Forensic technician testifies in trial against ex-officer | Susana Morales case

The technician spoke about the moments they recovered some of Susana Morales' remains.

[@sherireedy329]

11Alive has been great posting all of these trials that no other channels are covering. Thank you

[@mom2babygkaterad946]

Yes! I concur.❤

[@msmee0079]

My uncle (rest his soul) was a mortician and he was ALWAYS smiling and bubbly!! I think ppl with these type jobs use smiling & laughter as a way to cope!! No harm

[@misanthrophex]

no shit... people who never dealt with death like to talk a lot of shit in these comments...

[@jessicaperez3887]

For everyone saying she is smiling. She is probably desensitized to a job she does everyday. Also, testifying is very nerve wracking. So, some people smile under pressure when they are nervous. Please cut her some slack. She isn’t trying to be disrespectful I don’t think. She does this job, I’m sure, because she cares. Testifying is hard. She is probably smiling under pressure, not because it’s funny. I promise. I hope the family understands that.

[@kenyaamina257]

I get that; however respect for the family is imperative. There sitting right there. Professionalism is required. Imagine if that was your child. Being self aware of your mannerisms is apart of the job. She needs a training or two.

[@wishhalkar509]

I agree!!! Can anyone reading these comments imagine the sadness and tragedy’s these people face, code, decipher to recover evidence to find the answers the family needs and the evidence to catch the person responsible for the loss and heaviness they are mourning?

@jessicaperez3887 she did a good job of not breaking down. You could tell she wanted to cry.

[@AlmondMami]

@@kenyaamina257 I watched the entire video. Not once did she joke, be disrespectful, or make a facetious comment. She possibly smiled to be polite to the person asking questions, but nothing more. Be for real. I’m sure her job is difficult, stop looking for reasons to shame professionals.

[@MonetAllDay]

@@kenyaamina257She’s human just like they are. No matter the profession we aren’t bots with a master level over every emotion we feel. Her family has to sit through A LOT WORSE than the testimony of a woman who helped bring this case forward and bring justice to their family member.

[@Fourakmel]

So much respect for this women! I under the laughter and smiles from this women they have a very tough job that no one wants to do. Thank you for your service in helping families

[@anastaiber952]

🙏

[@wishhalkar509]

I just read your post. I responded above to the criticism of the witness’ mannerisms. You are spot on.

[@tina.a.59]

I can't imagen how the parents feels hearing how their daughters remains was discovered 😢😢😢

[@jazzbo9903]

It’s very difficult to speak from the witness stand. Years ago my cousin was murdered. The murderer meant to have shot someone else but my cousin got the fatal shot when it was my time to give my impact victim’s statement. I froze. It’s so surreal to be speaking to the court and speaking to the murderer. Anyway, the prosecution witnesses, the friends of Susana Morales all spoke well. They were succinct and clear about the monster poor Susana encountered.💔🙏🏼

[@geraldsmith6811]

Just imagine being guilty of murder and watching them prove it

People here criticizing this woman because of nervous laughter. I thought she was gonna break down crying. She did a good job holding herself together.

[@pamelabond106]

I agree stop criticizing her omg

[@paulettestegall8530]

They r probably related to that X girlfriend of his ms amnesia. Should charge her with bs

[@YekaterinaPolevshchikov]

Right? Anyone else on the stand would be nervous as hell too on such a publicized trial

[@niamhneevekinsella7951]

Beautiful and intelligent woman who presented her evidence professionally and respectfully. Fascinating process.

[@babyjane87]

She looks like Bette Midler in hocus pocus

[@karencollins2661]

She doesn't seem to want to laugh to me. She's just a pleasant person and nervous

[@justineajsmith7709]

The judge was also pleasant and smiling...she doesn't have to be crying at all these cases..they have a job to do.

[@debdee9663]

Thank you 11 alive for posting this

[@IOSARBX]

11Alive, I loved this video so much, I had to hit the like button!

[@karencollins2661]

The only time I've seen her smile is at the lawyer.

[@KK-rc5ds]

I think she’s professional. It’s very stressful being in front of a judge, let alone the rest. She is an assistant- which she clearly stated. I’m sure more to follow from others.

[@wernerpanchenko6542]

You try doing her job I v been there autopsies and alot more you will remember them for the rest of your life

[@Melanated_Sugar3]

When did he shoot this baby! For her to have skeletal remains this is wild.

