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By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff

The Hank Brennan public prosecutor asked Dr. Irini Scordi-Bello, whether there is ever “restrictions” to facilitate a kind of death.

“The type of death, yes, there are restrictions because the circumstances that are operated and the circumstances are not known to us,” she said.

She said that “the cause of death is my medical opinion, but the type of death depends on information that I get from other people”.

She said she carried out John O'keefes autopsy on January 31, 2022.

Scordi-Bello said that two law enforcement officers whose names they could not remember were at the autopsy. “

Your job is to watch, “she said.” Sometimes you will ask questions, and based on my knowledge, you could continue and carry out your investigations. “

Scordi-Bello said that she took written notes and photos and that a report is due within 90 days of every autopsy.

She said she had completed an autopsy report for O'keefe.

Scordi-Bello also identified photos from the autopsy and a diagram with which they observe injuries.

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By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff

The public prosecutor's office Hank Brennan called next Dr. Irini Scordi-Bello, who carried out the autopsy on John O'keefe.

She had ruled that the cause of death was blunt head trauma and hypothermia, but said that the type of death was indefinite.

Scordi-Bello started her testimony by checking her training and professional background.

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By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff

Maureen Hartnett told Read Lawyer Robert Alessi that she carried out damage analysis about the tears of John O'keeefes Sweatshirt.

“You have not carried out an analysis of what this hole in the sweatshirt could have caused, right?” Asked Alessi.

“No, I don't have that,” said Hartnett.

Prosecutor Hank Brennan asked if she examined the topics in the holes to see if they were loose or woven.

“They were loose, the fibers had started to separate from the shirt,” said Hartnett.

She returned later.

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By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff

Maureen Hartnett said prosecutor Hank Brennan because of redirection that she had never seen blood evidence stored in solo cups before.

The authorities stated that obvious blood evidence was placed in the Fairview Road scene in Solo -cup.

“When the blood has been kept in the cups, do you know the circumstances?” Asked Brennan.

The lawyers then went into a sidebar. In the side bar, Hartnett said that she was “said” that the cups were collected at the scene.

Brennan asked whether she was aware of the circumstances at the crime scene on the morning of January 29, 2022, and she said no.

The authorities said that the search for evidence on the lawn was a challenge under Schalard -like conditions.

Hartnett said Brennan that she analyzed Reads entire Lexus -SUV with the exception of the roof.

Brennan asked Hartnett if she discovered any dents, scratches or hair on the SUV next to the right side.

Hartnett said she didn't and added that she didn't look at the interior of the SUV.

Brennan played down the video clip from snow evening on the evening of January 29, 2022 before Hartnett had processed him in the SUV rear window in the canton garage.

He asked her whether the hair she later found was on the right or left of the rear light range, which was on the right of the snow, the down.

“I don't remember at that time,” said Hartnett.

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By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff

Read the lawyer Robert Alessi asked Maureen Hartnett if she knew where the debris about John O'keef's clothing would “have been picked up”.

“No, I don't know the source of the rubble,” said Hartnett, adding that it was not said that the clothes were on the ground of a hospital.

“We do our best to avoid contamination as soon as we get objects for evidence,” said Hartnett.

Alessi asked whether evidence would be separated to prevent “cross -contamination” and she said that analysts stick together if they were “already mixed”, as was the case with O'keefe's clothing in the evidence.

“You have no knowledge of the detention chain of one of these two [clothing] Objects, ”said Alessi.

“No, I only know which detective unit she dropped,” said Hartnett.

She said the excerpts of O'keefes fingernails were presented as well as a blood sample.

“The Norfolk County's detective unit” submitted both articles, said Hartnett.

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By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff

Read the lawyer Robert Alessi Maureen Hartnett whether she found “sand or salt” or other debris in Reads right rear light.

She said she didn't.

Alessi also asked whether tests for biological materials were carried out in the FairView Road scene on a rear light piece.

“No, it didn't exist,” said Hartnett. “They were not tested for blood, seeds, saliva or a skin cell collection.” “I'm sorry, I missed this last part,” said Alessi.

“Or a skin cell collection,” said Hartnett.

Alessi asked if she found rubble on O'keefe's T-shirt or sweatshirt.

“Yes, I took scratches from each of these clothes and combined the rubble, yes,” said Hartnett.

She said she scratched debris in a small package.

“Is it right that you don't know where the debris came from, except that they came from one or both elements?” Asked Alessi.

Hartnett said that it was correct and that the objects were “packaged” together. She said she didn't “separate” the rubble.

Alessi said, “You have no knowledge of whether there is a photo of the debris.”

“That's right, I don't,” said Hartnett.

She said to determine whether one of the rubble was plastic, “would not be part of my analysis”.

Alessi put on a photo on the monitor of a question of evidence that pointed out that the garments of the state police Michael Proctor had been collected, who was released after he was forced during the first legal proceedings, about crude oil, misogynistic texts, which he had read to friends and colleagues in the early stages of the investigation.

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By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff

Certificate in Karen Read's murder procedure will be resumed on Thursday, whereby the analyst of Crime Lab, Maureen Hartnett, would probably be complete.

Hartnett said on Wednesday that she recovered two apparent pieces of glass and human hair from the right bumper area of ​​the Lexus -SUV from Read when she processed the vehicle on February 1, 2022 in the Canton Police Garage, three days after John O'keefes Death.

Read the lawyer Robert Alessi played safety material from the garage and showed a large piece of snow on the evening of January 29, 2022, which slipped down the rear windshield.

“Did it hit the bumper before it came to the floor?” Asked Alessi.

“I didn't notice that,” said Hartnett.

Alessi also found that the top of the apparent hair on the back of the SUV in two photos of the strand, which were taken on February 1, 2022, faces opposite directions.

“Is that not the apparent hair that is now almost 180 degrees in the opposite direction, with the [top] Hook orientation right? “Asked Alessi and referred to the other picture on which the hook is directed to the left.

Hartnett said that the “camera hinge vary in both pictures”.