Casey/Caylee Anthony Case: Tattoo and Duct Tape Photos Released
Orlando, FL– The State Attorney’s Office Has released additional discovery this morning including photos of Casey Anthony’s tattoo and the duct tape found across the mouth of 34 month old Caylee Anthony’s skull.
First Set Of Docs Here
blinkoncrime.com will be posting the images and discovery as soon as it becomes available. More Images Here.
Shovel and Duct Tape Here
Party Pics Here
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#198 & #195
We occasionally catch mice in traps. ( Please forgive me.) At some point, maybe a day or two later, something starts to smell. I check the vegetables first, then the garbage can, etc. The next day it stinks and we realize it’s a dead mouse. We throw the trap away but the smell can linger up to ten days. Where there is fluid, sometimes I can still get a whiff after months. This is a mouse that weighs a couple of ounces. They smell is overpowering and pervasive.
Putting my professional autopsy experience aside, let me say that once in our garage, a mouse died at the bottom of the “wheeled” garbage container where the bags go in throughout the week, that goes at the end of the driveway on garbage day. In our house, that’s Mr. Blink’s job. One week last year he was away on biz, and as luck would have it, I dropped a bag into it and got the waft I knew could only be death of something.
To your point, the smell in that car would escape no person, imo. I cant fathom a situation where anyone would be in proximity and even though never exposed, not know exactly what the odor was.
B
I think the car still smells cause noone ever cleaned out the dead squirrels that climbed up in there and died. LOL!! Sorry, just had to.
From what I can gather, it is much more difficult to distract dna from dead cells
I would think after 31 days or more that any DNA in the decomp stain would be so degraded from temperature alone not to mention any “Cleaning of the Trunk” that no dna could be distracted. I think you can destroy DNA cells with bleach and hydrogen peroxide but not get rid of the smell.
You can remove a dead mouse/squirrel and the smell will go away, but not so with a dead body.
From a company that does decomp cleanup:
Death Odors from Unaccompanied Death
Death Odors – Miasma
Will all Neptune’s great ocean wash Clean this blood from my hand? Macbeth
A short comment about the “death odor” precedes the crime scene cleanup comments found here.
You might be interested to know that many people call the death odor “miasma.” This term goes back to the 17th century when the death odor was associated with disease. Many educated people taught that miasma was itself carried plagues. We know today that miasma is just as safe as any other odor. It simply offends our sense of taste. We might ask, “Were we born with a distaste for this odor?”. “Do Instincts account for our repulsed behavior to this odor?” we might also ask.
Both answers to the above questions are no and no! Just like any other odor, we must learn to dislike miasma’s various fragrances. Everyday around the world tens of thousands of people work with miasma and remain healthy. In short, we learn to “hate” the odor of death moreso because of what it means to us than what it does to us.
Unattended Death Odors
The odors associated with an unattended death consist of both organic and inorganic substances. The inorganic are the materials become permiated by off-gassing bacteria’s sulfuric-like gas. These secondary materials will air-out, given time. Ozone gas will also expidite their return to a more normal condition.
Machine washing will also cure inorganic materials permiated by miasma. For our purposes here, our concern is the organic substances that lead to strong, repulsive contamination of a structure’s internal environment.
Blood and other potentially infectious materials (OPIM) begin decomposing once released from the body. The rate of decomposition depends upon the external environment’s temperature, relative humidity, and other conditions. Along with decomposition follows odor. Both blood and OPIM
Blood’s contents add to its odor causing properties once in its external environment, open air.
Proteins, carbohydrates, oxygen, carbon dioxide, urine, feces, enzymes, oils, and more add to its mal-odor properties. The detection of blood’s odor depends upon the perceivers’ previous experience with this odor as well as their strength of odor detection. Among any group of people, one will have a greater ability to detect blood’s presence than the others, and so on. It is a relative matter.
Unattended violent deaths like suicide often involve a great loss of blood and tissue, OPIM (Other Potentially Infectious Materials). The loss of blood and tissue, the environmental conditions, and other circumstances will aid in the production of offensive death scene odors, miasma.
Sometimes miasma lingers because of poor ventilation, Sometimes miasma will linger because it has permeated porous materials: fabrics, paper, wood, and more.
