with fatty liver syndrome as COD. z Jenny Dreasler®@ 5 @KHOAJenny - 5h Lights are dimmed- looking at a slide of Cory's liver on projector screen. Oliver explaining what the picture shows. e Jenny Dreasier® @KHGAJenny - 5h Oliver pointing out on he slides what he sees as bacteria growing in Cory's liver. #LovelaceTrial Jenny Dreasler& @KHQAJenny - 5h The defense has been going for almost an hour now- no objections yet from the prosecution. Jenny Dreasler® - @KHGAJenny - Sh Oliver looking at Cory’s liver slides saying what he sees is consistent with alcoholism. gz Jenny Dreasler @KHQAJenny - 5h Oliver says he sees scarring on Cory's liver as well. z Jenny Dreasier® ' @KHGAJenny - Sh Oliver also testifying this is not how a liver should look at all. gz Jenny Dreasier® Gi @KHOAJenny - 5h Oliver saying baby's and the elderly are more prone to being victims of smothering/suffocation. #LovelaceTrial Jenny Dreasler& @KHQAJenny - 5h Forensic Pathologist Dr. William Oliver has been on the stand exactly one hour now. #Lovelace [nal Jenny Dreasler@ - @KHGAJenny - 5h Oliver says if someone was suffocated you'd expect to see injuries on the face, arms and hands of both victim and the attacker. zg Jenny Dreasier @KHOAJenny - Sh Oliver agreeing with Loevy that it's “extraordinanly rare” for someone to be smothered who is perfectly healthy and not an infant/elderly. & Jenny DreasierS - @KHOAJenny - 5h Now looking at a posthumous picture on the screen of an elderly woman who was smothered by her care taker. ze Jenny Dreasler® @KHOAJenny - Sh Dr. Oliver saying a size difference can make a difference in someone being suffocated. But once you reach a certain age you can "fight back” z Jenny Dreasler®@ @KHGAJenny - 5h Oliver says it would take someone about 3-4 minutes of being suffocated before the normal person would pass out. ge Jenny Dreasler®@ @KHOAJenny - 5h Oliver points out every time a breath is taken, it extends the time it takes. Jenny Dreasler@ @KHGAJenny Oliver says it would take someone about 3-4 minutes of being suffocated before the normal person would pass out. zz Jenny Dreasler % @KHOAJenny - 5h Oliver saying Gory showed no signs of petechiae either. Oliver says that's common in people who are suffocated. gE Jenny Dreasler® r @KHGAJenny - Sh Moring break until 10:30am #Lovelace Inal £ Jenny Dreasier® @KHGAJenny - 4h Court back in session. Dr. Oliver is now looking at a picture of the cut on the inside of Cory's lip z Jenny Dreasler@ @KHOAJenny - 4h Oliver saying he can see where this cut bled at one point. He said if this happened at time of death, blood would still be there. Jenny Dreasler® @KHOAJenny - 4h Oliver does not see blood anywhere inside Cory's mouth or teeth from this cut. Jenny Dreasler @KHOAJenny Oliver saying he can see where this cut bled at one point. He said if this happened attime of death, blood would still be there. Jenny Dreasier®@ @KHGAJenny - 4h As a reference- the defense has said the cut on inside of Cory’s lip is about 1/5 of an inch. Jenny Dreasler® @KHOAJenny - 4h Oliver says he also sees a little bit of healing going on with this cut. He says his opinion is that this cut did not happen at Cory's TOD Jenny Dreasier@ @KHGAJenny - 4h Oliver says he believes the cut is less than a few days old and more than a few hours. He says it's about "a day or two old" Jenny Dreasler @KHOQAJenny - 4h Oliver says he would say that “without a great deal of certainty" Jenny Dreasler® @KHOAJenny Oliver says he believes the cutis less than a few days old and more than a few hours. He says it's about "a day or two old” Jenny Dreasier® @KHOAJenny - 4h Oliver says the cut