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Blood spatter expert testifies for Merritt's defense

The defense team for Charles "Chase" Merritt, accused of killing the McStay family in Fallbrook in 2010, called forensic consultant Randolph Bruce Beasley Monday, April 22, in an attempt to discredit the prosecution's case.

The prosecution has contended that Merritt killed the family inside the Fallbrook home and transported the bodies to bury them in a San Bernardino desert.

Beasley was asked to testify about injuries inflicted on the McStay victims and the resulting blood spattering patterns and evidence collected at the scene.

"When a body suffers these type of injuries that you documented,...

 

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