EXAMINATION
BY MS. WALLACE:
Q: Thank you for being here, Mr. Jameson.
A: Yes. Okay.
Q: Can you state your job title for the record, please?
A: Senior New York City crime scene analyst, Second Department.
Q: And how long have you been a crime scene analyst?
A: Twenty-five years. I’ve been a senior analyst for fifteen years.
Q: Did you visit the scene at 597 Montgomery Place in the early morning hours of July 3rd?
A: Yes.
Q: And what did you observe at the scene?
A: There was a deceased female. Extensive blood spatter.
Q: Could you determine the cause of death at that time?
A: I made a preliminary determination. Cause, homicide. Method, blunt-force trauma.
Q: Have you identified the murder weapon?
A: Not definitively. We are waiting for final test results.
Q: Have you made a preliminary assessment?
A: Yes.
Q: And what is that assessment?
A: That Mrs. Grayson was struck with a golf club.
Q: How did you reach this conclusion?
A: First, it was found at the scene right next to the body. Second, it was found to have blood on it matching the victim’s.
Q: Anything else?
A: She had a defensive wound to her arm. She held it up to block the blow.
Q: Anything else?
A: The blood spatter patterns in the area of the body are consistent with that object being used to strike the victim repeatedly.
Q: Can you elaborate, please?
A: You can tell from the shape of the blood drops and their pattern the manner in which they were left. Blood spatter provides a blueprint for the way a particular crime was committed.
Q: And what did you discern from the blood spatter pattern in this case?
A: That Mrs. Grayson was struck multiple times about the head.
