The sheer lengths ChemCentre scientists went to, to test the MACRO exhibits were again showed during the day’s evidence.
After Jane’s hair was separated, run under a polilight, tweezed, shoock and looked over many times to find fibres, another method was used to try and find more.
Her hair mass was washed and filtered - and 1000 new fibres were found.
As Forensic expert Brendan Chapman explains, it’s not a method commonly used.
22 of those fibres are critical to the prosecution’s case.
And one of them is unique - a blue-grey polypropylene fibre. When the car Bradley Edwards drove in the 90s was seized in 2016, that lone fibre found in Jane’s hair ‘matched’ with a fibre from the boot of the car.
This evidence came right at the end of the day, and there’s more to come.
In this episode, Brendan Chapman explains what it means when the witnesses say fibres ‘matched’ with one another, and why he doesn’t like using that word, even though it’s the best word to describe fibre features corresponding with each other.
He tells us that even though fibres can match, scientists can’t tell us where the fibres originated.
Tim Clarke has compiled his own spreadsheet of the fibres, where they came from and why they’re important - he takes us through the critical ones key to the prosecution’s case.
Join Natalie Bonjolo, Tim Clarke and Brendan Chapman as they take you through day 73’s proceedings.
The West Australian has also released a two-part video series, as Tim Clarke takes you through the areas which are key to the trial, from Claremont, where the women went missing, to Hollywood hospital and to the sites were Jane Rimmer and Ciara Glennon’s bodies were found.
To watch those videos, head to:
Part 1:
https://thewest.com.au/news/claremont-serial-killings/claremont-serial-killings-trial-tim-clarke-takes-you-on-a-visual-tour-of-claremont-ng-b881516606z
Part 2:
https://thewest.com.au/news/claremont-serial-killings/claremont-serial-killings-trial-tim-clarke-takes-you-to-wellard-and-eglington-ng-b881517153z
If you have any questions for the Claremont in Conversation podcast team, send them in to claremontpodcast@wanews.com.au
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S2E86: "When the Normal Meets the Abnormal”: The Closings Begin
S2“Public Health Concern” Delays Trial Resumption
S2Bonus Episode: Remembering Jane
S2E85: The Case End
S2E84: The Police Interview
S2E83: “The Most Significant Piece of Evidence the Prosecution is Going to Bring”
S2E82: Claremont "Too Much Trouble" For Cab Drivers
S2E81: “Very Strong” Chance Ciara Glennon was in Bradley Edwards’ Car
S2E80: Another Woman’s Terrifying Encounter
S2E79: The Mammoth Evidence
S2E78: Pre-Murder Fibres No Match to Post-Murder Fibres
S2E77: The Pristine Hair Sample
S2E76: The FBI Petri dish Which Allegedly Links a Rape and a Murder
S2E75: The First Physical Evidence Linking Jane and Ciara
S2E74: The Karrakatta Rape Victim, Jane and Ciara Connected Through a Blue Fibre
S2E72: The Moment the Forensics linked Ciara and Jane’s Murders
S2E71: Looking For a Needle in a Haystack
S2E70: Fabric Under Scrutiny
S2E69: Telstra Blue
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