Tennis Shoes

Collected on: December 26, 2002

Collected by:  Detective Rudy Skultety, Crime Scene Manager

Evidence Item No.:  13A-B

Reason:  Scott said he was wearing these shoes when he went fishing

Received by:  California Department of Justice crime laboratory, Ripon, CA

Received on:  December 30, 2002

Case No:  CV-02-010941

Request No:  01

Tested by:  Pin Kyo

Results: Negative, nothing of evidentiary value

Exhibits

Defense 6L-3 shows the location where the shoes were collected from, and Defense 6M-3 is Pin Kyo's analysis (click to enlarge).

Test Results

All tests were negative. 

GERAGOS: And D 6 M dash 3 is your photograph of the shoes, those shoes that I just showed that were taken from the house; is that correct?
KYO: That’s right.
GERAGOS: Okay. Once again, the same spots were all tested. Any place there's one of these little negative signs, correct?
KYO: That’s right.
GERAGOS: Okay. And the -- you swabbed all of them, correct? Tested all of them with the LMG test?
KYO: Yes, I did.
GERAGOS: Okay. And when you tested them with the LMG test in all those spots, they were all negative, correct?
KYO: That’s correct.

Conclusion

The tennis shoes were not worn in the commission of any crime.