We do our best to remove the odors associated with crime scenes and other death scenes. However, removing the source material will not always return the scene to its pre-incident condition for some time. Time and heavy ventilation, and removal of miasma permeated materials will help return the scene to a more “normal” condition.
http://www.human-decomposition-cleanup.info/
Excellent job Suzz..
This is one of my favorite articles regarding Dr. Voss and The Body Farm. I say to Ms. Kenney-Baden- sniffer my ass.
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/03/magazine/crime-scene-forensics-dead-men-talking.html?scp=1&sq=University%20of%20Tennesee%20Body%20Farm&st=cse
204 Suz – Sniffer my ass indeed LKB and never far from wifely insight MKB who knows oh so much about this case.
Totally off topic but sniffer my ass just reminded me of childhood and a Shorthorn bull we called Snifferbum. We kids of course had no appreciation for his ability to smell out an ovulating cow or heifer. Thanks Suzz for that trip down memory lane.
So, all of our assumptions of a “bag” ripping open and spilling decomp is wrong? Obviously, if there is no decomp fluid in the car anywhere.
Kleat had earlier snipped a bit of Nancy Grace. She had a Dr. on board who explained how and why the stain occured just by gasses leaving the body.
Would anyone agree with me then if I said: She put her in the trunk right after she killed her. She drove around for 2.6 days (just her, with no bag around her). Opened the trunk, became horrified with the “O” effect. Covered the “O” with tape, baged her then dumped her.
I guess it wouldn’t matter if the bag was on or not on her. The smell either way would have permiated the car.
Kleat, I can not find that post you left. I have actually went all thru the posts (my eyes are crossing). Would you post that again.
I will preface my statement with the disclaimer that: I am either too lazy, or not gifted with the patience required to meticulously sift through the duct tape evidence that was released (or both).
However, a couple of things come to mind. First, we really need to hear both sides of counsel presenting analysis of what it all means. Secondly, I feel that, personally, what will be more important to view, (and we never will), are the photos of the duct tape on the skull and hair, as it appeared when discovered. We have heard descriptions, but without the visual, we have no way of knowing if the tape “fell” to it’s position, or if it was tightly” bound” in it’s position, etc. From there, I believe that the random photos of the duct tape will make more sense in context, and may explain why the ME came to her opinion.
I’m still leaving the door open for Lee to have smelled the car’s odour or to have known about it ‘before’ the evening of July 15th from the way he interjected the fact that he had smelled that odour for the ‘first time’ when he walked into the A home garage that evening. He seemed to be making sure that this fact was known to LE, although they did not ask, he added.
We have not seen text messages between Casey and Lee, nor have we seen their cell activity, Lee could have taken care of that early on so we never will. But I suspect Lee learned something more in his activities to locate Casey a week before Casey was finally ‘reeled in’ for questioning by family interrogators in their scheme to avoid problems for Casey.
Because Lee did not have the experiences of his parents, as nurse and ex-cop, both who admitted their knowledge and first hand experiences with human decomp. If investigators had taken Lee to a situation where he could experience the odour first hand from a ‘known source’, then this might have convinced Lee that his sister’s car held a dead body, and if Lee had texts from Casey about the smell, or if he had been in contact with the car before July 15th, he might be convinced of OSCO’s arguments vs parents versions of the real identity of what he experienced.
That could convince him his parents were covering up the identity for whatever their reasons. If investigators had allowed Lee to experience this, he would have to know the truth of the source and face it.
BrendaT, that is a great name for a bull, lol, but for the record, “sniffer my ass” was all Blink..!
Q100 listed as “Item 16- one piece of duct tape- Henkel Consumer Adhesives- Q100 (Analyst NOte:… In addition to all other testing the Lab sees pertinent, please examine for prints.]”
(pg 10312
wpgmouse, is the heart sticker found on the cardboard (which, for some reason, appears similiar to the textured side of a a Masonite or ‘hardboard’ for some reason) also listed as Q100?
This may be an ‘aside’, but there’s a re-occuring ‘Football’ theme in Casey’s personal life/interests/friends as we have seen in photos, read in IM’s or texting, read on Myspace with Casey comments, seen on a child’s playtime board with the letters to make ‘Go Buckeyes..’ etc, and we have Casey’s ‘topic change’ to ‘Football’ when she learned of her (someone’s) baby body in the woods.
Now in the recent photos, we have a little ‘Wilson’ make zippered bag, grey with dark grey or black trim, white piping, and a dark grey/blue football design on the side with ‘FOOTBALL” and “28″ text.