[@mitzieransom1362]

Georgia heat and not being buried

[@wernerpanchenko6542]

Very proffesional

[@BeingConformed]

July 2022. They found her in February 2023, so 7 months in the elements.

[@kendal4452]

From what I remember from the Autopsy interview, they were unable to determine how she died.

[@shawnaball1469]

The body being exposed to the elements (weather, animals, the ground) for several months. From what I have watched and listened to maybe he didn’t put all of her body parts in the same place?? Who knows?? Prayers going out and up to the family and friends.

[@YekaterinaPolevshchikov]

This woman is such a professional and did a great job. Anyone else talking badly about her should try being in her shoes for one day. You try being on the stand in such a publicized trial and explaining your very sensitive natured and unknown about profession and not be nervous as all hell. You’d be shaking in your damn boots too worrying about not saying anything incorrect. God forbid someone that works in a field that surrounds death not scouring 24/7 of their life. Shame on yall. Kudos to this brilliant woman for doing such an amazing job!!

[@33roses]

Metacarpal is in the hand. Metatarsal in the foot.

[@marloaffical6516]

Miles Bryant was down bad for doing that to innocent girl as men we are suppose to project women not take advantage and harmed them.

[@cosmoshiva4643]

Rest assured, as an ex-cop going to prison for something like this, unless he gets isolation, his life sentence will last about six months in general population. If you could only convince other convicts that growing old in there is actually a more just punishment. Maybe they would leave him alone, maybe.

[@latebloomer7191]

I don't understand why they didn't measure the distance between the gun and the remains. They couldn't have been sure, while collecting the bones, whether or not Susana had been shot. Odd.

[@wishhalkar509]

I seem to recall, as I am listening to all the videos connected to the trial, that it was measured.

[@deborahpollard1997]

The other lawyer wasn't paying attention. To be asking questions already asked. What sense did that make. For him to ask again. When it was already stated. The same way as the first time. Wow that makes you look bad to me. Not paying attention to the fullest degree.

[@geraldsmith6811]

He knows where he hid the body. Now they know too

[@CookieRuiz-lf2db]

This witness is very informative however, she could be more sensitive in her gestures. The victim’s family is present and her smiles and trying to holding back her laughter is upsetting. My prayers go to Susana’s family. I am so sorry for their loss.

[@belindavandyk6128]

DISAGREE BONES ARE SERIOUS AS THIS MATTER IS, SHE CANNOT SHOW SYMPATHY SHE IS A SCIENTIST NEEDS TO BE PRACTICAL,CLD LOOK BIASED

[@NerdDogMom]

She is responding to the Prosecutor’s inflection and questions. He is the one saying he only knows what he learned in 8th grade.

[@lauralee9694]

She doesn't seem qualified to testify in this trial?

[@kathismith7441]

@@lauralee9694she’s an assistant.

[@TariAkpodiete]

Waiting for her to say something about insects.

[@justineajsmith7709]

If anyone saying negative comments on this witness..you may want to watch the then girlfriend of The murderer who seemed to still be attempting to protect him..continued to live with him after arrest...and definitely withholding information under oath..disgusting.

[@duchessmartinez2035]

Why are they hiding the defendant?

[@hippiebits2071]

Defense attorneys have been raising complaints when the media spends too much time on their clients in these high profile cases. The judge can also put restrictions on filming as well.

[@HelenH-c7r]

Any DNA possible?

[@latebloomer7191]

On her bones? I presume they were able to prove it was her, if needed. That's more typically done with teeth and jaw compared to dental records.

[@TheRealdal]

They did it with her dental records

[@rachelbailey3041]

She was wearing black nail polish they matched it with her last photo she took on tik tok and they found a curly hair with two tones which matched the most recent picture of here it’s on first 48 season 24 episode 5 I think

[@33roses]

Coccyx = tailbone

[@Lmasso1]

When a person goes to prison he or she is entering into a world where most people are also criminals, that's just a new inmate noting unusual name and number the rest is history

[@treedog86]

She's a liar

[@lindaarrington9397]

Ty

[@sonjanichols6916]

Mental health is real

[@glorianunez4923]

Sonjanichols . I would say "Criminal sycophants are real ".

[@Nameless-lk8ld]

You have no clue the importance of this woman’s job nor how hard she worked to be able to do this job. She’s excellent.

