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And of course, it's the defense's position that that's when she broke the taillight, not five hours earlier when allegedly crashing into John. But Dr. Welcher disagreed. He testified about the great lengths he went through to analyze that rain camera video, and that included tracking the cars frame by frame, enhancing the video, and using this like laser grid type system. It was a lot.
And in the end, he said that while John's car and Karen's car did make contact, quote, that impact did not break or crack that taillight. About John's car, he said, quote, so sure, it knocked the snow off, but it wasn't sufficient to cause damage to his vehicle. And furthermore, he said that he saw nothing in the snow after Karen's car left the driveway.
And in the end, he said that while John's car and Karen's car did make contact, quote, that impact did not break or crack that taillight. About John's car, he said, quote, so sure, it knocked the snow off, but it wasn't sufficient to cause damage to his vehicle. And furthermore, he said that he saw nothing in the snow after Karen's car left the driveway.
And in the end, he said that while John's car and Karen's car did make contact, quote, that impact did not break or crack that taillight. About John's car, he said, quote, so sure, it knocked the snow off, but it wasn't sufficient to cause damage to his vehicle. And furthermore, he said that he saw nothing in the snow after Karen's car left the driveway.
And finally, Walter gave his opinion about how John's injuries were caused. And to do this, Welcher purchased a Lexus identical to Karen's, and he put himself quite literally in John's shoes. Now, Welcher is a similar height and weight to John, so he decided to play the role of John in this series of reenactments.
And finally, Walter gave his opinion about how John's injuries were caused. And to do this, Welcher purchased a Lexus identical to Karen's, and he put himself quite literally in John's shoes. Now, Welcher is a similar height and weight to John, so he decided to play the role of John in this series of reenactments.
And finally, Walter gave his opinion about how John's injuries were caused. And to do this, Welcher purchased a Lexus identical to Karen's, and he put himself quite literally in John's shoes. Now, Welcher is a similar height and weight to John, so he decided to play the role of John in this series of reenactments.
And to really drive home the point, he also tracked down copies of the same shirt, jeans, hoodie, hat, and sneakers that John was wearing on the night of his death. And I get that as a scientist, Walter wants to recreate that scene as closely as possible, but I think cosplaying as a dead man, a potential murder victim, I don't know, it was a little odd. Maybe that's just me.
And to really drive home the point, he also tracked down copies of the same shirt, jeans, hoodie, hat, and sneakers that John was wearing on the night of his death. And I get that as a scientist, Walter wants to recreate that scene as closely as possible, but I think cosplaying as a dead man, a potential murder victim, I don't know, it was a little odd. Maybe that's just me.
And to really drive home the point, he also tracked down copies of the same shirt, jeans, hoodie, hat, and sneakers that John was wearing on the night of his death. And I get that as a scientist, Walter wants to recreate that scene as closely as possible, but I think cosplaying as a dead man, a potential murder victim, I don't know, it was a little odd. Maybe that's just me.
Now, in this reenactment, Walter smeared some blue paint on the right taillight of his model Lexus and then allowed it to drive into his body at around two miles per hour. And he showed that if the car hits him at this particular angle, his body sort of spins out. I think he called it a pirouette. And Mattela ends up hitting his right arm right around where John had those cuts.
Now, in this reenactment, Walter smeared some blue paint on the right taillight of his model Lexus and then allowed it to drive into his body at around two miles per hour. And he showed that if the car hits him at this particular angle, his body sort of spins out. I think he called it a pirouette. And Mattela ends up hitting his right arm right around where John had those cuts.
Now, in this reenactment, Walter smeared some blue paint on the right taillight of his model Lexus and then allowed it to drive into his body at around two miles per hour. And he showed that if the car hits him at this particular angle, his body sort of spins out. I think he called it a pirouette. And Mattela ends up hitting his right arm right around where John had those cuts.
And he also testified that the Lexus bumper would line up with the scrape to John's knee and the rear spoiler would line up with the cut to John's right eye. Now, the obvious issue here is, well, you just said the car was going at 23 miles per hour, but you did your reenactment at two miles per hour. So how accurate could that really be?
And he also testified that the Lexus bumper would line up with the scrape to John's knee and the rear spoiler would line up with the cut to John's right eye. Now, the obvious issue here is, well, you just said the car was going at 23 miles per hour, but you did your reenactment at two miles per hour. So how accurate could that really be?
And he also testified that the Lexus bumper would line up with the scrape to John's knee and the rear spoiler would line up with the cut to John's right eye. Now, the obvious issue here is, well, you just said the car was going at 23 miles per hour, but you did your reenactment at two miles per hour. So how accurate could that really be?
Now, he did clarify and said that pedestrian injuries can be really difficult to model. So he said he wasn't trying to exactly replicate the accident and just show one possible way that the injuries could have occurred.
Now, he did clarify and said that pedestrian injuries can be really difficult to model. So he said he wasn't trying to exactly replicate the accident and just show one possible way that the injuries could have occurred.
Now, he did clarify and said that pedestrian injuries can be really difficult to model. So he said he wasn't trying to exactly replicate the accident and just show one possible way that the injuries could have occurred.
Then when asked if colliding with John's arm would produce enough force to break Karen's taillight, Welcher said that it would, as long as the car was moving at at least 8 miles an hour.