This little container/bag is on the table to Casey’s left, as she is being photographed to record the tattoo on her left shoulder.
Is the theme ‘Football’ some sort of little personal diversion for Casey to immerse herself in, as if dropping out of the hard topics at hand, like the body found? If this is Casey’s personal item she can have in the jail, maybe it’s for make-up or a hairbrush, or other personal items.
Why the Football theme???– it’s curious and a continual thread. Casey never liked football, until, who was it, Jesse (?) came into her love life? Then she was all about football, in her casual chat to her boys.
(I got it on the OSCO/FBI numbering… need to cross-ref, thx)
Were there any dated receipts in the trash bag from Casey’s trunk? If so, the trash couldn’t have been in the trunk before that point. Evidence of decomposition was also in that trash bag. That could reinforce the theory of when Casey removed the body from her trunk.
George said the “stain” in the trunk was the size of a basketball. The circumference of a basketball is around 30 inches. Caylee was 37″. If she were in the fetal position, the stain size seems to correlate.
If the “o” theory is correct, then the body was lying flat when the tape was applied. If the body was in the fetal position, then Caylee was alive when the duct tape was applied.
From LPU, lab case notes ‘exams/results’ of Dec 13, 2008, initials EKF (this was fast from time remains located!)
(Pg. 9282 http://www.wftv.com/pdf/21252257/detail.html)
“Q63
* Attempted to photographically capture image of heart
* Unable to do so
No latent prints were detected on Q62 through Q 64.”
Blink..call the tatoo atist and ask him what the reasoning was in leaving the dot out of the North Star on Casey’s shoulder. There had to be a discussion about it and a reason. Motormouth Casey would have running her mouth this whole time to that guy. Was her next appt to fill in the dot with a heart?
Well now, my dear DD, I have.
They have been asked not to speak about the case prior to the trial.
B
I was wondering to myself. I actually used to do Work comp claims for Walmart, and customer accidents that occur at the stores.(Did this for years and investigation is a huge part.) I am wondering if it is possible to see if any accidents (customer or employee) occurred at the WM store the day that JT or TJ..whatever his name is says that Casey and Caylee were there? IF so they would have pulled the video on that day for the purpose of investigating the accident. This may show whether or not they were in the store that day. Normally they wont have a tape that old, but if they had an incident in the store that day with a customer or an employee the video would have been pulled and sent to the adjuster working the claim. Would definately be something to check out!!! If so it would have been put into file by now, but would be obtainable for sure. It would be easy for the Personnel manager or store manager to pull the files and check, they are dated for obvious reasons.
Just want to add. I know it is possible, but legally the police would have to get this information and check it out. I just hope they do. I know we were never allowed to throw any evidence away, all tapes were put in a special place for storage after they were viewed. This way if any legal issues ever came up, you could find that tape again.
Ada
I too was confoosed about IIRC
means if I remember correctly
I was all over the net @ dictionaries lol
…It’s the most god-awful smell you will ever taste.
#204 Regarding: http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/03/magazine/crime-scene-forensics-dead-men-talking.html?scp=1&sq=University%20of%20Tennesee%20Body%20Farm&st=cse
Alrighty, then! Do you suppose the good doctor ever shoves Vick’s Vapor Rub up his nose? That being a futile attempt to better deal with the unforgetable smell of many an autopsy we (Pre-licensed, at the time, paramedics had to view/take part in. I shall not ever forget, nor will I ever look upon a decaying, putrified body as “beautiful”, but I well understand how he would, and we certainly owe him for his research. None the less, yuck.
When the pics of the duck tape were first released I just couldn’t look at them. I followed this case from the very start and reading the docs are one thing; but looking at the duct tape that covered Caylee’s mouth and nose was really really hard to look at. Tonight I did, and as another blogger posted (sorry I’m not sure who) I too was “shaken to the core.” Those words best describe seeing this discovery. My heart just really broke all over again for Caylee. How a mother can do this to her own precious child is really an atrocity. I don’t believe in the death penalty but I hope Casey gets life without parole. I honestly hope there is not a plea deal, I hope Casey gets the max. prison sentence and she has a trial by a jury.
