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  "description": "Day 16 opens with Robert Alessi completing his cross-examination of MSP forensic scientist Maureen Hartnett, establishing that John O'Keefe's gray hoodie and orange t-shirt were co-mingled before lab analysis, debris was combined without documentation, and Hartnett lacks chain of custody knowledge for evidence submitted by the Norfolk Detective Unit. In a notable procedural moment, Judge Cannone declines to allow Hartnett to correct prior testimony after both sides finish, leaving the record as is. The day's main witness is Dr. Irini Scordi-Bello, the forensic pathologist who performed O'Keefe's autopsy: her direct examination establishes blunt head trauma and hypothermia as cause of death with manner undetermined, while Alessi's extended cross systematically challenges both pillars — eliciting that the hypothermia markers are equivocal, no lower-extremity vehicle-strike injuries were found, facial wounds are inconsistent with a backward fall, and the autopsy methodology did not include differential diagnosis or independent scene investigation. On recross, Alessi introduces O'Keefe's omeprazole prescription as an alternative explanation for the gastric findings attributed to hypothermia. The day closes with oral argument on defense motions to exclude Aperture's amended report, which shifted a key infotainment event timestamp by 33 seconds.",
  "path": "/trial-2/day/16/",
  "publishedAt": "2025-05-15T00:00:00.000Z",
  "site": "at://did:plc:vd3vzujxkxsthkswrc2zzupm/site.standard.publication/krt",
  "title": "Day 16 — Hartnett (cross cont), Scordi-Bello",
  "updatedAt": "2026-06-08T13:28:24.184Z"
}