Opening arguments in the case against Isaac Campbell, who has been in jail since 2007 for allegedly killing his girlfriend, Jessie Lu, and sealing her body in a in a plastic bag filled with cat litter, began on Oct. 7.
The trial had been continued and postponkitty baged for four years.
Called to the stand on Oct. 9 was Dr. Pedro Ortiz, a Deputy Medical Examiner of the Los Angeles County Coroner Office who performed the autopsy on Lu.
I could find nothing remarkable about the cadaver, Ortiz said of the 5-hour autopsy, except that the body was in an advanced state of
According to Ortiz, the body was mummified because the cat litter absorbed the heat that would have otherwise decomposed her body. Her body was also in such a state that it required special examination.
The examinations on Lus body, however, could not identify her cause of death. X-rays, for example, were performed on her body to see if there were any internal marks or injuries like knife dips or metallic objects, but none were found.
Her body also lacked blood or vitreous humor, which is found on the gelatin of the eye, urine or stomach contents for toxicology tests. Instead, her liver, gall bladder and spleen were submitted and came back with minimal levels of alcohol in her system.
Overall, Ortiz said that the autopsy proved inconclusive.
The mechanisms of Lus death, I dont know, he said. I found no trauma internally or externally on Miss Lus neck, but I can extend th
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