Q104 duct tape, ‘detail’ photo dated 02/11/09 (two months after the initial report on Q62 thru Q64)
http://media.myfoxorlando.com/photogalleries/100909caseyanthonyphotosofducttapeclothingshovel/1/lg/9752-9761_Page_09.htm
Would this be something of interest? (of course, but what?– anyone have the Q104 testing notes/report?)
Whatcha’ thinkin’, kleat? I can’t tell what they are zooming in on. Here’s what I cribbed from the 1405 pager and some previous stuff:
• Q100 = Henkel duct tape found in zone 20 —- pg 3597 http://www.wftv.com/_blank/18740700/detail.html ALSO called Q104 by FBI (H-60493, item 16, Q100 pg 9774. 9822)
o 9777, Caucasian hairs (very fine) light brown found along with fibers it seems 9805 they ask to examine Q100 for prints. 8.5”x2”; has repeated printing on the silver portion reading: Henkel Henkel Consumer Adhesives inc. Avon, OH 44011 Max. Temp. 200 deg F; half of duct tape has portion missing along edge pg 9718 of 1405 pg doc dump—picked for hairs/fibers in room 3280 1 hair, one fiber?
o 9759-60 pic;
o 9774 appears to have been processed for latent prints
o 9777 caucasian fringe hairs, very fine, light brown
o MTFVTC including blue cotton, red cotton; offwhite (d), black (d) mostly opaque —more, and comparisons to known
Kleat
The Q-104 tape photo detail:
JMO, but I would think every piece of tape collected has a close-up detail as this one with the same measuring device indicating the width. JMO, procedural documentation of other measurements, photo angles, etc. – - “constants” in the process.
Blink– Q104 is interesting, there is a non-detail photo here:
http://media.myfoxorlando.com/photogalleries/100909caseyanthonyphotosofducttapeclothingshovel/1/lg/10259-10268_Page_07.htm
There is an ‘artifact’ (not sure what term to use) in the detail, that is NOT in the non-detail image above. The detail can easily be located on the whole tape image by making a duplicate image, rotating it to the right, then orient the two image sections (the detail is just above the torn out area of the tape strip).
It’s hard to compare the two images because of the ‘quality’ of the reproduction/photocopy, but I’m guessing that there are two distinct imaging techniques used for these two photos. The poor focus or softness and image loss, could be owing to the tape being enclosed in the plastic film, but the ruler is also equally ‘soft’ and it would not be included in the plastic enclosure.
There is something here. Blink, can you give me some help here please? At first, given the out of focus non-detail image when enlarged, it seemed to suggest an IR photo but the lighting appears to be normal reflected light. (does the FBI still make use of film imaging for IR?) They need to label techniques!! Maybe the poor quality or the ‘softness’ of the non-detail image, which, btw, includes a soft-focussed ruler image, is from a photocopy of the image that was then scanned. (not because of IR) I don’t know about laser imaging (what uses, etc)
The detail photo is the interesting one as it appears to reveal an image that is centered in the area of the 4-4.5 cm mark (draw an imaginary line down from this point).
The lighting looks as if it’s single directional and from a very low angle and from the ‘top’– see the shadow below the ruler. The dark shadowing patterns read black in this black and white photo, little detail in those shadows. The lighting doesn’t fill in the valleys of the tape ‘waves’ like studio flashes set at 45 degrees would. And, the highlights are only on one side of the tape ‘waves’ or ridges.
If this is the only technique being used, then it’s the shadow area that is being defined by some ‘depression’ shape in the tape surface.
Is this ‘depression’ that shows in ‘shadow’, an impression left on this piece of tape? (presumably this tape layer had ‘failed’ from where it was originally adhered)
Could this piece of tape reveal the ‘impression’ of something of interest?
Now, going back to the normal lighting photo of the whole tape section, creating a detail to orient the two images– there is a ‘line’ clearly visible on the normal lighting photo that co-incides with the dark area of the low angle lighting photo.
I’m not going to attempt to describe the area– but it is easy to orient the two quite accurately. Wish we could see the photos in high res.
There IS something there– Q104 is important and may even reveal more about the placement of tape on the body or over other layers of tape– ie: if this image is an impression of something like a button, or a relief ‘sticker’….
Kleat- I feel the fact the processing exam report for this item by ommission, could prove out what you are saying.
B
(and if there IS an impression of something, is there any residue of this artifact that can be detected? May not be a sticker, but it might be. IF something had dyes in it, could those dyes have transferred to the polyethelene surface of the tape because of the heat in the car trunk and pressure against the tape– just speculation– we need better photos!!!)
