Kimberly Reubush

Witness for the People:  Guilt Phase

September 8, 2004

Direct Examination by David Harris

HARRIS: Miss Reubush, who are you employed by?

REUBUSH: I'm employed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, in their laboratory.

HARRIS: And which part of the laboratory do you work in?

REUBUSH: The Trace Evidence Unit.

HARRIS: Are you aware of or familiar with the witness that just left, Miss Korsberg?

REUBUSH: Yes, I am.

HARRIS: Do you work with Miss Korsberg?

REUBUSH: I do.

HARRIS: I want to direct your attention back to 2003, and ask if, as part of the standard protocol with the FBI, if you did a review of her particular work on case number 030606003ME?

REUBUSH: Yes, I did.

HARRIS: And as part of that protocol, she had already done her analysis, then it's given to you for you to basically technically review and see if the results match?

REUBUSH: Whenever an association is made by examiner, another qualified examiner then does a confirmation of that exam.

HARRIS: And after you had finished your particular work on that, there was an item, Q1, which were hairs that were identified as coming from a pair of pliers, with the Modesto PD number of 144A. Did you take the -- one of those two hairs and provide it to somebody for Mitochondrial DNA testing?

REUBUSH: Yes, I did.

HARRIS: Do you recall which of the two hairs that you provided?

REUBUSH: It was the longer of the two hairs.

HARRIS: And did you package that hair up to give it to Mitochondrial DNA?

REUBUSH: Yes, I did.

HARRIS: How did you do that?

REUBUSH: It went into two small vials, and then was delivered to Ms. Fisher, the Mitochondrial DNA Examiner.

HARRIS: Did you personally give that to Doctor Fisher?

REUBUSH: Yes, I did.

HARRIS: People have no other questions.

Cross Examination by Mark Geragos

GERAGOS: Did you do the exam on the comparison?

REUBUSH: I did not do the original comparison. Miss Korsberg did. I did a confirmation which basically replicated that comparison.

GERAGOS: And there were two hairs?

REUBUSH: Yes.

GERAGOS: And did you measure the lengths of the hairs?

REUBUSH: I did not.

GERAGOS: As you sit here, do you remember how long they were?

REUBUSH: No.

GERAGOS: Thank you. I have no further questions.