inside Cory’s upper lip is consistent with the account that Cory had fallen over the weekend. Jenny Dreasler® @KHQAJenny - 4h Oliver says having one lesion in the mouth is more consistent with someone falling. He says a struggle would have multiple lesions. Jenny Dreasler® @KHOAJenny - 4h Now on to talking about the “abrasion” underneath Cory's nose. Jenny Dreasier® @KHGAJenny - 4h Oliver says Cory's nose could be red because it's consistent with "rubbing." (In reference to sick with flu) Not with suffocation. erg Jenny Dreasler® @KHOAJenny - 4h Defense attorney Jon Loevy is asking Dr. Oliver about Cory's hands. Oliver does not believe position of hands is consistent w/ suffocation o Jenny Dreasler® @KHOAJenny - 4h Oliver saying he disagrees with the prosecution's pathologist, Dr. Jane Turner. #LovelaceTrial Jenny Dreasier® @KHOAJenny - 4h Oliver saying It is "very unlikely" Cory was suffocated. Moving on now to time of death. (TOD) pF) Jenny Dreasier@ @KHOAJenny - 4h Oliver says by looking at Cory's hands in scene photo that rigor mortis had not completed yet. Pe) | Jenny Dreasier® a @KHGAJenny - 4h Oliver says what first responders saw as mild rigor is consistent with those pictures being taken only a few hours after death ey] Jenny Oreasier® eal @KHOAJenny -4h Remember- prosecution argues Cory was in full rigor and died the night before. Defense argues she died in the morning. yd Jenny Dreasier@ oat @KHOAJenny - 4h Prosecution citing 3 pathologists. Defense citing kids, first responders and 2 pathologists. _ Jenny Dreasler® @KHOAJenny Remember- prosecution arques Cory was in full rigor and died the night | before. Defense arques she died in the moming. Jenny Dreasler® ee @KHOAJenny - 4h Oliver testifying a body will decompose at a quicker rate if a person is in a hotter than normal environment. Jenny Dreasier® @KHOAJenny - 4h Oliver talking about hemolysis. Which is the break down of red blood cells. Oliver says it's a problem in living people. Jenny Dreasler@ me @KHOAJenny - 4h Oliver says there's nothing abnormal about Cory's blood showing hemolysis 24 hours after death at the autopsy. Jenny Dreasler@ @KHQAJenny Oliver talking about hemolysis. Which is the break down of red blood cells. Oliver says its a problem in living people. i] Jenny Dreasier® ee @KHOAJenny - 4h Oliver testifying people generally don't die with their eyes open. But says it's possible. “d | Jenny Dreasler@ @KHOQAJenny - 4h Oliver says Cory's eyes being open when she was found does not mean that's what she looked like when she died. ‘j Jenny Dreasler® eM @KHOAJenny - 4h Oliver citing a study that after death- rigor mortis occurs in small muscles first (eyes) and after death eyes open a little bit. Jenny Dreasler@ eel @KHOAJenny - 4h Loevy asking about tache noir in Cory's right eye. Oliver says there are almost no studies that have been done in tache noir after death. Jenny Dreasier @KHOAJenny - 4h Oliver says he doesn't see marbling in Cory in scene photos. But says he does see marbling in autopsy photo. Oliver not surprised by this. Jenny Dreasier® @KHGAJenny - 4h Oliver testifying Cory had been dead only a few hours if first responders noted that livor mortis (pooling of blood) was blanching. Jenny Dreasier® @KHGAJenny - 4h Oliver has been on stand now approaching 2 hours. Defense still in opening line of questions with him. Prosecution will @KH@AJenny - 3h Oliver admitting there is no evidence here that is a "slam Oliver says he tries to avoid any bias from either side when making his diagnosis for COD/TOD jan Deeks Gala Oliver admitting there is no evidence here thatis a "slam dunk” for either side.