(remember, one quality of the Henkel ‘special’ tape, is it’s conformability
Kleat
Q-100 heart on cardboard, and Q-104 tape:
Test results (specifically latents) on those not released.
That is a strange looking cardboard. When the pic was released a while ago, my first impression was that the heart was on a degraded piece of duct tape that affixed to the board – - because of the long hanging strings. The only cardboard I am familiar with that produces “strings” when torn, is a corrugated one, which is manufactured with a “web” layer for strength and endurance. Similar to duct tape, really. But looking at the surface of the board, there’s a texture to it that is similar to a matt or illustration board of some type, not corrugated. Wait a minute … wasn’t CA also into scrap-booking? I am not up on scrap-booking at all, but there are oodles of matting supplies for that … is there a laminated fabric/board matt? That would also leave frays when torn. Oh….. there was also a picture frame or pieces of a frame (don’t remember how it was described in this FBI release). Perhaps it was the corrogated backing from the frame? Other pieces of board were also recovered, “if” I recall correctly. Wonder if those pieces came from an “intentional” ripping. The FBI obviously has the answer.
suz– right now, I’m thinkin’ ‘sore eyes’!!
Kleat
I went back to check on the ruler again in the Q-104 tape pic, because something stood out to me about it
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The 1 1/2 inch ruler mark is positioned at the center of tape.
You could be right in that there was something of interest on the tape.
This pic could be cropped, so perhaps its “not” the width of the tape that is being measured, but the positioning and size of something found on the tape.
Kleat, Suz, regarding prints, and I don’t have all of the specs yet, the docs are downloading, but something caught my eye, last night, regarding the shovel and prints. It was like two a.m., so I didn’t finish noting from pages 9098 on, that deal with the transfer of the shovel evidence from OCSO to the FBI on 9/11/08 and processed on 9/12/08. On page 9104 it is stated that no testing was done on the shovel until the FBI took possession of it. I am in the process of obtaining the exact page number now, but it is noted, in the pages regarding Q46, Q46.1 and Q46.2 that hair and other debris, plant material, were taken from THE LABEL ON THE HANDLE OF THE SHOVEL. I thought the only label was on the head of the shovel, which is mentioned in the docs, and unless I am seeing things, or reading more into this than should be, it seems eluded to on one of the pages that there are latents on the shovel. I’m going through it all, now and will be more specific as soon as possible.
gavi
x posting from the other thread (meant to post my brilliant but disappointingly simple theory here about Q104):
Kleat, I think I have an explanation for the detail pic of duct tape Q104. Compare the detail pic (9760) to the full length obverse pic on 9758. Note two things on 9758:
1) the distinctive wrinkle in the “top” edge of the tape if you let your eye travel straight up from the 4″ mark on the ruler.
2) the Henkel logo that is about midway between the 3″ and 4″ on the ruler a bit above the center of the tape.
Now look at 9760, and you will see that same distinctive wrinkle, though the picture has been rotated 90 degrees to the left.
I think that detailed pic is trying to get a close-up shot of the Henkel logo and those words that accompany this particular type of tape.
Gavi, but wouldn’t we expect Casey’s prints on the shovel?
Also, I seem to recall a correction in the docs somewhere about the location of the label (they said it was in one place, but meant another).
One kind of interesting thing I noticed about the heart. We have all assumed it’s a heart sticker because it is stuck to the piece of cardboard, and because everyone seems to call it that, but on 10224 the notes have a question mark next to the word ‘sticker’.
“Item is a piece of cardboard/particleboard, -2″x2″; back has brown paint/coating; front is textured and has a pink, puffy plastic heart sticker(?) affixed, —0.75″ across, soiled and damaged.”
Doesn’t mean it’s not a sticker, but it had never occurred to me that it wasn’t necessarily one.
One other thing I found worrisome or disappointing about the tape pieces Q62-Q64 (and the possibility for latents). I’d been clinging to hope that, due the descriptions of the overlapping pieces of duct tape being stuck together, there would have been this awesome moisture barrier betwixt two of the pieces that would have preserved DNA and prints and stuff.
But according to pg 10133 …”two pieces (Q63 and Q64) received stuck together….(NOTE: tape was separated easily without Un-du; unable to determine if pieces were originally stuck together).”
