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Old 10th February 2019, 03:37 AM   #927
Henri McPhee
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Originally Posted by JTF View Post
In terms of the fibers found on the club, Fred Bost never definitively stated that fibers from inmate's torn pajama top were not found on the club. What he did claim was that there was a distinct possibility that the CID and FBI misidentified these fibers. In 1970, CID chemist Dillard Browning labeled the debris found on the club as CID Exhibit E-205. Browning noted that two pajama fibers were found adhering to the club in Colette MacDonald's blood and he subsequently placed the two fibers in a vial.

http://www.macdonaldcasefacts.com
Fred Bost did say once that he believed there were never any pajama fibers on the wooden club murder weapon, but I now can't find the reference. There is an interesting letter from MacDonald himself about all this sort of thing on the internet:

http://www.thejeffreymacdonaldcase.c...ac-rigbsy.html

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Try to find out if Stombaugh received the exhibits from Brian Murtagh himself for Paul Stombaugh's investigation in 1974-75 (Grand Jury).
Try to find out if he was aware that Janet Glisson tried the pajama top experiment years before he (Stombaugh) did and she failed, because of the directionality of the thrusts through the pajama top as documented by Stombaugh himself under the microscope. The point is, Glisson could not do it because of Stombaugh's findings, then Stombaugh could do it only by doing his own findings. My question is: "Was he aware of Glisson's prior work"?
When did Stombaugh become aware of black wool fibers on the murder weapon and Colette's mouth, that he failed to testify to in 1979?
When, if ever, did Stombaugh become aware of bloody hairs from the hands of Colette, Kimberly and Kristen, to which he failed to testify, under oath, in 1979?

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