[@keikosan1354]

Hands and brushes, that takes some time.

[@SussexSandra]

She’s not a Forensic Pathologist is she? She seem inexperienced or maybe she hasn’t had much experience as an expert witness in court. She comes across “off” and “dismissive” compared to other anthropologists and pathologists I’ve seen testify in trials.

[@kathismith7441]

She’s not a pathologist. She’s an assistant.

[@Honeybee-cy9gc]

She's a forensic technician.

[@jennifermarie1230]

The Mortitia looks so grim like she’s going to a funeral

[@ClearwaterKB]

She is not a mortician. A mortician is a person who prepares a body for a funeral and final disposition. This woman works for the medical examiner to determine identity and manner of death.

[@YekaterinaPolevshchikov]

She’s smart as hell and gorgeous. I’d let her direct my funeral any day

[@sonjanichols6916]

Wtf she's smiling about😢.have respect for the family.

[@Jeff-tp6bc]

The majority of the time she has a neutral face. How are you gonna say she can’t have a certain facial gesture. Sometimes it’s natural for people to smile it doesn’t have any significant or underlying meaning behind it.

[@gerasssss]

I guarantee you nobody in that courtroom is smiling or giggling wtf is so funny about describing the bones she’s not professional at all!

[@kenyaamina257]

​@Fourakmel she needs to find better coping mechanisms. The family is present. Imagine somebody discussing your dead child's bones while smiling. She does not need excuses, she needs training.

[@Nameless-lk8ld]

@@kenyaamina257 I saw no smiling except at the greeting to the jury and the court. She’s not smiling during the questioning. 🤷‍♀️

[@techninja4136]

A lot of people have nervous laughter when dealing with something tragic.

[@sandycheeks1580]

Why is she smiling!!! Tragic murder trial & she’s smiling. I couldn’t smile at any point if I were testifying. I’d be dead set serious on getting that monster convicted !

@sandycherks1580 nervous laugh. Cut her a break. She did a nice job of not breaking down. Feels like she was gonna cry.

[@Jeff-tp6bc]

Yeah we get it you are an emotional individual that thinks everything has a hidden message behind it. Maybe it’s just natural for her to flex the muscles on the side of her mouth. Actually contemplate how you are upset over someone smiling while engaging in conversation.

[@hippiebits2071]

That would be biased testimony. Her job here is to report and explain the findings within her field of expertise.

[@Melanated_Sugar3]

So he chopped her up what in the Gehenna

[@AJourneetoWynn]

No sometimes they say when bodies decompose in a wooded area it could be animals or beers that feed on the body and that’s why the bones are scattered in different areas. Her body could have been in tact when he shot her but the time frame it was in the woods contributed to animals and wildlife

[@BeingConformed]

​@@AJourneetoWynnthere isn't any proof she was shot. The magazine was full. No evidence on her bones of being shot.

[@kendal4452]

He didn't chop her up. They said animals will often scatter bones left in a wooded area.

[@eshiestrik2756]

I guarantee that some people either don't listen or pick and choose what they want to hear! Listen before commenting!

[@hippiebits2071]

I don’t believe it was ever determined that she was shot.

[@g.watson5502]

Cinderella other step sister needs to show more compassion

[@davidcouch6514]

😂😂😂

[@ivylinrolle8020]

These peoples don't have no respect for the family that loose their loves ones most of the time they just keep laughing

[@Rafael-vh3yw]

I couldn't stand watching her. So insensitive and so unprofessional.

[@Jeff-tp6bc]

Cry harder snowflake.

[@SussexSandra]

She’s not a Forensic Pathologist is she? She seem inexperienced or maybe she hasn’t had much experience as an expert witness in court. She comes across “off” and “dismissive” compared to other anthropologists and pathologists I’ve seen testify in trials.

[@kathismith7441]

She’s an assistant and she is very informative for an assistant.

[@Nameless-lk8ld]

You posted the same comment twice. A troll or a bot? Witness is excellent. She’s not on trial. The killer is.

[@techninja4136]

She’s an assistant pathologist. Not an assistant. There’s a pathologist for the area and the ones under her would all be assistant pathologists. Similar to the way there is a DA and all attorneys under her would be Assistant District Attorney.

[@kathismith7441]

@@techninja4136 yeah and? I think she is very good

[@jonathanscott7412]

what do you know about experienced forensic pathologists? smh