Sounds like they weren’t really stuck together all that well.
Yep. However, they were not useless in terms of “yield”. There were hairs with apparent decomposition found on them, microscopically similar to Caylees.
B
Well, at least that’s something, Blink. But I guess they had better have decomp hairs on them, since they were stuck to the poor thing’s skull hair.
You’re right, Gavi, I went back and looked at the pretty color pics of the shovel from the links above in Blink’s article, and there sure is a big honking label on the handle. I haven’t found anything in the discovery yet that talks about it (except for 9099, which mentions both the head and the handle).
But I did find something troubling or curious to me. On page 9143 it says they found multiple soils from shovel but the examination was discontinued after body found.
That is bizarre to me—wouldn’t they want to see if the shovel is tied to the remains scene?
Maybe I’ll find later in the discovery that they did indeed keep looking at the dirt on the shovel…I hope!
Please refer to page 9270 regarding the shovel, as I am a bit confused about the comment made on 9/15/2008 which states:
“Talked with DNA examiners about areas to swab on shovel TO PRESERVE LATENT PRINTS”.
I’m at work, now, so can’t go into detail or search thoroughly, but has it absolutely determined that there are NO prints on any part of the shovel?
Have a great day!
none, however there was a hair found underneath the label that to my knowledge has not been identified yet.
B
#234 Suz, I was confused about that, at first, as well. Q46.1 and Q46.2 (evidences thereof) were subdivided. I think this is on Page 9098, and I will read it all again when I get a chance, but I believe there are 2 labels, not just one. There is mention of 2 labels, a couple of times, in the docs, and that hair, dirt and perhaps prints were collected from the handle label. Who’s hair and what dirt? I haven’t gotten that far, and if you have, please advise, you’re such a sleuth, Suz.
238. Blink! Good morning! One quick question then I really need to get to work, there were then 2 labels, correct? I’m going to need a new eyeglass prescription before this is all over.
That or a seeing eye dog.
Good thing I transcribe for an attorney, huh? He understands my obsession. Sorry Suz, I was typing even as your response was coming through. Thanks for clarifying, 2 labels. Also, I read that about the examination of the shovel having been discontinued after the body was found, as well, and don’t quite get why it would be. Wouldn’t this be all the more reason to continue? Why not, Blink?
Gawd, Gavi, thanks –I reckon you and I are in the same league, sleuthwise, so hopefully one of us will stumble on more shovel info. Where’s Maura? She’s so thorough, she probably has the whole case buttoned down by now…!
The thing that still leaves me baffled is that there are no prints on the duct tape.
The murder of Caylee appears to one of a rage killing. And, that just doesn’t coincide with Casey putting on gloves prior to putting the duct tape on Caylee. It just doesn’t make sense that she would be that organized.
Is it possible that, due to the extreme conditions over the many months that Caylee laid – not found – the prints were simply destroyed by the elements?
wpgmouse, excellent catch! I finally found the picture frame reference you were referring to (had totally missed it before):
o 9318 Sticker found at scene heartshape approx size of a man’s fingernail – it is stuck to the back of a picture frame. Ert left it on frame & packaged for latent presentation
P.S. Has anyone read anything on the newer forensics research that deals with antisocial personality disorders and tattoos?
Kleat, Good morning
Checked the Q-104 tape full-shot pic you are referring to (released as LOW-res, interestingly). First standing out to me within that left area of the ruler, is a set of pin-like holes SIMILAR to the ones on Q-63 AND 64.
Go the wftv site and look at hi-res pic #13 of tape Q-63. On the left end you will see more pin-like holes. What is your observation?
http://www.wftv.com/slideshow/news/21249759/detail.html
I will continue on Q-104 for your cited “artifact”.
Everyone, let us not lose sight of the fact that the State reinstated the death penalty in April of this year. They would not seek death, with all its attendant appeals & expense, without having a damn good reason.
Let’s keep the faith.
yeah, wpgmouse, i dunno what those pinholes are all over these tapes. Is that from mounting it on the kapac or foam or whatever it is? Blink speculated it had to do with separating Q63 from Q64, but all the pieces seem to have it.
Teri, I think you nailed the reason; the front of at least one piece of tape was really worn away, and on all the pieces most if not all of the adhesive had washed away, too (and with it, one presumes, fingerprints and DNA).